Mike Jackson
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Outdoors notebook:Jun 26, 2013 8:31 pm - It almost happened to me on Bangs Lake many seasons ago. It may come as a total surprise that between 2006 and 2012, more than three times as many people died from light...
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Go deep to avoid the dog daysJun 26, 2013 11:04 am - The coffee was good recently at the little diner. The conversation was even better. Ralph Neeley called me when he got in to town and suggested we meet and talk fishing....
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Outdoors notes: Yellow perch on Lake MichiganJun 19, 2013 8:31 pm - We’ve gone from high water and practically nothing happening to calm seas with “miners” striking gold. I am referring to Lake Michigan yellow perch fishing. It’s getting...
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In fishing, confidence comes in all shapes and sizesJun 19, 2013 11:04 am - To the best of my knowledge, there isn’t a manufacturer in the fishing tackle business that has an item in its product line called a “whacky-worm”. In fact, there aren’t...
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Happily, the big lake’s demise has been greatly exaggeratedJun 12, 2013 11:04 am - On a calm day, I would feel very safe in my new 17-foot fishing boat working the shoreline of Lake Michigan. And a 17-footer is the minimum length I would use for the bi...
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Two crazy stories involving deer crashesJun 05, 2013 1:31 pm - Police in Cottonwood Heights, Utah, report a deer dashed into rush-hour traffic Tuesday and leapt onto a moving motorcycle, knocking the cyclist off — while the animal c...
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Unwinding, with a simpler life in the NorthwoodsJun 05, 2013 11:04 am - I know close to a dozen guys who dream — often while working — of being someplace else, like the Northwoods. Schaumburg angler John Plaza, for instance. He retired, sold...
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Figuring out what fish like can get pretty whackyMay 22, 2013 11:04 am - I promised my wife I would be a tad more considerate with what I write in this week’s column. I suggested to her that everyone has an opinion, and mine is the only impor...
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No-wake restriction lifted on Fox ChainMay 15, 2013 8:31 pm - The flood waters have slowly receded on the Fox Chain. Even though some homeowners in Antioch and other towns around the Chain are taking stock of their flood-damaged re...
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Walleyes for Tomorrow making a stand todayMay 15, 2013 11:04 am - I feel buoyed by a number of angling organizations that dig in and do the necessary stuff to aid the various wings of the Department of Natural Resources agencies. DNR b...