Mike Jackson
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Bighead carp on most-wanted listMar 24, 2011 12:00 am - A release this week from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service adds the bighead carp to species banned under the Lacey Act as injurious wildlife. An injurious wildlife lis...
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Turbulent times making travel ever tougherMar 16, 2011 12:00 am - My plans called for me meeting a friend in northern Wisconsin for the annual opening of the fishing season. This get-together was supposed to take place in May of this y...
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Outdoors notes with Mike JacksonMar 16, 2011 12:00 am - I never thought I would utter the words “good riddance” to the cold weather gear and the ice tent, but it has been a long and arduous spell of fighting off the cold, sno...
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It’s almost time for anglers to get down to businessMar 08, 2011 11:00 pm - I figure maybe two weeks at the most before local anglers get to flex their muscles. Of course, I have been known to be wrong about these things. The fly in the ointment...
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Mike Jackson on the outdoorsMar 01, 2011 11:00 pm - It was one of those chilly, rainy days, and I decided to invest some time tying flies. In between concocting my own styles of streamside creatures, I moved between the ...
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Mike Jackson on the outdoorsFeb 22, 2011 11:00 pm - I was eager and getting ready. I'd just finished cleaning three spinning reels and was about to work on some fly reels when the thoughts hit me like a freight train. The...
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Outdoors notesFeb 22, 2011 11:00 pm - I was recently reminded by a reader that despite the fact we are still in the throes of winter, some of the area ice conditions are suitable for exploration. This reade...
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Mike Jackson’s outdoors notesFeb 15, 2011 11:00 pm - The local buzz has been so intense from anglers that it has reached a fever pitch. I am referring, of course, about cabin fever and the present teasing from Mother Natur...
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Mike Jackson on the outdoorsFeb 15, 2011 11:00 pm - I have been very fortunate to have fished freshwater lakes and rivers with the best of the best. And over the past 40 years or so I have embraced the philosophy that I n...
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Mike Jackson’s outdoors notesFeb 08, 2011 11:00 pm - The news came Wednesday, and to tell the truth I wasn’t overly surprised. America’s Outdoor Show, a two-year running event that brought Chicago area outdoors people off...