Articles filed under Outdoors
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Show missing industry's biggest hittersFeb 03, 2010 10:00 pm - I would venture a guess that the Chicago area has well over a hundred thousand anglers who buy the major brands of rods, reels, lures and assorted accessories from their...
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Babe's the real deal when it comes to fishing informationJan 27, 2010 10:00 pm - More than a dozen years back, I attended a fishing seminar held in a huge auditorium in one of the deep south states. An acquaintance gave me a ticket to the event and ...
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New life as America's Outdoors Show comes to townJan 20, 2010 10:00 pm - Some fishermen I know have admitted they could be fooled once or twice, especially when it came to attending the Rosemont outdoor show. In past years the Rosemont event...
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This bait fisherman's dreams hard to catchJan 13, 2010 10:00 pm - As I started falling asleep the other night, I slowly drifted off into dreamland. My brain kept replaying the YouTube video of 32-year-old Manabu Kurita battling his jum...
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The lure of muskie fishingJan 08, 2010 10:00 pm - The 15th annual Chicagoland Muskie Show opened Friday at Harper College in Palatine, the first of three days of seminars, demonstrations and retailers. Show hours are 9 ...
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'Green Acres' is the place you ought to beJan 06, 2010 10:00 pm - While scouring the mountains in Montana one time, I've encountered people who could have easily been mistaken for Grizzly Adams. They were hermits living off the land, s...
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Harper College hosts 15th annual 'world's largest muskie show'Jan 06, 2010 10:00 pm - Muskie fishermen, rejoice. The Chicago Muskie Show at Harper College returns this coming weekend for the 15th year, with nearly continuous seminars (see chicagomuskiesho...
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A sad lesson on Lake Michigan's awesome powerDec 30, 2009 10:00 pm - During my service years, I was often told by the old salts who had been around for decades that when storms came up on both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, there was no...
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Plan to control Asian carp was fishy from the beginningDec 22, 2009 10:00 pm - The search for my 2009 Scrooge Award recipient took all of 20-seconds this year. The honor goes to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. A misguided Corps has given us a Ch...
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Don't overlook Binkelman's big contributionDec 16, 2009 10:00 pm - When I first met him in 1966 I thought he was nothing more than a cantankerous chap with an ego the size of Texas. My impressions quickly changed when he explained his m...