Articles filed under Outdoors
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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...
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Asian carp issue unresolvedDec 16, 2009 10:00 pm - It's amazing to me how area news reaches many corners of this country. Three people have asked about the Asian carp situation in the Chicago Sanitary Shipping Canal, an...
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If it works, then it's the right techniqueDec 09, 2009 10:00 pm - In a recent e-mail from Wauconda angler Jerry W., he stated he went on a three-year campaign to catch as many different fish species as possible using just two types of ...
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For now, stay away from the iceDec 02, 2009 10:00 pm - Don't go running off to the north woods just yet so as to get a jump on ice fishing. Carl Novelli reports even though it has been cold and some back channels have skim ...
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It's time to go shopping ... for next year's fishing tripDec 02, 2009 10:00 pm - This could be the best time in years to cherry-pick a fishing destination for next year. Don't misunderstand me now. Not all lodge operators may be open to negotiating t...
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Seasonal change is in the airNov 24, 2009 10:00 pm - Over the last six months or so I've watched some friends taking off for the woods with their chain saws and axes. Their mission was to cut as much firewood as their truc...