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Clarkin’ the Duckdude 

I met Chris (a.k.a. Duckdude) a few weeks back at a get together of waterfowl hunters from Northwest Ohio.  Chris grew up just West of Cleveland, and I was very happy to find out that he is an avid steelh...
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Fish Big on a Budget

Moving from a boat that was slipped to a smaller trailerable boat can be a lot of fun and if you plan it right – your trailer boat can fish big!  I can’t emphasize enough that you need to really think before you add holes and look ...
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Spring Coho Action

When the big lake completely thaws and the water begins to warm, you’ll find me eagerly awaiting the arrival of the hungry spring Coho.  I fish southeastern Wisconsin’s Lake Michigan waters and mid to late April brings the first of...
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Lake Erie Jigging

Every March as the ice breaks on Lake Erie and begins to move eastward taken by the natural lake current, a species of fish begins to make an opposite westward movement; Sander vitreus, or more commonly known as the Walleye.  They begin to gat...
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BoatGear: Get Ready!
It is time to start thinking about getting your boat and equipment out and ready for spring and summer fishing/boating.  I am going to run down a few items that need to be checked to have a safe and happy season.  Most of these items we can...
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MI Best Port for Browns
Michigan’s Great Lakes brown trout fortunes rest solely on planted fish. While an estimated half or more of the Chinook salmon in lakes Michigan, Huron and Superior are naturally reproduced fish, spawning by lake-run brown trout contributes lit...
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Trolling Strategies: Putting it Together
If you have been reading all the Trolling Strategy articles for the last few months, you have seen articles on divers, riggers, leadcore, lure color selection and thinking in 3D.  This article is intended to bring all those techniques together, shed some light on knowing how and when to choose certain rigs, and how to run them simultaneously with success.  If you haven’t read the previous articles, take a moment and do so, as they are important foundations for  this article.
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Ten Tips for taking Rookies Fishing
  1. Pick a port where action should be hot.  If you’re reading this, you know how to use the Internet, so use it to find some good fishing. 
  2. Weather.  Pick a nice day.  Odds are rookies aren’t gung-ho types or they wouldn’t still be rookies. 
  3. Consider late morning or an afternoon trip for the same reasoning as #2.
  4. Trolling vs. drifting vs. sitting on an anchor.  I have a good friend that just can not take the motion of the boat while driftin...
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Think Shallow for Spring Panfish
Spring rituals. For some that signifies cleaning out the garage, raking leaves remaining from last fall or planting flowers. It could conjure up visions of the first robin sighting or the first time you get a snoot-full of blooming lilacs. It might invoke apparitions of morel mushrooms poking their heads up through the moist forest floor or turkey gobblers. For anglers, spring rituals means panfish.
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Speak Out: Are you part of the Solution?
Are you part of the problem or are you part of the solution?  Kind of a loaded question, don’t you think?  I’m sure you have heard that saying several times in your lifetime.  What I am referring to is our responsibility as anglers and hunters and sportsmen in general.  Ask yourself this question…are we actively involved in our fishery like we should be?  Am I a member of an organization that cares about our sport fishery and is working towards solutio...
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