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The storm started miles from here along the western border of Minnesota. it was outside the treeline with nothing in its way to slow it down so it roared across the state. when it slammed into woods it started things swaying. the frail fell moments later in branches or aging trees...

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If I forgot to mention this I really enjoy fishing. I can walk a creek or kayak and get the same enjoyment. If I’m canoeing or running my little outbo...

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I don’t look like I just stumbled out of an outhouse but the guy getting in my boat makes me feel that way. He is attired to the proverbial nines in only the finest an Orvis catalog can market. Toss in some LL Bean wet weather gear just to finish the ensemble and he is now seated...

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Complete cessation of wind. No hissing or popping, the fire has died to ashes. Water so calm its not lapping against the shore. I think everything outdoors is tired and I know I am. All of this northern most Minnesota nature is shutting down...

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We launch and push pole out. Stuck. The canoe is almost empty but were stuck. We get back out of the canoe which now floats freely. Hip boots slosh as we move slowly through the shallow water. Rocks trip us and the muck sucks at are boots...

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In resent presidential news, Barack Obama and John McCain face ever increasing challenges in Minnesota as local Fishing Party candidate, Trout Whisperer, receives new endorsement...

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CO Greg Oldakowski (Wadena, Minnesota) responded to a call of a man and his dog being surrounded by timber wolves. The pair was uninjured in the attack, yet the man stated the wolves followed him down the road while he was in his car. Upon investigating the area, the only canine found was a single longhaired, shepherd type dog, which was found within feet of the area where the alleged wolf attack had occurred. Click to read many more bizarre outdoor tales and true confessions...

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There was a funeral today in a small church in a small town whose best days are gone yet every pew was filled with those who came to pay final respects to the man with the big farmer hands who died just a few days short of his 88th birthday...

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In campaign news today, Washington  is reeling as the news of the unprecedented Trout Whisperer fishing challenge to Barack Obama and John McCain spreads across the country. Watch closely, at the end of this video, to see the abuse that our worthy Fishing Party candidate, Trout Whisperer, must take...

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JustNorth.com endorsed presidential candidate, Trout Whisperer, challenges Barack Obama and John McCain to Fishing Contest...

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View this video to learn more about JustNorth.com endorsed Presidential candidate, Trout Whisperer (Karl Seckinger from Two Harbors, Minnesota), who is running on the Fishing Party ticket against Barack Obama and John McCain ...

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There is a lady I know that will sit in the boat with her husband for hours on end and read or suntan. He always buys the combo platter resident fishing license just in case you know what freezes over and she might want to fish...

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Over to his library he plucked a book. With a shaky hand he autographed a fly-tying book to me. What he wrote shouldn’t be read by the faint of heart. I watched him write it. Then he handed it to me, I read it then, so many years ago. I read it again last night...

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After sixty seven straight days of fishing you can get tired. I don’t get tired of fishing, just tired. You fish so much you wear the skin off your index finger unhooking walleyes. The boat is still rocking and you have been in bed for twenty minutes. Close your eyes and the bobber is still floating there...

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My son, Tony, and I went up to the UP on the land we deer hunt on over the Memorial Day Holiday weekend. We were on a mission to get a turkey and right out of the gate on Saturday morning we...

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