Monthly Archives: June 2025

  1. June 18, 2025

    Steelhead Sermons: How River Ghosts Schooled My Trigger Finger

    When Steelhead Whisper Through the MistPre-dawn air clung to my face like wet spiderwebs, the musk of decaying alewives mixing with Folgers brewing on the Coleman stove. My lucky
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  2. June 18, 2025

    Ice Holes & Life Lessons: When a Sturgeon Stole My Dignity (Again)

    When Luck Sinks and Instinct RisesFog hung thicker than Hank's whiskey breath as we crunched across frozen Lake Michigan. My trusty St. Croix rod trembled in numb fingers - not from cold, but the
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  3. June 18, 2025

    Jerkbait Jazz: Smallmouths Don't Read Weather Apps

    When Dawn Breaks the Fish's Alarm ClockThe metallic tang of pre-storm air clung to my nostrils as I untangled fluorocarbon line from Hank's favorite lure. 'This feels like…
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  4. June 18, 2025

    Raccoon Rodeo & Moonlit Strikes

    When Moonlight Bites BackThree cricket chirps past midnight found me knee-deep in swampgrass, spinnerbaits clinking like drunken windchimes on my tackle belt. The air smelled of…
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  5. June 18, 2025

    Trophy Tussles and Tenacious Trebles: Why My Lures Never Retire

    When Sunrise Bites Back: A Crash Course in Hardbody Lure LoyaltyDew-soaked dock planks creaked beneath my boots as I flipped open the tackle box. The scent of rotting alewives mixed with freshly brewed Folgers created that peculiar Great…
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