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Banks
Banks
By: Don Wittenberger
Posted: 9/7/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/4/2017
Hot Spots: 0
My friend Tom and I fished Banks Lake from Sep. 4-6. Dense fog-like smoke from wildfires shrouded the lake. We could not see the opposite shore. We fished for smallmouth on the west side of Steamboat ...
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Mayfield
Mayfield
By: Don Wittenberger
Posted: 6/29/2008
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/25/2008
Hot Spots: 0
"Fish! Fish on!" I yelled, followed by an expletive a moment later. I've been doing this long enough to know the difference between a tiger muskie and a stump. I could say I was just fired up after...
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Mayfield
Mayfield
By: Don Wittenberger
Posted: 6/5/2008
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/4/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I fished Mayfield for about 5 hours on Wednesday. Weather was cool and drizzly, and water temps ranged from 49 to 54 degrees around the lake . Under conditions like these, tiger muskies will be leth...
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Merwin
Merwin
By: Don Wittenberger
Posted: 6/5/2008
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/2/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Tony Welch and I spent Monday and Tuesday searching for tiger muskies in cool and rainy weather but located only 1 lethargic juvenile (under 30 inches). Water temp was only 55 degrees and the muskie...
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Merwin
Merwin
By: Don Wittenberger
Posted: 7/28/2007
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/25/2007
Hot Spots: 0
"No greater love hath a friend," Tony said as he handed me his rod, claiming a tiger muskie was on the other end. I reeled in a 16-inch squawfish. "It's the thought that counts," I replied gaily. T...
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Mayfield
Mayfield
By: Don Wittenberger
Posted: 6/16/2007
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/14/2007
Hot Spots: 0
This week, while roughing it at the Mayfield Lake campground, I thought about the pioneers as I uncoiled the extension cord for the microwave in the back of my pickup. I can't imagine how they surviv...
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