Browsing All posts tagged under »Muskies«

Care for a cold one?

March 17, 2014

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Intrepid reporter Babs Young trekked across the frozen tundra that is Torch Lake to bring you this special report.

The Monthly Correction

November 7, 2009

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Fresh from my humiliation over the State Record Muskie, I am preparing another crow pie. However, this one I’m going to put in the freezer until Norton Bretz gets back from Hong Kong, because he knows more about all this than I do anyway, and I cling to the hope that I’m not altogether wrong, […]

Eating crow. Muskie anyway.

October 3, 2009

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A long time ago (Sounds Fishy to Me) I staked out a position on muskies. I told you there weren’t any of ’em in Torch Lake. I said you should count on catching whitefish, perch, bass, lake trout – no muskies.  Well. When I am wrong I am spectacularly wrong. But at least I admit my […]

Babs sabotages lures – saves fish

September 22, 2008

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This was in today’s email from Babs: I went to a workshop today and found a way to save our fish. Turn fish-lures into jewelry. Pretty interesting approach. The only thing is . . . Babs, how do you know that the beaded lures won’t be even more appealing to the fish? Hee-ere little muskie, […]

Inquiring cyclists want to know: the RAT, the Muskie, and Big Mac

June 29, 2008

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My brother in law Dennis trained hard for his Mid-Life Cross Country Bicycle Tour.  (He once pedaled 40 miles up a mountain in a sleet storm to meet my sister and me at a Sundance film.)  He finally got around to reading Torch Lake Views and had some questions: 

Straighten Up and Fly Right – a belated Fathers Day post featuring pancakes and planes

June 25, 2008

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I sent this Fathers Day card to Dad and called him, too – but the post I intended in honor of all the Dads who take their daughters fishing with safety pins tied to wooden rulers (or with pikepoles and pistols if they’re after muskies) – that post got lost in the rush of events. OK, […]