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Craig Oyler - Don't bring a walleye rod to a laker fight

Craig Oyler is a multi-season/multi-species angler who travels across the midwest chasing the next big bite. Craig likes fishing for anything that swims, but Pactola lake trout are by far his favorite. This is one of his favorite stories about fishing with a friend and equipment not up to the task of hauling in a Black Hills laker.


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A flatworm stealing smallie

Josh Bertrand is a professional angler from Arizona who made the haul up to Lake Oahe for an Elite Series showdown. He figured out South Dakota's smallies enough to take 8th overall, but had one memorable fish that didn't even help him at the weigh-in.


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Even the best miss a big one or two

Boyd Duckett is a Bassmaster Classic champion from Guntersville, Alabama. He found himself fishing on championship Monday on Lake Oahe in Pierre, So. Dak. on July 2, 2018 in the hunt for the Elite Series title. Lake Oahe gave him a chance to seal the deal, but the big green South Dakota smallies had other plans.


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Let's Go Fishing

Stan Wright is a media icon in the state of Hawaii. Now retired, Stan talks about his life as an angler, host of "Lets Go Fishing" television and shares stories about fishing with his family in Hawaii.


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Shaun Lezotte - Most memorable early guide trip

Shaun remembers one of his most memorable guide trips from when he first started as a professional fishing education consultant.


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Fishing Big Sauk Lake with Big D

Darrel Carlson has become a fanatic about fishing Sauk Lake at Big Sauk Resort in central Minnesota. He and I chatted while trolling for anything that would bite one hot July day in 2017.


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Misadventures on the Ice

Curt and Paul remember an ice fishing trip when paul went for an unexpected ride in a portable ice shack.


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Dad pranks Dad

Paul tells the story about Curt's dad pranking his dad while fishing down at Westbend in South Dakota.


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Riding the tube at Westbend

Curt and Paul remember going out to play in the water one windy South Dakota day.


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Larry Myhre & Gary Howey - Fishing with Wives

Gary and Larry have had some great adventures together. But the reason they can take those adventures is because their families are so understanding and open to the lifestyle. It helps that they take their wives along for a fishing adventure once-in-a-while.


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Hook in the hand...and the pants

Jason Durham owns Go Fish! Guide Service out of Park Rapids, MN. He's never been hooked as a fishing guide, but tells about a time when things did not go right for one of his clients.


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Fishing with Chief Justice

Jason Durham owns Go Fish! Guide Service out of Park Rapids, MN. He remembers one of his favorite memories fishing with a chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court and getting a great story out of the day.


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Casting dad's fishing pole off a bridge

Joyce recalls her greatest catch of all time...and it didn't involve fish.


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Catching a Catfish for Lunch

Casey Weismantel is the Director of the Aberdeen CVB, and an avid outdoor enthusiast. He told one of his earliest fishing memories, one that has helped shape his outdoor perspective and passion. Music (In order of appearance): "Swamp Stomp" - Silent Partner "Monkeys Spinning Monkeys" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "We Were Once Kings" - Silent Partner


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Caught a deep trouser

Thomas and his buddy went fishing after a day at the movies. The half bottle of hot sauce he had the night before was coming back for revenge.


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1 Bass for 2

Recorded live at the 2017 Dakota Angler Ice Institute. Cooper and his dad tell a story about two anglers catching one bass at the same time.


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Tony Dean Drop the anchor


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Losing a pike in the boundary waters

Kevin was the only angler in a group of friends on an adventure in the Boundary Waters. Fishing was difficult, and Kevin remembers trying to catch dinner for the group, and not having the best luck.


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Donkey Brothers

John and Greg have always been close brothers and have called each other donkey since watching Grizzly Adams on television. The tradition continues to the ice in an unusual way.


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Fish dance for luck

While time was running out on the 2017 Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza, Jim went to his go-to fish dance to drum up some action.


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