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September 2, 2010

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    Jill Easton

    Look north this summer for vacation plans
    June 4, 2010

    Has the oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico caused you to rethink your summer vacation plans? Cancel your Gulf fishing trip? Here’s a thought: Look north.
    I know a place with unique fishing, islands that rival the Caribbean, plenty of things to keep the family occupied, good eating, and best of all you don’t need a passport and everyone speaks English. Curious yet? It’s time to check out Lake Erie.
    Lake Erie, the 13th largest lake in the world, is one of the Great Lakes that spans the border between Canada and the United States, but it is so much more.

    Fishing with ghost of Confederate President Jefferson Davis
    January 22, 2010

    A bass rises to some unseen bug on the surface, creating ripples across the brown placid waters of Oyster Bayou. I cast my crankbait over the area and begin a slow retrieve just beneath the surface. The bass ignores the rattling, shimmying pest in his world, but from my vantage point under one of the remaining storm-scarred oaks I watch half-a-dozen crappie chase after the intruder.

    Trout in White River are fatter this year
    November 21, 2008

    Shhhhhsh, don't tell anyone. We don't want to share; this is a secret. The trout in the White River are the biggest and fattest that anyone around north Arkansas can remember.
    This isn't just idle talk, even the Game and Fish Commission's trout biologist agrees.

    New gun helps hunter get over her ‘wimpiness’
    October 24, 2008

    Shotguns kick. That fact is why my ever-loving husband started calling me a wimp. It's become more or less my nickname.

    Hurricane Katrina improved fishing along coast
    September 19, 2008

    Ugly didn't begin to describe "Katrina Reef."

    Grouchy little neighbors have unique characteristics
    August 8, 2008

    Hummingbirds are always in a bad mood. Right now, with migration in full swing, they're grouchier than ever.

    So much to do, so little time to do it
    August 23, 2001

    Fall's trying to break through the summer. It's only a shadow so far: the cool of an early morning breeze, cicadas in the trees, sumac beginning to show red. But it's there, lurking, waiting.