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Introduced in 2005, the ChatterBait bladed jig was the result of years of experimentation by Ron Davis, Sr., a lifelong tinkerer with a background in research and development who refined blade shape, placement and vibration.
Loren Crosbie caught the only limit to win the Michiana Singles season opener Sunday at Lake Wawasee.
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Winona Lake Produces Great Season Opener for Hamrick
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Editor's note: Today's article is the first of a new feature fom Michiana Outdoors News. We'll be inviting guest columnists to share their experiences and expertihere from time to time. Be sure to watch for our next guest!
By David Hamerick, Guest Columnist
I had a great time fishing on Winona Lake in Warsaw, Ind. from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on March 13.
I was making my first trip out fishing in my Bass Tracker boat this season. I primarily wanted to make sure my boat was going to run after being in storage all winter. Thankfully, it started fine and I motored out of the public launch. As I exited the channel, I could see and feel the wind blowing pretty good to the south.
The air temp was in the 60s and the water temp was around 50. I motored over to the main lake and fished the north side of lake shoreline in hopes that it would be warmer. No luck there, so I went to some south side areas where the wind was blowing into shore pretty good.
I was bass fishing in 3 to 6 feet with a ¼-ounce underspin with a 4-inch Rapala CrushCity swimbait in chartreuse pearl on a baitcaster with 12-pound fluorocarbon line when I felt that familiar "thump" that reminded me why I love fishing.
McKee’s Simple Approach Produces Steelhead, Bluegill and Yellow Perch
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Sportsman Spotlight
Hometown: Michigan City
Occupation: Retired postal worker
Favorite fish species and biggest: Steelhead, a 22 pounder, caught in the early 1990s
Favorite Michiana lake: Lake Michigan
Favorite rod and reel: Pflueger President reel and Berkley Lightning Rod.
Hobbies when not fishing: Waterfowl hunting
If you only had one lure: A No. 3 Mepps spinner with fluorescent orange blade for stream steelhead.
Best tip for Michiana Angler: When fishing for stream steelhead, slow down and make sure your bait is moving naturally. And remember, fish are fish; what works for a bass can work for a steelhead or perch.
By Louie Stout
If you live outside the Lake Michigan trout and salmon world, you may not have heard of Mike McKee.
But in northwest Indiana, he is known as one of the best creek steelhead fishermen and a darn good first mate on salmon boats.
But you can’t pigeonhole him as just a salmon guy. He fishes for all kinds of fish and has become an accomplished yellow perch, bass and bluegill angler.
The 67-year-old Michigan City resident has been working salmon boats since the 1970s and terrorizing stream steelhead for decades.
A former Michigan City News-Dispatch outdoors columnist, he has been the backbone for the city’s annual Skamania Mania contest initially started by the former Northwest Indiana Steelheaders.
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