GK Calls Know How to Talk to Ducks and Geese

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Published: 20 January 2014

By Louie Stout

GK CallsMichiana Outdoors News welcomes GK Calls as the exclusive sponsor of our popular how-to videos.

GK World Championship Calls is a Michigan-based company that manufactures premium duck and goose calls for waterfowlers. GK Calls – which stands for Giant Killer – are the choices of serious hunters. They’ve produced more than 200 first places in calling contests, won every major title on the goose calling circuit, and produced the Champion of Champion’s title in 2010.

While some call manufacturers emphasize trendy cosmetics, GK spends a significant amount of time perfecting each call that leaves the factory.

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Giant Catfish Caught Through Ice on Bluegill Rod

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Published: 17 January 2014

By LOUIE STOUT

Michigan Record Flathead CatfishThe first time Dale Blakley went ice fishing, he wasn’t all that impressed.

“I didn’t catch a thing,” he groaned.

That all changed last Sunday while fishing on Barron Lake near Niles. He not only caught a fish – he caught a state record – and a monster at that.

With the help of fishing buddies Fred Harkrider and Mike and Justin Wagner, Blakley out-dueled a 52-pound flathead catfish after an hour and 15 minute battle through the ice.

The catfish shattered the Michigan record of 49 pounds, 13 ounces set in 2012 on the Maple River. Blakley’s fish measured 46.2 inches long and had a head bigger than a large medicine ball.

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