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Family float brings variety and really big smallie: Fish of the Week

By  Dale Bowman
   
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A family trip on the Wisconsin River near Sauk City in September produced quality multispecies fishing, including this smallmouth bass caught by Carl Baker, a 16-year-old at York High School.

‘‘All were catch-and-release, except for three 18-inch walleye that made the cooler,’’ father Boyd Baker emailed.

They were fishing river rigs with crawlers and even caught a sturgeon.

FOTW, the celebration of big fish and good stories around Chicago fishing, runs Wednesdays on the Sun-Times’ outdoors page. Send nominations by Facebook (Dale Bowman), Twitter (@BowmanOutside) or email (straycasts@sbcglobal.net).


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