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Stray Cast: Sox/Bears/Cubs & Wildcat Rapids/Burnham Harbor/North Shore Channel

By  Sun-Times Wire
   
SHARE Stray Cast: Sox/Bears/Cubs & Wildcat Rapids/Burnham Harbor/North Shore Channel

It only seems apt to run the Stray Cast here.

After all, this Web log is named for the Stray Cast, which has snapped off the end of the outdoors column in the Sun-Times on Wednesdays since April 2, 2003.

Here’s today’s:

White Sox: Like shooting Wildcat Rapids. Bears: Like motoring back to Burnham Harbor off plane. Cubs: Like being up North Shore Channel without a paddle.

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