Featured Trips By Dick Ellis
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7/26/2012 4:35:00 PMBy Dick Ellis Reader note:“You never know what you’ll find in a Mike Foss bear camp. But at least the opportunity for success is as close as a hunter can come to a guarantee. Hunters over many years have achieves a near 100 percent shot opportunity due to the guide’s hard work in pre-season. Craig Cichanofsky of Green...
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7/25/2012 1:00:00 PMBy Dick Ellis Reader Note: When reading any of Dick Ellis’s 1200 Wisconsin journeys taken over two decades as a syndicated columnist, be sure to check current regulations when planning the trip yourself. This trip, taken on the Manitowish Chain in 2003, highlights a first musky taken by a Wisconsin angler. For information on guides, lodging,...
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7/17/2012 12:40:00 PMBy Dick Ellis Reader Note: “Dick’s Trips is a weekly column published from the On Wisconsin Archives and the Ellis field journeys over 25 years as a syndicated outdoor columnist. This column was written in 2003 in Dane County. The reader is responsible for knowing current trapping, fishing and hunting regulations. The 2012 ...
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7/12/2012 11:50:00 AMBy Dick Ellis Reader Note: When reading any of Dick Ellis’s 1200 Wisconsin journeys taken over two decades as a syndicated columnist, be sure to check current regulations when planning the trip yourself. The following column pertains to flathead catfishing the sloughs of Mississippi River pool 8 near Lacrosse in 2003. In addition to the guid...
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7/9/2012 12:05:00 PMBy Dick Ellis Reader Note: Published in fond memory of decoy carver Charlie Brisky of Berlin Wisconsin, who passed away unexpectedly May 14, 2012. This story was published after a November 2011 duck hunt on Lake Winnebago with Brisky that featured his decoys. A beautiful bluebill carved and sent by Brisky in appreciation of the s...
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6/28/2012 12:25:00 PMBy Dick Ellis This Column by Dick Ellis was originally published in 2002 Dancing in the mud and water of a distant swamp in the Namekagon Barrens near Minong, Max, Judd, Libby and Josie send their best hound-dog harmony to the skies to announce that the black bear is finally treed. Hundreds of yards to the east, Jason Schroeder stops his be...
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6/19/2012 1:30:00 PMBy Dick Ellis The hunt for a musky was playing out like so many do. Early evening was already on the books. No fish. Dennis Radloff, John Kubiak and I had watched our surface lures cut tiny wakes under a beautiful sunset over Oconomowoc Lake with the same results. And we had plodded through an hour or two of darkness motivated by...
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6/14/2012 3:25:00 PMSPORTS-OUTDOORS“6-29-2009 BIG GREEN”ELLIS OUTDOOR It’s been almost six decades since Dennis Walker’s mammoth struggle with a lake trout from a small row boat on Big Green Lake. Guide Ernie Schroeder worked the oars and offered encouragement but not a hand of help on the rod as the fish and fight came to the surface and down...
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6/14/2012 10:15:00 AMBy Dick Ellis Reader Note: When reading any of Dick Ellis’s 1200 Wisconsin journeys taken over two decades as a syndicated columnist, be sure to check current regulations when planning the trip yourself. Google Escanaba Lake Experimental Fishing to read 2012 reports. Just maybe, lake scenery from a postcard and a good chance at simply catch...