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Mining Bronze in Iron Country

The late, great Jim Hudson's advice on winter smallmouth fishing

Mining Bronze in Iron Country
Smallmouth can be caught through the ice; it just takes patience. (TJ Maglio photo)

Editor’s Note: Just a few weeks after our trip to Chequamegon Bay but before this was to go to press; Capt. Jim Hudson was killed in a tragic ice fishing accident, his snowmobile breaking through the ice. Hudson always held safety as a top priority and even canceled plans to fish browns and cohos one day during our trip due to unsafe ice conditions.

His passing was truly a tragic accident and only serves to remind us that no ice conditions are completely safe and precautions must be considered paramount at all times.

A legend in the Midwest fishing industry, Hudson was dedicated to sharing his extensive knowledge of fishing while...

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