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First mate Andrew Gauthier helps Alex Cannon of Elk River, MN hold a dandy steelhead that Alex caught with the help of his grandpa, James Moos on a recent fishing trip out of Algoma, WI.
By Capt. Lee Haasch
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The sun is peaking over the orange horizon, a wisp of clouds makes the morning sky seem like a Terry Redlin print with the firey orange sky and calm blue water, the first mate is adjusting a port dipsy line, the captain, well I'm enjoying my first morning cup of coffee…suddenly, "FISH ON, FISH ON !! FAR BIRD! SEE 'EM JUMPING?" Aah, the sounds of spring! It's all music to my ears! I just love early spring fishing. And the most exciting, are those feisty, acrobatic steelhead.
Those silver torpedoes, feed near the surface, well most of the time anyway. When they spy that...