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Smelt Fishing with Dad on Lake Superior

By | August 7, 2014

Throwback Thursday: Spring of 1971. Age 6. Here I am, smelt fishing with my dad at Knife River, Minnesota. Knife River is located northeast of Duluth on the North Shore. Dad lived for smelt season. Every year, he’d pack his nets with a couple of empty garbage cans and head north. My mom, however, was… Read More »