A Maple Syrup Chronicle From a Warm Spring
A 75 year old writer describes tapping trees on Feb 4 and producing his first batch of maple syrup. He notes above normal warmth in the Upper Midwest and shares the careful process of boiling sap to 219 degrees Fahrenheit with 66 percent sugar, filtering, and bottling the final product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Webb
MacArthur Park
Upper
Midwest
Kwwl-Tv
Mark Schnackenberg
Kcrg-Tv
Corey Thompson
Dean Kress
Quasqueton
Orlan Love
Jerry Franz
Bahamian lobster boats and a shark attack survivor
Roy Pinder, 78, runs a 25 foot boat ferrying tourists in Spanish Wells Bahamas where he once faced a brutal 1968 shark attack while diving for grouper. A medical student helped stop bleeding with 400 stitches needed to repair his head. He has since continued diving for over 30 years.
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Spanish Wells
Bahamas
Roy Pinder
Roy
Spanish Wells Flats
Barb Hexum
Barb
Tom
Rochester
Minn
Grouper
Minnesota
Oceanside
Linda
Weekly Iowa DNR Fishing Report Highlights Regional Open Water
Anglers report a few walleye from Nashua to La Porte City with a fair bite and jig or minnow setups. Interior rivers open with some walleye catches and trout streams in excellent condition as ice declines. ice safety advised. Main Mississippi Pool reports mixed walleye and sauger with rising temps expected to boost activity. Pools 9 12 levels vary, boat ramps open but ice flows noted. caution advised.
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Iowa
Nashua
la Porte City
Manchester
Mississippi
Lynxville
Guttenberg
Dubuque
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Orlan
Elva Kress
Brandon
Lanni
Michael Love
Ames
Travel
Fishing Report
Cedar River
Decorah
Chuck Gipp Decorah Fish Hatchery
Coralville Reservoir
Lake Macbride
Mississippi River
Lansing
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