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The Montana weather thing

by Wayne Mumford January 7, 2010
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Not even a week ago I was sniveling about the balmy conditions. Mud, slush and slop. Well, it took about 24 hours starting Monday to go from 45°F to 0° by Tuesday am and to continue its decent to an arctic -17° last night. Right before going over the temperture cliff we got a pretty [...]

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Bass on the edge

by Wayne Mumford July 13, 2009

With Summer about midway the warm water lakes and ponds are beginning to weed up. Lily pads and underwater weeds beds become major lurking places for fish. Bass and Pike, both ambush hunters, often lay in wait in such locations. They also shelter them from the sun and flying predators. Over the last couple weeks [...]

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Montana Snow Pack 12/14/08

by Wayne Mumford December 14, 2008

With winter solstice a week away and a mild but pretty wet fall behind us the weather has definitely finally turned cold. The arctic blast that is now effecting most of the north country is setting in hard here in northwest Montana. Temperatures are hanging around 0°F today with windchill coming in around -20° and [...]

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The fall game plan

by Wayne Mumford October 12, 2008

The air is getting crisper every morning, frost is on the pumpkins, leaves are dropping and the waterfowl are on the move. We escaped the big storm that hit the southwest part of the state last week but it could be our turn any day now. The wood cutting is nearly done and the stove [...]

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When the big ones on, what do you say?

by Wayne Mumford July 16, 2008

My friend, Bert Gildart, an accomplished writer and photographer recently told me the story about a friend of his who was fishing in Saskatchewan and hooked into a 40+ inch Pike on Black Lake and the ensuing linguistic expression of appreciation of the fish by his guide. A funny story about how fishermen, in the [...]

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