Squeezed in between summer basketball and fall football, a final fishing excursion to close out the summer.

Father Hennepin State Park

Mille Lacs Lake

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Matt Immelman (14), northern pike, bucktail spinnerbait,
Isle Bay, Mille Lacs Lake, Minn., Aug. 14, 2011.

Tim Immelman (16), northern pike, spinnerbait, Isle Bay,
Mille Lacs Lake, Minn., Aug. 14, 2011.

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Update: The First Fishing Trip of Summer

Tim Immelman (17) with a channel catfish caught in the Mississippi River below the Sartell dam, with Matt (14) looking on, March 24, 2012. (Yes, summer came to Minnesota in March this year.)

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Related reports on this site

2011 Father’s Day Fishing Trip (June 19, 2011)

Mille Lacs Lake Fishing Report (June 12, 2011)

2010 Father’s Day Fishing Trip (June 19, 2010)

Minnesota Fishing Opener (May 15, 2010)

FROM THE ARCHIVES

One Year Ago — August 14, 2010

Severe Storm Hits Sartell Area

One year ago today, I reported that the Sartell-Rice area in Central Minnesota had been hit by near-hurricane force straight-line winds.

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Two Years Ago — August 14, 2009

Bachmann Plays Victim … Again

Two years ago today, on August 14, 2009, I reported that Michele Bachmann was at it again, making false or outrageous claims in the national media and then playing the victim by leveraging her disingenuousness, incendiary rhetoric and political paranoia into campaign cash.

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Three Years Ago — August 14, 2008

Campaign Against Michele Bachmann: Day 31

Three years ago today, on August 14, 2008 — the 31st day of my 2008 campaign against incumbent U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann for the Republican nomination in Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District — I took a one-day break from my Sixth District walking tour to rest my feet and catch up on administrative matters and correspondence while tracking international developments relevant to my campaign focus on national security — specifically, the Russian invasion of Georgia and the emerging threat of female suicide bombers in Iraq.