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Changing winds have us changing up the programs. Fish are higher in the column than they have been for the couple of weeks. Short leadcores and shallow downriggers with sliders have been productive. Glow spoons in the morning, but as the sun gets high, silver/gold back spoons and flasher/fly combinations are going off. -Capt Jamie Happy Hookers “Aluminauti”
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Happy Hooker Charters
Duluth, Minnesota, United States
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Happy Hooker Charters runs angling trips out of Duluth and offers to show you what the local fishery is all about. Captain James Cotner (previously Captain of Happy Hooker’s "Hooker Too") will do his best to make sure you have a fun day fu...

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