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Hunter's Moon, Fisherman's Sun

By: Mike Yurk

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Hunter's Moon, Fisherman's Sun

By: Mike Yurk

Go hunting and fishing with Mike Yurk in Hunters Moon, Fishermans Sun. It is a collection of twenty two stories that will take you from Alaska to Key West with a lot of time in the upper Mid West where Mike grew up and still lives. It begins with memories of opening day of the fishing season and ends with a long winter followed by two more opening days. In between we fish for halibut in Alaska, hunt pheasants in South Dakota and get a fish fry in Key West. We go back with Mike to when he was a boy and young man learning to hunt. He takes us with him hunting for big ducks on a big lake, a pond where he hunted for geese, the joys of hunting on Saturdays, and shooting rabbits in the snow. We go ice fishing when the walleyes went nuts on his favorite home lake and again on a northern Minnesota lake where friends gather in the winter for a special ice fishing event. The stories move from the past to the present. There are memories of Lake Michigan as a boy to many years later catching salmon there. There are recollections of fishing with his grandfather and father on a beloved river to now teaching his grandson to fish for bass. There are the days of unlimited joy of summer vacation as a boy to a perfect summer day catching smallmouth bass as a much older fisherman. The stories are more then just catching fish or shooting game. They are about people, both in the past and present, and the impact they have on the days of a hunters moon or a fishermans sun.

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1496950550

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Once Upon the Water

By: Mike Yurk

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Once Upon the Water

By: Mike Yurk

Once Upon The Water is a series of adventures that take you fishing along with the author from Canada to Mexico with numerous stops closer to Mike Yurks home in the upper Mid West. But the adventures are more than travels to faraway places and catching fish. They are memories shared with friends and family that make them. There are recollections of fishing over the years with a cousin, taking Mikes 82 year old mother fishing, a tribute to the grandfather who taught Mike how to fish, and reminiscences of his father while fishing his fathers favorite trout stream. Adventures with his son and sons-in-law illustrate the special relationships formed and crazy antics occurring while fishing together. A lazy day of fishing on a hot summer day with Mikes wife evoke the joys of when the living is easy. There are fishing tales from Alabama in an email from England and a testimonial to a buddy who travels from Germany to fish in America. Join Mike and long time friends as they fish when it is twenty below zero on a winter day in northern Minnesota, a trip when they catch walleyes from a remote lake in Canada and on another adventure where they fish for smallmouth bass that are as big as footballs. Old bonds are rekindled with family and friends during an annual gathering where the champagne and memories flow. An old and new friend fish together in Key West and a new fishing buddy is found due to a chance encounter on the way to Mexico. Fishing is an adventure not because of where you are or what you catch but because of the people who share it with you. It all starts once upon the water.

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1477245391

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Going Back to Key West

Eating, Fishing and Drinking in Paradise

By: Mike Yurk

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Going Back to Key West

Eating, Fishing and Drinking in Paradise

By: Mike Yurk

Key West is home to sinners and saints, to dreamers and the hopeless, smugglers and pirates as well as writers, artists, singers and other visionaries. Mike Yurk has visited Key West for over twenty years and from the very beginning fell in love with the weather, life style, people and fishing found in Key West. He put his love of Key West into this book. Although a lot of this book is about fishing, it is also about Key West itself. In Going Back To Key West join Mike as he wonders around Key West, the people he meets and the ambiance of one of the most unique cities in America. As well, travel with Mike through Hemingway Country to visit the places, Key West and others, which have been so pivotal to the life of one of America’s greatest writers. End the book with Mike’s and his wife, Becky’s recommendations of the best places to visit in Key West plus their favorite restaurants and bars. Key West isn’t just a place; it is an experience.

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1728360080

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The Mallalieu Lake Chronicles

By: Mike Yurk

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The Mallalieu Lake Chronicles

By: Mike Yurk

THE MALLALIEU LAKE CHRONICLES is the story of a year in fishing. It follows the author from the cold days of winter when we dream of fishing to the magic of spring and the opening of the fishing season to the lazy days of summer and the glorious times of autumn. We travel to Panama for peacock bass, to Canada for walleyes and northern pike and to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northern Minnesota. We fish the Porcupine Mountains in Upper Michigan for smallmouth bass, for musky in northern Wisconsin and waters close to the writers home in western Wisconsin. But it is more than just catching fish. We listen to the haunting cry of the loons, the wind through the pines, smell the smoke of campfires and bacon frying in the morning, drink bourbon out of a coffee cup and eat fresh fish fillets cooked on a camp stove. And it is about people. There are fishing buddies and memories; the authors remembers his grandfather who taught him to fish, his father a Marine Corps World War II veteran and trout fisherman, old friends from childhood and new fishing pals. It is about companionship and adventure and travel as much as it is about fishing. It is about the wonder of nature and laughter among friends and taking a young boy fishing and watching a bald eagle cavort in the skies. It is what fishing and fishermen are all about.

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1467847615

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Notes From The Dockside

Volume IV

By: Mike Yurk

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Notes From The Dockside

Volume IV

By: Mike Yurk

Notes From The Dockside Volume IV will take you from lessons in life to the joys of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Join Mike Yurk as he explores the adventures of fishing. Meet his beloved Bass Queen, his buddy The Commissioner, his faithful mechanic The Boat Doctor along with other friends and family who join him on the water. The seventy- four stories found in this volume will take you to Panama and the Bahamas, to a rainy day in France, as well as the many lakes in Northwestern Wisconsin where Mike lives and fishes. Find the wonder of the outdoors in Northern Minnesota were the last of the original, old pine trees remain from before the days of logging and a Viking relic which could be the first fishing story carved in stone. Equipment, baits, lures all playing an integral part to fishing are part of the stories too. Through these stories Mike explores the many sides of fishing from good luck to bad luck, small and big fish and sometimes few fish. There is much more to fishing than just catching fish as Mike explores new and old lakes, good weather and bad, memories of old friends now gone and young fisher people who are just beginning to find the love of angling. Spend a day on the water with Mike and his fishing buddies, young and old, and experience the passion and excitement which comes with fishing and what makes it so special. “Mike Yurk is a seasoned angler and author who has filled his stringer with stores on water near and far. Pull up a seat and let him share his tales in Notes From The Dockside one pleasing nugget at a time.” Paul Smith, Outdoor Editor, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.

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Other Waters

By: Mike Yurk

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Other Waters

By: Mike Yurk

The places we fish and people we are with takes us on new adventures in Mike Yurk’s latest book, Other Waters. Follow Mike as he takes you from Costa Rico to catch marlin, to Mexico for sailfish and big bass to Canada’s Northwest Territories fishing for giant lake trout. In between are other waters; streams, rivers, ponds and lakes both big and small forming memorable fishing with unforgettable companions. There are two trout streams in northern Wisconsin from Mike’s youth to years later two other steams in North Carolina’s Appalachian Mountains. Rivers such as Wisconsin’s Wolf and Fox Rivers fishing in his early years with his father and grandfather brings us to the Mississippi River today fishing with buddies near his home in northwestern Wisconsin. Another river in Missouri takes us on legendary float fishing one of Ozarks premier waters. Go trout fishing in a military training area in Germany where the weather is always challenging. Two small ponds in Alabama as well as a large impoundment lake teaches Mike about bass fishing. Join Mike during the winter when he fishes through the ice on several Wisconsin lakes. Another Wisconsin lake never disappoints with both muskies and bass. There are other waters close to his home, fishing for smallmouth bass in Lake Superior, walleyes in northern Minnesota and largemouth bass and panfish at a lake known simply as Lake X to protect its identity. Exploring other waters bring both successes and disappointments along with new sights and sounds. As important as the waters Mike fishes are those who join him on these travels and ventures along with the people he meets while fishing other waters. Other Waters is book of people and places and adventures and fishing, making a lifetime of memories.

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1665554738

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Nork from Nowhere

An Orphan Boy's Amazing Journey to Belonging...

By: Mike Leaver

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Nork from Nowhere

An Orphan Boy's Amazing Journey to Belonging...

By: Mike Leaver

Upper-class teen Sara flees her parents' middle-England mansion after a disastrous party. She happens upon Nork, a mysterious young, orphan boy seemingly from nowhere. This is a coming-of-age story with comedy, romance and sexual references, that is both thought-provoking and amusing.

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1915122066

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More Notes from the Dockside

By: Mike Yurk

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More Notes from the Dockside

By: Mike Yurk

More Notes From The Dockside is the second volume of columns Mike Yurk writes about fishing. These short gems from the world of the outdoors capture the fun, memories, adventures and occasional misadventures that come from days on the water. The stories are of people and in More Notes From the Dockside you will again meet The Commissioner, The Boat Doctor, and Mikes beloved wife, The Bass Queen, as well as the entire cast of Mikes fishing buddies. There are memories of fishing with his grandfather and father and now years later of fishing with his grandchildren. More Notes From The Dockside revels in the joys of time on the water and the simple pleasures of being in the outdoors with family and friends. In his previous collection of anecdotes, Notes From The Dockside, Mike Yurk puts the reader by the fire place at fishing camp or pot-bellied stove in a bait shop and spins the yarns that have fueled hours of conversation during and after many a fishing season. Anglers generally collect more stories than fish and Yurk provides a wealth of observations with More Notes From The Dockside, with journeys through the wonderful world of Piscatorial pursuit.-Jon Echternacht, reporter Hudson (Wis.) Star Observer Mike Yurk is a seasoned angler and author who has filled his stringer with stories on waters near and far. Pull up a seat and let him share his tales in Notes From The Dockside one pleasing nugget at a time.-Paul Smith, Outdoor Editor, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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1491816171

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A View from the Lake

By: Mike Yurk

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A View from the Lake

By: Mike Yurk

AView From The Lake is much more then just a book of fishing stories. Yes there are plenty of fish stories but it just as much a book about people and places. There are memories of fishing with a grandfather and father, old and new friends and now a grandson. We travel to waters near and far. We venture to Cozumel for bonefish, Key West for tarpon, and to Canada for walleyes and northern pike. Closer to home we fish for bass and panfish, on the Mississippi River for walleyes, and an ice fishing trip to Lake Of The Woods. There are memories of an island and the adventure of camping there as a young boy, confidence in a favorite bait, the joys of Christmas vacation and the much anticipated arrival of the greatest fishing catalog of all time. The stories also relate the frustration with lawn work during fishing season, the importance of selecting a good fishing hat, and the beauty and memories associated with an old reel. There is a cabin in Minnesota loaded with colorful characters where just being there is more important then catching fish. There is a muskie fishing story from northern Wisconsin that actually begins in Innsbruck, Austria and another story of a mysterious trout stream in North Carolina. There are memories and laughter, lakes and streams and rivers, family and friends, and all the things that make fishing what it is.

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1449094945

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A View from the Lake

By: Mike Yurk

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Hockey Now!

By: Mike Leonetti

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Hockey Now!

By: Mike Leonetti

Biographies of more than 80 of hockey's top NHL players.

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1552978230

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The 1996 Information Please Sports Almanac

By: Mike Meserole

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The 1996 Information Please Sports Almanac

By: Mike Meserole

Profiles the record breakers and record makers, statistics and facts for professional and amateur sports, as well as highlighting both summer and winter olympics.

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0395665671

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Notes from the Dockside

By: Mike Yurk

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Notes from the Dockside

By: Mike Yurk

These stores are mainly about fishing, There are five parts to any fishing trip. There is the water we are fishing, the baits and equipment we use, the fish we are or are not catching, the people we are with and the weather. These stores try to have all those in them. These stories are about the fun and adventure of fishing, appreciating the waters, shores and the birds and animals we see when we are on the water. But most importantly it is family and friends we fish with. In these stories you will meet the Boat Doctor, the Commissioner of Fishing, the Worm Dude and Mikes beloved Bass Queen and the many other fishermen and characters who make these fishing trips and stories so memorable.

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1524670618

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The Mallalieu Lake Chronicles

By: Mike Yurk

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Book's by Mike Yurk

Hunter's Moon, Fisherman's Sun

Hunter's Moon, Fisherman's Sun

Once Upon the Water

Once Upon the Water

Going Back to Key West

Going Back to Key West

The Mallalieu Lake Chronicles

The Mallalieu Lake Chronicles

Notes From The Dockside

Notes From The Dockside

Other Waters

Other Waters

Nork from Nowhere

Nork from Nowhere

More Notes from the Dockside

More Notes from the Dockside

A View from the Lake

A View from the Lake

A View from the Lake

A View from the Lake

Hockey Now!

Hockey Now!

The 1996 Information Please Sports Almanac

The 1996 Information Please Sports Almanac

Notes from the Dockside

Notes from the Dockside

The Mallalieu Lake Chronicles

The Mallalieu Lake Chronicles

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