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The Day Millions of Pickerel Saved My Starving Town — and Nearly Ruined My Favorite Fishing Hole

Summary by Outdoor Life
This story, “The Year the Pickerel Came” appeared in the July 1952 issue of Outdoor Life. The town I came from was a wide spot in a narrow road in north-central North Dakota. The only relief from the monotonous prairie around it was a muddy, meandering stream known locally as the Mouse River, a translation from the French of its map name — the Souris. The Souris starts in Canada, loops lazily down into Dakota for a hundred miles or so, then turn…
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Outdoor Life broke the news in on Sunday, March 22, 2026.
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