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Mark Walters For Agri-View
Dec 30, 2023
Dec 30, 2023

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Walleye are fun to catch and exceptional to eat, Mark Walters says.

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Ben Heinecke, Tim Heinecke and Paul Bucher are living the dream on the frozen waters of a lake in near Cumberland, Wisconsin.

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An Eskimo ice shack is home for Mark Walters during many winter nights.

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Mark Walters lives near Necedah, Wisconsin. An outdoor-adventures writer since 1989, he enjoys hobby farming, adventure and anything outdoors. "If I wasn't earning a living as a writer I would want to be a beef farmer," he says. Email sunsetoutdoors@tds.net to reach him.