Steve Krasaway figures that fishing off his dock this weekend could be kind of like going wading.
“The biggest thing this year is you might need rubber boots to fish in the evening,” Krasaway, of Vermilion Walleye Hunter Guide Service LLC on the Tower end of Lake Vermilion said. “I fish every evening off my dock and I might have to wear boots. I've never seen the water this high in 42 years. My dock will be underwater on the opener.”
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