Mike Yurk 
A View from the Lake 

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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Mike Yurk began writing while working on three central Wisconsin newspapers in the late 1960s. He enlisted in the Army in 1972 and retired as a major in 1994. His military career took him all over the world and he lived and fished in such places as Alabama, North Carolina, Missouri, Minnesota, and Europe, finally returning to his home state of Wisconsin. He has published over 600 articles in both regional and national magazines. He currently lives in Hudson, Wisconsin, and is working on his next novel.