Word: lakes
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...catch is a testament to modern technology, but it is hardly unique. Over the long Memorial Day weekend, many of America's 54 million anglers headed for the nearest river, lake or bay armed with depth finders, pH meters and computerized tackle. The history of fishing is a history of equipment, but with the advent of low-cost electronics, one of the world's most popular participatory sports has rapidly become its most high tech. "Fishermen are looking for every advantage they can get," says Robert Sullivan, a salesman at Larry Smith Electronics in Riviera Beach, Fla. "They are saying...
...boats, temperature gauges screwed into the hull guide anglers to cool underground springs in ponds and lakes where fish like to congregate on hot summer days. Similarly, pH meters dragged at various depths help locate acidity "clines," or layers, where fish are apt to feed. Lake Systems Division's $630 Multi-C-Lector, in addition to measuring temperature and pH, also detects water clarity clines, using an underwater light meter. It then suggests which color lures are most likely to catch a fish...
Heavyweight Coach Harry Parker gets dumped into Lake Quinsigamond. His expression hardly changes throughout the dunking. He gives a press conference in his drenched clothing...
...Kennedy '91 was an all-state wrestler three times at his high school in Kenney Lake, but he was forced to give the sport up this year. "I was failing Spanish," he says. "Lots of people in my class have had three or four years [of the language], but you know, my school wasn't accredited or anything...
Perhaps the most delectable oyster invention of all belongs to Karl Beckley, 34, who combines the mollusks with corn in airy pancakes topped with salmon caviar at his postmodern, pastel-spattered Green Lake Grill. Cream of nettle soup and roast rabbit with sweet peppers and glazed garlic cloves are some of Beckley's other triumphs...