Inside the Outdoors: Winter trout fishing has polar dimensions

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Inside the Outdoors: Winter trout fishing has polar dimensions

Most of us are familiar with that uniquely Minnesota winter sport known as the polar plunge. Participants gather on a frozen lake, and—in an act of bravado that those with weak hearts might well avoid—jump into a hole that has been cut in the ice. This rarely fails to attract a television news crew, especially if the purpose of the frigid event is to raise awareness or funds for some charitable cause. Bystanders cheer wildly as brave souls clad …