‘The Fish Are Jumpin’
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Years ago, when I was in my home town of Yakima, Wash., my dad gave my husband and me tickets to see Louis Armstrong. He was marvelous, and I still remember his singing “Summer time and the livin’ is easy; fish are jumpin’ and the cotton is high … “. In fact, as I read the fishing stories that come across my desk, I can still hear Armstrong’s fantastic rendition of “Summertime”.
Here in Arizona, the fish are definitely “jumpin”, and there are great reports available from those who know: Arizona Game & Fish Department, Bass Junkyz, Mike Hofarth, our writers John and Margie Anderson, among others. More