Syracuse.com - Fayetteville men checks one item off her outdoors bucket list

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She yearned to catch a monster northern (pike) through the ice on Black Lake -- and she did.

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Last year, I asked readers to send in items that were on their outdoors bucket list. Among those responding was Cheryl Ripberger Matt, of Fayetteville, who yearned to “catch a monster northern (pike) through the ice on Black Lake.”

“Well, a few weeks back, conditions were great up north with 10 to 12 inches of ice on the northern end of Black Lake,” she wrote, including a picture.

“We spent the weekend at my son’s camp right on the lake. This 26-inch northern was my first through the ice on Black Lake.”

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