Ohio woman is a charter captain on Lake Erie

PORT CLINTON, Ohio (MCT) - When Carole Vukmer's grandkids talk about their grandma, it might sound like one giant fish story.

But Vukmer insists it's true.

"There aren't many kids who can say that their grandma is a charter captain on the Great Lakes," said Vukmer, 67, who has fished on Lake Erie for most of her life. "But mine can."

Vukmer started fishing the big lake when she was just a child growing up in Pennsylvania. Her dad was a fishing fanatic, and she must have inherited that passion, she said.

Even then, though, she...