WINONA, Minn. – Despite an unseasonably warm start for November, recreational boating has pretty much ended on the Mississippi. Temperatures peaked at 61 with skies as clear and blue as you’ll ever see.

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Empty slips. All the boats at Dick’s Marina on Latsch Island have been hoisted on the levee for the winter or trailered home. Image: Steve Lunde