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Fish tales: After a 20-minute fight, angler reels in 82-pound lake sturgeon
May 23, 2018 at 1:23PM
Anthony Baker, Grand Forks, N.D. • 65-inch lake sturgeon • Rainy River
Anthony, above, caught and released this 82-pound lake sturgeon on the Rainy River near the Royal Dutchman Resort in Baudette, Minn., on May 3. Using a catfish rod with a glob of crawlers and half of a sucker minnow, Baker needed 20 minutes to get it in the boat.
Personal best
On his last cast of the day, 10-year old Brock Poppe, of Blaine, fishing with his father and brother, caught this personal-best 29-inch, 10-pound walleye on Sauk Lake. The catch came about eight hours after his previous best, a 25½-inch walleye.
A little fishing before school
While on break from college, Sierra Zielinski, of Mound, and her father went fishing on Lake Minnetonka. She caught this largemouth bass on Harrison Bay.
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None of the boat’s occupants, two adults and two juveniles, were wearing life jackets, officials said.
