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Trophy Tales: Gift of a boat keeps giving
July 31, 2019 at 12:48AM
Carter Haas, Zimmerman • 36-inch northern pike • Portage Lake
About two months ago, Carter Haas, 13, got a fishing boat, which was handed down from his great-grandfather, Wayne Murphey of Eagan. Carter and his 92-year-old great-grandfather went fishing last week, and Carter caught a northern using a Daredevle lure.
Sibling teamwork
7-year old Hermina Simkins (right) of Nevis, Minn., caught this largemouth bass from a dock on Spider Lake with some help from her older brother Rollie.
Hauled it in
Olive Wendt, 7, of Columbus, caught this crappie at her grandparents' lake home on Prairie Lake, south of Floodwood, Minn., in St. Louis County.
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None of the boat’s occupants, two adults and two juveniles, were wearing life jackets, officials said.
