Trophy Tales

Carolyn Miller Plummer of St. Paul caught this 26-inch, 6-pound walleye on a border lake in the BWCA. She released the catch, which was her largest ever.

Provided | August 20, 2020

Drew McClenahan, left, and Blake McClenahan, of Prior Lake, were trolling for walleye on Lake Vermilion but caught this muskie. The muskie measured over 50” and was released.

Provided | August 20, 2020

Bricelyn Morris, age 9, of Shakopee, caught this 25-inch Northern and smallmouth bass on Lake Miltona using a googly-eyed jighead.

Provided | August 21, 2020

Liam Cowan, age 10, of Minneapolis, who lives near Lake of the Isles, caught this 5-pound bass off the South dock on Lake Harriet using a wacky rig.

Provided | August 13, 2020

Manny Granroos, of Fridley, caught this 37-inch muskie on Leech Lake’s Walker Bay earlier this month.

Provided | August 13, 2020

Tilden Anderson, age 11, of Windom, Minn., caught this 3-pound smallmouth bass on nearby Fish Lake, using a buzzbait lure that his great-grandfather Ken Anderson used 60 years ago.

Provided | August 13, 2020

Tom Klos, of Belle Plaine, caught this 40-inch, 29-pound lake trout in June in the BWCA. He caught it on a lipless crankbait body which he rigged with a treble on the front and a white hair single hook on the back. The catch, which had a 24-inch girth, was released.

Provided | August 6, 2020

Nora King, age 8, of Baxter, caught her first bass while fishing for sunfish last month on Wymer Lake, south of Frazee, Minn.

. | August 6, 2020

Jaxon Mahn, age 7, of Red Wing, caught his first “big” fish while fishing with friend Brett Meger on Lake Pepin. Mahn is holding one of four pike he helped reel in. This catch was 36½ inches.

. | August 6, 2020

Michele Mahoney, of Mound, was fishing Lake Minnetonka for walleye last weekend. She settled for her first muskie. The 44-inch catch was released.

Provided | July 30, 2020

Graydon Buck, of Hastings, caught this 14-pound, 29-inch brown trout on Lake Superior south of Grand Marais in 200 feet of water. The fish bit on a silver spoon.

Provided | July 30, 2020

Rex Miranda, age 10, of Eagan, caught this 22-inch catfish, which weighed more than five pounds, on Aligmagnet Lake from his grandfather’s paddle boat.

Provided | July 30, 2020

Beth Anderson of Savage caught this 24-1/2 inch walleye off Big Hardwood Point of Leech Lake last month using a jig and minnow.

Provided | July 23, 2020

Declan Cudd, right, of Minneapolis and his older brother Charlie Cudd each caught a 29-inch walleye near the mouth of Amnicon River on the south shore of Lake Superior.

Provided | July 23, 2020

While night fishing the Minnesota River between Belle Plaine and Blakeley, Jackson Pobuda, of Belle Plaine, caught this 35-pound catfish using a large creek chub. The catch was released.

Provided | July 16, 2020

Eileen Burkhart of Austin, Minn., caught this 32-inch carp using a nightcrawler from Austin’s Eastside Lake fishing dock. Her husband, Phil, handled the net.

Provided | July 16, 2020

Tyler Arneson, age 14, of Lakeville, caught this 40-inch, 20-pound muskie on Bone Lake in western Wisconsin. The lunker hit on a ¾-ounce Baby Girl spinner.

Provided | July 16, 2020

Taylor Nyland, of Andover, caught and released this 11-inch sunfish on a lake in the Bemidji area.

Robert Timmons | July 16, 2020

Jim Marten of Maple Grove caught this 28½-inch bowfin two weeks ago on South Long Lake near Brainerd using a perch shad-rap. The fish put up a 20-minute fight on a two-pound test line. The catch was released.

. | July 9, 2020

Jackson Hays, age 5, of Nisswa, reeled in this walleye on Gull Lake all by himself. It’s the biggest fish he’s caught so far and one of his first walleyes. It was released.

. | July 9, 2020

Madeline Peterson, age 11, of Otsego, typically fishes for sunfish. After catching this bass on Island Lake near Jenkins in Crow Wing County, she’s a fan of bass fishing.

Provided | July 9, 2020

Early morning catch: Dan Luetje caught and released this 30-inch walleye on Lake Ida. Luetje slowly trolled a rig with a jumbo leech.

Provided | July 2, 2020

Anniversary gift: Pam Sailer of Apple Valley caught this 29-3/4-inch walleye on Lake of the Woods using a gold jig tipped with a leech. Sailer and her husband were celebrating their wedding anniversary.

Provided | July 2, 2020

No help needed: Joey Otto, age 7, of Prior Lake, caught this 29-inch walleye all by himself last month on a lake near Alexandria. He was fishing with his father Josh (pictured) and grandfather.

Provided | July 3, 2020

John Kerry Savage, Shakopee • 15-inch largemouth bass • Shirt Lake John Kerry Savage, who recently turned 8-years-old, is already an avid angler. He caught this fish at his family’s cabin near Deerwood, Minn. When his family is at the cabin, he likes to spend all of his time fishing.

Provided | June 25, 2020

Deb Valen, of Dayton, caught this 3.4-pound bass on Rush Lake near Crosslake, Minn., last month.

Provided | June 25, 2020

Luke Michels, of St. Paul, caught this 20-inch largemouth bass at his cousins’ cabin near Spooner, Wis., last week.

Provided | June 25, 2020

Katie Westlund • 49½-inch muskie • Lake Inguadona • Fishing the Cass County lake near Longville, Minn., with her father, Mark, Westlund was trolling a 10-inch Mattlock orange glitter perch lure when she nabbed the biggest fish she’s ever caught.

Provided | June 18, 2020

Lila Guilday, of Chanhassen, was fishing Lotus Lake for crappies when she caught this largemouth bass. After a struggle and a quick photo the fish was released.

. | June 19, 2020

Rob Degidio, of St. Paul, caught this bass on Lower Whitefish lake, northeast of Pequot Lakes, Minn., from a dock near dusk using a slip bobber with a leech.

Provided | June 18, 2020

Dale Gehring, of Northfield, caught and released this 17¼-inch Black Crappie on a Walker area lake.

Provided | June 18, 2020

Ethan Michels, St. Paul • 16-pound flathead catfish • Mississippi River Ethan Michels, of St. Paul, was casting a Little Cleo below the Ford Dam from a kayak last week when he hooked this 32-inch, 16-pound flathead catfish. After a 20-minute fight, he landed it. His brother Luke helped him bring the fish on shore before it was released.

Provided | June 11, 2020

Georgia James, 12, of Breezy Point, caught this 30-inch northern on Stewart Bay off of Pelican Lake. She used a shiner minnow.

Provided | June 11, 2020

Griffin Friedrich, 11, of Chanhassen, caught this crappie in four feet of water on Leech Lake over the Memorial Day weekend. It was his first crappie. His brother Hunter handled the net.

Provided | June 12, 2020

Anne Minske, of Chanhassen, caught this 36-inch northern on Lake Susan on Memorial Day. She used live bait with a homemade leader and bobber.

Provided | June 11, 2020

Lindsay Effertz, New Hope • 41-inch muskie • Nest Lake Lindsay Effertz was spending some time at the cabin near Spicer, Minn., when she caught her first muskie. She was casting a No. 5 Mepps spinner from shore and looking for pike. After no luck, she cast into the open water and soon hooked this muskie.

Provided | June 4, 2020

Spoon-fed: Luke Welter of Ham Lake was fishing off his grandmother’s dock on a lake near Floodwood when this 31-inch northern — his biggest catch ever — hit the spoon he was using.

Robert Timmons | June 9, 2020

Sunday catch: Ashley Benage of Glencoe caught this 25-inch walleye on May 24 on Leech Lake’s Hardwood Point near Sucker Bay. She used a leech to catch her biggest walleye.

Provided | June 4, 2020

A double handful of panfish: Nate Moberg of Clinton, Minn., caught this 1.2-pound, 10-inch bluegill on Sunday from his family’s dock on Big Stone Lake. His bait was a worm.

Robert Timmons | June 9, 2020

John Kim, Minneapolis • 49-inch muskie • Lake Minnetonka Kim and his wife were cruising through a slow zone when this muskie hit on a No. 3 Mepps Comet Mino. They didn’t have a net on board so a nearby fisherman swooped in and helped them secure the fish.

Provided | May 28, 2020

Hooked on fishing: Mac Syverson, age 6, of New Brighton, using a “real” fishing rod for the first time, caught this bass on Sugar Lake in Wright County. A few hours later, he caught his first walleye on Lotus Lake in Chaska.

Provided | June 9, 2020

Nice way to end a day: Scarlett Peterson, from Hanover, caught her first walleye at dusk last weekend on Woman Lake. She caught it on a Rapala.

Provided | May 28, 2020

First bass: Five-year old Johnny Browning, of Woodbury, fishing with his mother Emily and father Adam, caught this bass — his first one — on Bald Eagle Lake in Ramsey County.

. | May 22, 2020

Connor Radtke, Lester Prairie • 26-inch sheepshead • Mississippi River The trio of Connor Radtke and his father Jeremy and grandfather Joe set out to catch walleyes, but instead caught eight different species, including this sheepshead, near Red Wing.

. | May 22, 2020

Quick learners: Maeve Moening, right, and her sister Molly Moening, who have been learning how to fish the Mississippi River in St. Paul this spring, caught and released this walleye on the river.

Rich Gordon | May 21, 2020

This is the first muskie that Dan Roettger, who has lived in the Kenwood neighborhood of Minneapolis since 1994, has caught on the lake previously known as Calhoun in about two years. The fish was released.

Provided | May 26, 2020

Steve Emmings, of Chanhassen, fishing with his friend Rick Zweig, didn’t catch any walleyes or northerns on opening day, but did catch this basket of sunfish and crappies on a west metro lake.

Provided | May 26, 2020

Albeit not on the opener, it took Alex Schultz and Tres Daniels, from the Siren/Webster, Wis., area 2 hours and 20 minutes to catch this 63-inch, 74-pound sturgeon on a 6-pound test line. The catch was released.

Provided | May 26, 2020

Sam Casey, Ryan Heroff and Mike Kreutzfeldt, all metro residents, had a solid fishing opener on Leech Lake.

Provided | May 26, 2020

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