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Published June 08 2009

Photo Gallery: Nice fish of 2009

The News Tribune makes no effort to verify the length and weight reported by anglers.


Jake Johnson of Superior caught this 31-inch walleye from the Wisconsin waters of Lake Superior on May 6 near the Superior entry to the Duluth-Superior harbor. Jake was fishing with his friend Alex Olson of Superior. Jake kept the fish to have it mounted.

  • Jake Johnson of Superior caught this 31-inch walleye from the Wisconsin waters of Lake Superior on May 6 near the Superior entry to the Duluth-Superior harbor. Jake was fishing with his friend Alex Olson of Superior. Jake kept the fish to have it mounted.
  • Shayna Ray of Biwabik caught and released this 84-pound sturgeon on Four Mile bay of Lake of the Woods on May 2. It was 65 1/2 inches long.
  • Jackie LaGesse of Duluth caught and released this 55-inch sturgeon while fishing the Rainy River on May 2. It was her first sturgeon.
  • Justice Janke,12,of Alborn caught this 15 1/2-inch crappie opening day of Minnesota's fishing season with her grandfather, William Janke. Willie Janke also caught a 14 1/4-inch crappie.
  • Jarrid Houston of South Range and Jason Banner of Bemidji caught these walleyes during the Minnesota fishing opener.
  • Jarrid Houston of South Range caught this 15-inch crappie on Lyman Lake in Wisconsin on May 7.
  • Donovan McCorrison of Duluth caught this 41 1/2-inch lake trout while trolling out of Duluth on April 22.
  • Dustin Magnuson of Two Harbors caught this 19-pound, 2-ounce northern pike May 10 on Birch Lake near Ely. It was 42 1/2 inches long
  • Wes Davis, 17, caught and released this 28-inch, 8.3-pound walleye May 12 on the St. Louis River in Duluth.
  • Matthew Dzuck of Duluth caught this 28-inch walleye on the St. Louis River on Saturday, opening day of Minnesota's fishing season. He released the fish.
  • Kaleb Sandy, 9, of Cloquet caught this 22-inch walleye on the St. Louis River on May 9. He also caught a 35-inch sturgeon that day.
  • John Bollins holds a 54-inch sturgeon he caught on the Rainy River this spring. He was fishing with Brad Mackinaw of Duluth.
  • Eamonn Mackinaw stands near a 61 1/2-inch sturgeon he caught on the Rainy River on April 25.
  • Jessica Rose Pagelkopf of Esko caught her first brookie, a 10-incher, on Hay Creek in Esko.
  • Jessica Pagelkopf of Esko caught this 18-inch largemouth in Hartley Pond on May 24.
  • Derek Heyerdahl of Birch Bay, Wash., caught and released this 18-pound lake trout on Basswood Lake near Ely.
  • Phil Bolf of Island Lake caught this 50-inch muskie May 24 on Island Lake while fishing for walleyes with a jig and minnow and 6-pound-test line. He released the fish
  • Jackie Runions of Superior caught and released this 34-inch northern pike on Crystal Lake in Ontario over Memorial Day weekend. It was the first northern pike she had caught
  • Jim Runions of Superior caught and released this 19-inch smallmouth bass on Lake Sapawe in Ontario over Memorial Day weekend.
  • Dave Stoltz of Peoria, Ill., caught and released this 34-inch northern pike on Saganaga Lake.
  • Marco Marolt, 13, of Thief River Falls, Minn., caught and released this 29-inch walleye on Lake of the Woods on May 24.
  • Patrick Marolt of Thief River Falls, Minn., caught and released this 30 1/2-inch walleye May 24 on Lake of the Woods.
  • Tim Tilberg caught this 22-inch smallmouth bass while fishing the St. Louis River in Cloquet on June 2.
  • Mike Janousek of Duluth caught this 35 1/4-inch lake trout while fishing with his dad, Jack Janousek, on Lake Superior.
  • Nancy Walsh of Hermantown caught this 17-inch smallmouth bass on South Ten Mile Lake near Fergus Falls, Minn. The fish was released.
  • Patsy Schnorr of Hermantown caught this 13-pound, 2 ounce walleye on May 31 while fishing the Columbia River in Washington. The fish was 33 inches long.
  • Patsy Schnorr of Hermantown caught this 34-inch walleye weighing 14 pounds, 3 ounces on May 27 on the Columbia River in Washington.
  • Pat Hoolihan of Grand Rapids released this 52-inch muskie caught in the Mississippi River on June 6.
  • Ann Myers of Duluth caught and released this 18-inch smallmouth bass on Lake of the Woods near Morson, Ontario.
  • Nick Larson of Duluth caught this 13-pound, 35-inch northern pike on Kane Lake north of Two Harbors. He was fishing with Dan Sunday of Two Harbors.
  • Jeff Oaks of Hermantown caught this 28 1/2-inch, 8-pound walleye on Saganaga Lake near Grand Marais on June 7.
  • James Koecher, 13, of Willow River caught this northern pike on May 24. He was fishing with his dad, Adam, and their friends Jim and Taylor Mattison. It was caught on Upper Red Lake. It weighed 21 pounds and was 42 inches long
  • Chris Granley of Boyceville, Wis., caught and released this 31-inch walleye on Rainy Lake on June 10. He was fishing with his dad, Gerry Granley, and Mike Meister
  • Bee Vang of Superior caught and released this 40-inch sturgeon June 11 on the St. Louis River.
  • Emily Stafford, 16, of Sioux Falls, S.D., caught this 33-inch, 10-pound northern pike on Fish Lake north of Duluth.
  • John Murray of Duluth caught this 30 3/4-inch, 11.2-pound walleye on Devil Track Lake near Grand Marais.
  • David DeBoer, 12, of Two Harbors caught this 18-inch largemouth bass on Mitchell Lake near Fifty Lakes, Minn.
  • Bee Vang of Superior caught and released this 40-inch sturgeon June 11 on the St. Louis River.
  • Tyler May, 6, of Tonka Bay, Minn., caught this 37-inch northern pike on Marble Lake near Two Harbors on June 21. He's shown with his grandfather, Dwight Moe of Two Harbors (left) and his father, Jeff May of Tonka Bay, Minn.
  • Doug Johnson of Hermantown caught his 41-inch northern pike on Sparkling Lake in Ontario over Memorial Day weekend. His friend Joel Johnson looks on. Doug released the fish.
  • John Myers of Duluth caught this 42-inch northern pike June 20 on Lake of the Woods. He released the fish.
  • Cassidy Kaneski, 11, of Duluth caught this 37-inch northern pike May 31 on Fish Lake north of Duluth. The fish weighed 12 pounds. She was fishing with her dad, Danny Kaneski.
  • Brenda Hadrich of McGregor caught and released this 22-inch smallmouth bass (left) on Basswood Lake near Ely.
  • John Hadrich of McGregor caught and released this 42 1/2-inch northern pike on Basswood Lake near Ely.
  • Austin Glascoe of Nashville, Tenn., caught this 18-inch smallmouth bass July 2 on Mineral Lake west of Mellen, Wis.
  • Jim Degeberg of Duluth caught this 28 1/2-inch walleye June 21 on Boulder Lake north of Duluth. It weighed 9 pounds. He kept the fish and is having it mounted.
  • David Belden and his sister, Amanda, both of Esko, were fishing on Comstock Lake near Cotton June 27 when David landed this 21-inch, 5-pound largemouth bass. He releaed the fish.
  • Chuck Miller of Apple Valleye, Minn., caught this 28-inch walleye on Kabetogama lake while staying at Moosehorn Resort.
  • Marc McLennan of Superior caught and released this 31 1/2-inch walleye on Saganaga Lake north of Grand Marais on June 26
  • Lauren Cooper, 13, of Superior, caught this 9-pound, 30 1/2-inch walleye on Lake Superior July 1 while fishing with her dad, Christoper Gross of Superior.
  • Chris Lengeling of Grand Rapids caught this 30 1/4-inch walleye July 9 on Sugar Lake near Cohasset while night-fishing with his dad and brother. He was using a spinner rig and a leech.
  • Tony Vatalaro (right), shown with his brother Bob Vatalaro, caught this 28 1/2-inch walleye on the St. Louis River in Duluth. Tony released the fish.
  • Ben Nelson of Duluth caught this 20-inch smallmouth bass on the St. Louis River on July 11.
  • Cindy Janousek caught this 35 3/4-inch-long lake trout on Lake Superior. The fish weighed 15 pounds, 14 ounces.
  • Larry O'Flanagan of Grand Marais caught this 20-pound lake trout on Lake Superior.
  • Matt Torvinen of Duluth caught this 14-pound lake trout while trolling on Lake Superior near Silver Bay.
  • Kyle Dosan, 12, of Duluth caught this 26-inch walleye July 5 on the St. Louis River. Kyle released the fish.
  • Mike Klocke of Askov caught this 40-inch northern pike on Lake Kabetogama on July 27 while staying at Moosehorn Resort.
  • Jan Rohweder of Proctor caught and released this 22-inch largemouth bass on Farm Island Lake near Aitkin on July 4
  • Tom Meierotto of Superior caught this 32-inch walleye on Lake Superior at the mouth of the Amnicon River. Mary Meierotta netted it for him. The fish weighed 11 pounds, 8 ounces.
  • Jim Ross of Duluth caught and released this 29-inch walleye on Lake of the Woods.
  • Bryan Herzic from Iowa City, Iowa, caught this 29-inch walleye on the St. Louis River while fishing with Bob Vatalaro and Ken Lawlor on July 5.
  • Cameron Schultz, 9, of Esko, holds the 27-inch walleye he caught July 2 on Otukamamoan Lake in Ontario.
  • Matthew Dzuck caught this 47-inch muskie June 6 on Island Lake. Since then, he has also caught a 45-incher and a 48 1/2-incher, also on Island Lake.
  • Devyn Erola of Duluth caught this 37-inch, 19-pound lake trout July 3 on a trip to the Apostle Islands.
  • Eric Carlson, 9, of Two Harbors caught this 5-pound, 10-ounce smallmouth bass July 17 on the Crow Wing River. He was fishing with his grandfather, Dale Miller.
  • Matt Korff of Arlington Heights, Ill., caught this 38 1/2-inch northern pike July 17 while staying at Moosehorn Resort on Kabetogama Lake. It weighed 13 pounds.
  • Josh Tiegen of Iron River caught and released this 52-inch muskie Aug. 3 while fishing with his dad on the St. Louis River. Earlier this summer, Josh caught and released a 49-inch muskie while fishing the Pike Chain of Lakes near Iron River.
  • Fuzzy Bodine of Garrison, Minn., caught and released this 49-inch muskie July 19 on the St. Louis River. He and Duluth's Wayne Heyesen were fishing with guide Dustin Carlson of Duluth.
  • Tom Laurila of Edina, Minn., caught and released this 21 1/2-inch smallmouth bass at the family cabin on Island Lake on July 11.
  • Dale Smith of Barnum caught this 12-pound steelhead June 30 while fishing on Lake Michigan near Kewaunee, Wis.
  • Julien Melgarejo of Duluth caught his 18-inch smallmouth bass on the St. Louis River in Duluth.
  • Larry Fralich of Silver Bay caught this 20-pounds king salmon on Lake Michigan near Algoma, Wis., earlier this month.
  • Peter Vatalaro of Duluth caught this 24-inch walleye on Devil Track Lake on Aug. 1.
  • Kyle Kulseth of Minneapolis caught and released this 30-inch walleye on Lake of the Woods on July 26.
  • Jon Downing of Duluth caught and released this 29-inch walleye on Lake of the Woods July 26.
  • Jamey Reno of Esko holds the 34-pound lake trout caught by his dad, Steve Reno of Esko, while fishing near Isle Royale in Lake Superior aboard Paul Lind's boat, the Tripplelindy. The group landed 81 fish in three and a half days at Isle Royale. Steve will have the fish mounted. It was 43 inches long.
  • Dylan Bowman, 5, of Cloquet caught this 14-inch largemouth bass while fishing with his grandpa, Hank Peters of Superior, on Crystal Lake near Wascott on Aug. 9.
  • Christian von Goertz of Two Harbors holds a 14-pound, 4-ounce lake trout he caught while fishing with his dad, Paul von Goertz off Larsmont in Lake Superior on Aug. 30. Looking on is Christian's brother, Paul R. von Goertz. The fish was 33 inches long.
  • The Comstock clan caught these lake trout Sept. 3 on Lake Superior. From left are Christian Comstock, 11; Alexander Comstock, 14; dad Keith Comstock; and Michael Comstock, 9. They were fishing out of Knife River with Capt. Dick Slotness. The largest fish was 12 pounds.
  • Sam Miller caught this five-pound largemouth bass in early August on Windigo Lake, on an island in Cass Lake.
  • Kyle Curtis of Duluth caught this 20-pound lake trout on Lake Superior.
  • Randy Limma of Port Wing caught this northern pike Sept. 16 on Lake Superior near Port Wing. The fish was 41 inches long.
  • Jason Packard of Somerset, Wis., caught this 43-inch, 17-pound northern pike on Lake Kabetogama while staying at Moosehorn Resort.
  • This is one of several nice walleyes caught by Troy Kimberlin of Superior on a trip to Lac Seul in Ontario this past summer.
  • Alyssa Haedrich, 9, of Saginaw caught this 30 1/2-inch walleye while fishing with her parents, Todd and Belinda Haedrich, on Dogtooth Lake in Canada.
  • Brandon Hanna of West Fargo, N.D., caught this 29-inch walleye on Lake of the Woods on Aug. 10.
  • Jill Schoer of Superior caught two smallmouth bass that measured 19 and 20 inches, respectively, Aug. 23 on the St. Louis River. Here's one of them. She released both of the fish
  • Jesse Nelson of Dallas caught and released this 49-inch muskie Aug. 18 on the St. Louis River. He was fishing with his mother, Jane L. Nelson, of Solon Springs, who netted the fish.
  • Sam Nord, 15, caught this 16-inch crappie on Island Lake on Aug. 23.
  • Marilyn Bushnell of Proctor caught this northern pike on Labor Day on Rice Lake near Duluth. She caught two big northerns that day, one 37 inches and one 30 1/2 inches.
  • Grant Ekstrom, 12, of Barrington, Ill., caught this 41-inch northern pike in Ashigan Lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
  • Theresa Mattson of Duluth caught this 43-inch lake trout at Isle Royale on Lake Superior. Her husband, Larry, released it.
  • Chris Busche, who is 90, holds a 47-inch muskie he caught Sept. 21 on the St. Louis River. He was fishing with his son, Bob Busche of Duluth.
  • Jake Edwards, 6, holds a 31-inch northern pike that he caught off his grandparents' dock on Lake Elora in a rather unusual way. He had gotten bored while fishing and passed his rod to his grandmother, Marlene "Bunny" Sorenson. Grandma Bunny caught a small sunfish and went to find her husband, Kim, to have him remove the fish. But she forgot to tell him. Grandpa Kim discovered the rod and fish somewhat later and called Jake to reel in the fish. By now, the northern had eaten the sunfish. Jake reeled in the northern and released it.
  • Bob Bronke of Chicago and Dustin Carlson of Duluth hold a 50-inch, 40-pound muskie that Bronke caught while being guided by Carlson on Lake Vermilion the weekend of Oct. 17-18.
  • Chris Edquist of Superior caught this 51 3/4-inch muskie on the St. Louis River on Saturday, opening day of Minnesota's firearms deer season.
  • Abby Grice caught this 21-inch walleye on the St. Louis River in May 2009. She was 8 years old.