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Up North: Peyton Hansegard, left, and his brother Jake, of Maple Grove, fishing with their grandparents, Roger and Mary Hansegard, caught this crappie shown above on Lake Ossawinnamakee last week.

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Larry Merwin.
Larry Merwin.

Brian Stensaas, Star Tribune

Larry Merwin recently moved back to Minnesota and hadn't been fishing in over 40 years before his brother-in-law took him out last week. Merwin landed this 25-inch northern on Lake Owasso using a spin cast rig using a Rapala Scatter Rap Minnow before a storm chased them to shore.

Catch and release

Jim Lundorff.
Jim Lundorff.

Jim Lundorff, of Grand Marais, guided by Scott Steinbach of Grand Marais, caught and released this 26-inch post-spawn walleye on a Cook County border lake two weekends ago.

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