Wisconsin DNR Nets Massive Walleye
Saturday, December 26th, 2015 -- 8:41 AM
A team of Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources staffers have netted a massive walleye in a Jackson County lake.The Associated Press reports that Biologist Daniel Hatleli and fish technicians Brad Betthauser and Eric Kramer captured and released the whopper in Lake Wazee on Dec. 16 while they were out conducting a sampling survey.
The LaCrosse Tribune newspaper reports that they snapped a photo and recorded the fish at 17.5 pounds and more than 32-inches long.
An 18-pounder caught in 1933 in Vilas County holds the state walleye record
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