A new MN. whitefish record?

[Lee Borgersen]

 A new Minnesota whitefish record?

April 9th, 2019    



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A first-time ice fisherman from Oklahoma has caught what could be a Minnesota record whitefish.

Billy King reportedly caught the 13.57-pound, 29.5-inch fish Saturday, April 6 on a popular fishing spot known as “The Sandbar” off Springsteel Island near Warroad on Lake of the Woods.

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On Monday, April 8, the fish was checked by Minnesota Fisheries in Baudette – and confirmed as a lake whitefish – and paperwork to register the fish was being processed, according to reports. As of Monday morning, results were still pending.

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According to reports, the fish was weighed on an official registered scale at Doug’s Supermarket in Warroad – King got it there just before the store closed Saturday evening. It would best the previous record lake whitefish – 12 pounds, 4.5 ounces – by over a pound. That fish, caught March 21, 1999 on Leech Lake near Walker, measured 28-1/2 inches.


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[glenn57]

That is one pig of a whitefish!!!!!!!!!!

[LPS]

Cool as heck.   

[Rebel SS]

Ahh, he filled it fulla lead sinkers. 

[Jerkbiat]

That certainly a big Whitefish. Not to often you catch them on this end of the lake either.