TROPHY ROOM

Dane Kjono catfish

Dane Kjono of Grand Forks released this 34-inch, 16-pound catfish on the Red Lake River.

August 14, 2012

Jeff Welch walleye

Jeff Welch of Huntington, W. Va., released this 26½-inch walleye Aug. 4 on Lake of the Woods.

August 05, 2012

Dave LaBonte walleye

Dave LaBonte of Grafton, N.D., landed this trophy walleye on Lake of the Woods while pulling a spinner-bottom bouncer rig with a nightcrawler in 32 feet of water. The walleye measured 32 inches and weighed 12 pounds, and LaBonte kept the fish for mounting.

August 05, 2012

Nathan Welch walleye

Nathan Welch, 17, of Huntington, W. Va., released this 26-inch walleye on Lake of the Woods.

August 05, 2012

Bryce DuChamp walleye

Bryce DuChamp, 9, of Erskine, Minn., released this 26-inch walleye on Lake of the Woods.

July 23, 2012

Bret DuChamp walleye

Bret DuChamp, 6, of Erskine, Minn., released this 25-inch walleye on Lake of the Woods. Helping her hold the fish is dad Chris DuChamp of Erskine.

July 23, 2012

Bobby Hill walleye

Bobby Hill of Grand Forks released this 26-inch walleye on Steamboat Lake, Minn. He caught the walleye while anchored and jigging with a pink-and-white jig. His brother, Tom Hill (also in the photo), netted the walleye just in time to get it in the boat.

July 23, 2012

Henry Campos catfish

Henry Campos of East Grand Forks released this 36-inch, 13-pound channel catfish July 20 on the Red River. “It put up a great fight,” Campos said.

July 23, 2012

"Doc" Osmundson walleye

“Doc” Richard Osmundson of East Grand Forks caught and released this 31¼-inch, 12-pound walleye June 13 during a fishing trip to Zippel Bay Resort on Lake of the Woods. According to Maury Finney, who submitted the photo, the big fish was quite a birthday present for “Doc,” who turned a “young and vibrant 86 years old a few days before.” Finney is holding the scale for Osmundson, and Bernhard Mash of Medicine Lake, Minn., is pictured in the background. "This whole happening was a great experience for all of us," Finney writes. "As I said this the biggest fish I certainly have ever seen being caught. 'Doc' is still smiling!"

July 11, 2012

Walleye and catfish

Tyler Johnson (left) of Roseau, Minn., caught this 21-inch walleye, and Mychal Larson of Roseau released this 28-inch catfish July 8 near Roseau.

July 09, 2012

Patric Hurley muskie

Patric Hurley of East Grand Forks landed this 49-inch muskie on the Ontario side of Lake of the Woods. He released the big fish after a quick photo.

July 09, 2012

Patric Hurley pike

Patric Hurley of East Grand Forks released this 40-inch northern pike on the Ontario side of Lake of the Woods.

July 09, 2012

Chris Brooks pike

Chris Brooks of Grand Forks caught and released this 40-inch northern pike on the Ontario side of Lake of the Woods.

July 09, 2012

John Lundgren walleye

John Lundgren of Roseau, Minn., released this 29½-inch walleye June 30 on Lake of the Woods while drifting with a gold spinner tipped with a minnow near the “blinker” out of Warroad, Minn.

July 09, 2012

John B. Lundgren pike

John B. Lundgren of Wannaska, Minn., caught this 40-inch northern pike July 8 on Lake of the Woods while trolling a Shad Rap on the south shore.

July 09, 2012