Connor Jones, 9, of Linton, N.D. (right), caught this 40-inch, 18.2-pound northern pike recently on Lake Sakakawea. "Connor insisted we kept the fish for bragging rights since it was his first day of pike fishing," said his uncle, Preston Landenberger of Jamestown, who is holding the fish and shared the photo.
Brad Dokken joined the Herald company in November 1985 as a copy editor for Agweek magazine and has been the Grand Forks Herald's outdoors editor since 1998.
Besides his role as an outdoors writer, Dokken has an extensive background in northwest Minnesota and Canadian border issues and provides occasional coverage on those topics.
Reach him at bdokken@gfherald.com, by phone at (701) 780-1148 or on Twitter at @gfhoutdoor.
