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David Mitzel walleye

David Mitzel, East Grand Forks, released this 28 3/4 -inch "behemoth walleye" on his birthday weekend, July 19, while fishing Maple Lake near Mentor, Minn.

993703+Mitzel walleye.jpg — David Mitzel, East Grand Forks, released this 28¾-inch “behemoth walleye” on his birthday weekend, July 19, while fishing Maple Lake near Mentor, Minn.

By Brad Dokken

July 31, 2014 at 3:57 PM

David Mitzel, East Grand Forks, released this 28¾-inch “behemoth walleye” on his birthday weekend, July 19, while fishing Maple Lake near Mentor, Minn.

By Brad Dokken

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.