Sports

Jim Richter catfish

Jim Richter of Grand Forks boated this behemoth catfish Oct. 3 on the Red River while fishing with walleye gear and 10-pound test line. He said the big cat measured 38 inches and weighed 30 pounds.

By Brad Dokken

October 13, 2014 at 6:08 PM

Jim Richter of Grand Forks boated this behemoth catfish Oct. 3 on the Red River while fishing with walleye gear and 10-pound test line. He said the big cat measured 38 inches and weighed 30 pounds.

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.