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Jim Schmidt walleye

Jim Schmidt of Redwood Falls, Minn., released this 29 1/2 -inch walleye on Lake of the Woods near Oak Island while fishing out of Walsh's Bay Store Camp.

Jim Schmidt 29.5 inch walleye.jpg — Jim Schmidt of Redwood Falls, Minn., released this 29½-inch walleye on Lake of the Woods near Oak Island while fishing out of Walsh’s Bay Store Camp.

By Brad Dokken

January 17, 2019 at 4:22 PM

Jim Schmidt of Redwood Falls, Minn., released this 29½-inch walleye on Lake of the Woods near Oak Island while fishing out of Walsh’s Bay Store Camp.

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.