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Nice Fish: Big catfish highlight recent top catches

Report your big fish tales to Brad Dokken at bdokken@gfherald.com or by phone at (701) 780-1148. Please include the angler’s town of residence and whether the fish was kept or released.

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Channel catfish released 30-inch minimum

  • 19 pounds and 16 pounds – Adam Aanderud, 12, Eden Prairie, Minn., Red River.

  • 35 inches and 35 inches – Tanner Bichler, West Fargo, Sheyenne River.

  • 35 inches – Jason Bichler, West Fargo, Sheyenne River.

  • 34 inches – Matthew Metzger, Argusville, N.D., Red River.

Walleye released 25-inch minimum

  • 28 inches – Brad Cook, West Fargo, Devils Lake.

Yellow perch released 13-inch minimum

  • 13 inches – Brad Cook, West Fargo, Devils Lake.

Channel catfish kept 12-pound minimum

  • 16 pounds, 8 ounces – Tanner Bichler, West Fargo, Red River.

  • 15 pounds, 1 ounce – Parker Bichler, West Fargo, Red River.

Walleye kept 8-pound minimum

  • 8 pounds, 5 ounces – Nolan Hoffman, Sutton, N.D., Devils Lake.

Report your big fish tales to Brad Dokken at bdokken@gfherald.com or by phone at (701) 780-1148. Please include the angler’s town of residence and whether the fish was kept or released.

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.
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