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More Trophy Tales

June 25, 2014 at 6:55AM

BIG SUNNIE Khloe Knudson, 5, of Andover, caught this 9 ½-inch sunfish on a night crawler on Lake Peltier in Lino Lakes while fishing with her grandpa, Don Nyland of Blaine. “She could barely reel the fish in because it fought so hard!’’ said Khloe’s grandma, Patty Nyland. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

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HIS LUNKER Mell Koenig, 80, of Alexandria finally caught his lunker walleye — a 29 ½-incher that weighed 9 ½ pounds. He was fishing on Lake Le Homme Dieu in about 20 feet of water using a leach. It was released so another lucky angler can enjoy the catch. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)