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August 13, 2014 at 1:00AM

FIRST TIME Andrea Barum of Burnsville caught and released this 55-pound, 52-inch sturgeon on Lake of the Woods. She caught it with a minnow and fought the behemoth for 25 minutes before landing the fish. “Everyone else was catching walleyes or saugers and finally this ugly fish took my minnow,’’ she said. Not bad for her first-ever fishing trip. Holding the fish is guide Mike Hamberg. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

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WHAT A WALLEYE Michael Dean-Hendricks, 12, of Woodbury caught this 27½-inch walleye on his first trip to Lake of the Woods with his dad and his uncle John. They were down-rigging for walleyes in 34-feet of water using various crank baits. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)