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Published October 08, 2012, 12:00 AM

2012 Nice Fish Gallery


Tony Ronchi Sr.'s grandson, David Wakefield, 10, of South Range, caught this 10 pound walleye on the Pike Chain in Iron River.

  • Tony Ronchi Sr.'s grandson, David Wakefield, 10, of South Range, caught this 10 pound walleye on the Pike Chain in Iron River.
  • Kimberly Beesley of Oulu caught this big crappie on opening day on the Pike Chain of Lakes near Iron River.
  • West Schlangen, 3, of Duluth, caught a two-pound salmon with help from his uncle, John Schlangen of Two Harbors, in Two Harbors Bay. This is West’s first fish.
  • Greg Vacura and his son, Erik, of Bloomington, Minn., caught this 28-inch, 10-pound 2-ounce lake trout in Lake Superior just off Park Point aboard Lake and Rivers Charters with Captain Don Nelson.
  • Tom Wiedell, of Superior, caught this 10-pound 14-ounce, 31-inch king salmon on Lake Superior while trolling outside the Wisconsin Point ship entry.
  • Caleb Blomdahl of Duluth caught this 10-pound Chinook Salmon on Lake Superior off the Superior entry on May 10.
  • Ted Anderson of Superior caught this 5-pound, 24-inch Kamloop rainbow trout on May 5 in Lester River in Duluth.
  • Mark Mosiniak of Apple Valley, Minn., caught and released this 19-inch smallmouth bass on Pelican Lake in Orr.
  • Randy Bolen Sr. of Two Harbors caught this 22-pound lake trout on Lake Superior in Agate Bay behind a parked ore boat.
  • Tom Wilkenson of Superior caught this 15-pound king salmon on Lake Superior near Superior.
  • Ian Johnson of Superior caught and released this 29-inch walleye on the St. Louis River.
  • Wayne Neally of Duluth caught this 20-pound northern in Wapageise Lake in Ontario.
  • Sara Bittinger of Rice Lake Township caught and released this 28-inch walleye on the St. Louis River.
  • Jamie Johnson, 8, of Duluth, caught this walleye while fishing with her grandpa, Gary Boser, on Mille Lacs Lake.
  • David Worley of Duluth caught this brook trout while camping with friends in the Boundary Waters. The fish measured 20 inches long and had a girth of 13 1/2 inches.
  • Jim Bahen of Clouqet caught this 36-pound lake trout on Lake Superior near Duluth.
  • Aleda M. Johnson of Lake Nebagamon caught this 18 -pound lake trout on Lake Superior near Red Cliff.
  • Mike Turner of Minneapolis caught this 28-inch walleye while staying at the Arrowhead Resort on Lake Kabetogama.
  • John Mammosser of Box Elder, S.D., caught and released this 26.5-inch walleye on Lake Kabetogama while fishing with guide Don Granger.
  • Betty Pott of Parkersburg, Iowa, caught this 41-inch northern pike on Lake Kabetogama while staying at the Driftwood Resort.
  • Spencer Michaelis, 11, from Carlisle, Ind., caught this 28-inch northern pike on Lake Kabetogama while staying at the Driftwood Resort.
  • Frank Grote of Dubuque, Iowa, caught this 18.5-inch smallmouth bass on Lake Kabetogama while staying at Harmony Beach Resort.
  • Ian Morse caught and released this 19-inch smallmouth bass on Mille Lacs Lake out of Fisher's Resort.
  • Nolan Brickson, 11, of Hermantown caught this 40 pound king salmon in the Pacific Ocean near Prince Rupert, British Columbia.
  • Karsen Brickson, 8, of Hermantown caught this 30-pound king salmon in the Pacific Ocean near Prince Rupert, British Columbia.
  • Garrett Ahlborg of Shoreview, Minn., caught and released this 30-inch, 10-pound walleye on the St. Louis River near Duluth.
  • Will Schlegel of Gleason, Wis., caught this 21 1/4-inch walleye on Lake Kabetogama while staying at Birchwood Resort.
  • Jim Perz of Libertyville, Ill., caught this 26.5-inch walleye on Lake Kabetogama while staying at Grandview-Tall Timbers Resort.
  • Jason Reid of Oak Forest, Ill., caught these 17.5 and 18-inch smallmouth bass on Lake Kabetogama while staying at Pine Aire Resort.
  • Randy Cerwick of Fort Dodge, Iowa, caught this 18.75-inch smallmouth bass on Lake Kabetogama while staying at Pine Aire Resort.
  • Jed and Jarrett Miller of Madrid, Iowa, show off fish caught on Lake Kabetogama while staying at Pine Tree Cove Resort.
  • Jack Almos of Hinckley caught and released this 29.5-inch walleye on Northern Light Lake in Ontario, Canada.
  • Andy Almos of Buffalo, Minn., caught and released this 29.5-inch walleye on Northern Light Lake in Ontario.
  • John Almos of Isanti, Minn., caught and released this 30.5-inch walleye on Northern Light Lake in Ontario.
  • Tom Szendrey of Duluth caught and released this 32-inch walleye on Saganaga Lake near Grand Marais.
  • Searra Rodman of Boise, Idaho, caught this 22.5-inch smallmouth bass on Crane Lake while staying at Pine Point Lodge, Resort and Motel in Crane Lake.
  • Bob Gundstrom, of Duluth, caught this 16-inch smallmouth bass on Island Lake near Duluth.
  • Greta Leitz-Najarian, 10, of Duluth, caught this 11-inch brook trout on Tischer Creek in Duluth.
  • Dave Donahue of Ely caught this 19-inch smallmouth bass on Shagawa Lake near Ely.
  • Makoto Sudoh of Duluth caught this 40-inch northern using suick bait on Rainy Lake near International Falls.
  • Caroline Eaton, 3, of Duluth, caught her first fish, this bluegill, in the St. Croix River near Gordon.
  • Gunnar Swanson, 7, of rural Duluth, caught this 18-inch smallmouth bass on Island Lake.
  • Reid Johnson, 13, of Duluth, caught and released this 25-pound lake trout his father, Chuck, is holding up while fishing on Lake Superior near Isle Royale with his grandfather Dave.
  • Ayden DeRosier, 3, of Grand Marais, caught this 28-inch northern on Devil Track Lake in Cook County near Grand Marais.
  • Chuck Johnson of Duluth caught and released this 41-inch, 37-pound lake trout on Lake Superior near Isle Royale.
  • Jim Guarneri of Vadnais Heights, Minn., caught this 31.5-inch northern on Lake Kabetogama while staying at Moosehorn Resort on Lake Kabetogama.
  • Brian Kuklok of Buffalo, Minn., caught this 34-inch northern on Lake Kabetogama while staying at Moosehorn Resort on Lake Kabetogama.
  • Kris Moyer of Maple Grove, Minn., caught and released this 33-inch northern on Birch Lake near Babbitt.
  • Tate Smith, 10, of Proctor, caught this 24-inch walleye on Mille Lacs Lake while fishing with his dad Marc Smith and papa Charlie Rollins.
  • Carson Burger of Duluth caught this 20-inch largemouth bass while fishing with his grandpa, Tom Hustad of Duluth, on Sunshine Lake in Duluth.
  • Rick Nellis of Belvidere, Ill., caught and released this 19-inch smallmouth bass on Kane Lake in Lake County.
  • Cade Erie of Duluth caught and released this 20-inch largemouth bass on Iron Lake near Iron River.
  • Bob Gundstrom of Duluth caught and released this 18.5-inch smallmouth bass on Island Lake near Duluth.
  • Phil Sutula of Duluth caught and released this 48-inch muskie on the St. Louis River.
  • Gregg Rice of Colorado Springs, Colo., caught and released this 20.5-inch smallmouth bass on Snowbank Lake near Ely.
  • Ricardo Gonzalez of Duluth out fishes his dad on Rice Lake when he caught these two northern pike, which weighed about 1 pound each.
  • Jake Vukich of Rogers, Minn., caught these 12-inch crappies on the Sturgeon Lake chain north of Hibbing.
  • Carsen Mackey, 8, of Duluth caught this 20-inch smallmouth bass on Lake Saganaga near Grand Marais.
  • Dennis Hansen of Excelsior, Minn., caught this 34-inch northern pike on Lake Kabetogama while staying at Moosehorn Resort on Lake Kabetogama.
  • Olivia Olson of Great Falls, Mont., caught this 13.5 inch largemouth bass with a little help from her dad, Lee, on Deep Lake in Iron River. She wanted to let it go so it could get bigger.
  • Duluth native Ron Bailey of Topeka, Kan., caught this 28-pound, 42-inch lake trout in the 2012 Isle Royale Boater's Association Fishing Contest at Rock Harbor on Isle Royale in July. It won the biggest fish prize.
  • Matt Marciniac of Duluth caught this 20-pound, 41-inch lake trout to help his boat take second place in the 2012 Isle Royale Boater's Association Fishing Contest at Rock Harbor on Isle Royale in July.
  • Craig Luedtke, of Hermantown, caught and released this 50-inch muskie on Island Lake near Duluth.
  • Zachary Olsen of White Bear Lake, Minn., caught this 38.5-inch northern while staying at Driftwood Resort on Lake Kabetogama.
  • Nolan Newcomb, 14, of Boone, Iowa, caught this 41-inch northern while staying at Harmony Beach Resort on Lake Kabetogama.
  • Bailey and Parker Carlberg of Princeton, Minn., caught these nice crappies on Lake Kabetogama.
  • Jane Brown of Valparaiso, Ind., caught this 18-inch bass while staying at Grandview-Tall Timbers Resort on Lake Kabetogama.
  • Bill Baxter of Wisconsin caught this 26.5-inch walleye while fishing with guide Don Granger and staying at Sandy Point Resort on Lake Kabetogama.
  • Tristen Granger of Olathe, Kans., caught this 22-inch walleye while fishing with guide and grandpa Don Granger on Lake Kabetogama.
  • Robert Quillen of Duluth caught and released this 31-inch walleye on Lake of the Woods.
  • Ryan Lemay, 7, of Duluth, caught this 13.5-inch crappie on Birch Lake in Hackensack, Minn.
  • Steve Hart of Racine, Wis., caught this 18-inch smallmouth bass on Lake Kabetogama while staying at Moosehorn Resort on Lake Kabetogama.
  • Pat Hanson of Duluth caught this 51-inch muskie in Tower while fishing with his brother, Dave.
  • Alyce Talarico Graves of Cotton caught this 7 pound-2 ounce, 22-inch long largemouth bass on West Bass Lake near Cotton.
  • Ryan Gundstrom of Hermantown caught this 46-inch spotted muskie at Island Lake.
  • Tom Stender of Duluth caught this 45 inch muskie on Island Lake.
  • Chloe Herman, 4, of Centerville, Ohio, caught this 15-inch largemouth bass while fishing with her Uncle Mike on Round Lake near Wright.
  • Isaac Lamppa of Rochester, Minn., caught this 21-inch largemouth bass on St. Mary's Lake near Eveleth.
  • Sawyer Sullivan of Blaine, Minn., caught this 30-inch walleye on Crane Lake while staying at Pine Point Lodge.
  • Louie Holwerk of Chicago caught and released this 20.25-inch smallmouth bass on Crane Lake.
  • David Holwerk of Dayton, Ohio, caught and released this 19.25-inch smallmouth bass on Crane Lake near Voyageurs National Park.
  • Renee Rausch of Tomahawk, Wis., caught this 31-inch walleye while staying at Park Point Resort on Kabetogama Lake.
  • Nancy Lopez of Tinley Park, Ill, caught this 18.5-inch bass on Lake Kabetogama while staying at Pine Tree Cove Resort.
  • Adam Becker of Woodbury, Minn., caught this 26-inch walleye while fishing with Granger Guide Service on Lake Kabetogama.
  • Roger Jensen of Des Plaines, Ill., caught this 43-inch northern while staying at Ash Trail Lodge on Lake Kabetogama.
  • Don Granger caught this 41-inch northern while guiding a group on Lake Kabetogama from Harmony Beach Resort.
  • Hunter Jensen of St. Francis, Minn., caught this 25-inch walleye on Lake Kabetogama while staying at Moosehorn Resort.
  • Mike Cable of Two Harbors caught this 23 1/2 pound lake trout on Lake Superior near Two Harbors.
  • Dan Niebuhr of Fairbank, Iowa, caught this 40-inch northern on Lake Kabetogama while staying at Moosehorn Resort.
  • Ian Boit, 5, caught this 20.2-inch smallmouth bass on the St. Louis River in Gary New Duluth.
  • Aili Arnovich, 9, of Superior caught her first big fish on Wilson Lake near Tofte. She was fishing with her mom, Candy, and Jeff Cushman of Superior.
  • Ava Fisher of Superior caught this 18-inch smallmouth bass on the St. Louis River while fishing with her dad, Richard Fisher.
  • Owen Campanario of Esko caught and released this 21 1/2-inch largemouth bass on Everrett Lake near Iron River.
  • Dustin Kasper of Minneapolis caught this 28 1/2-inch walleye on Lake Kabetogama while staying at Moosehorn Resort on Lake Kabetogama.
  • Joe Rainer of Circle Pines, Minn., caught this 40-inch northern pike on Lake Kabetogama while staying at Moosehorn Resort on Lake Kabetogama.
  • Camryn Seguin, 6, of Duluth, caught this 24-inch coho salmon while fishing on Lake Superior.
  • Ryan Gundstrom of Hermantown caught and released this 50-inch muskie on Island Lake near Duluth while fishing with Brad Berg of Superior.
  • Taitan Ruhanen, 11, of Fredenberg, caught and released this 19-inch largemouth bass while fishing on Fish Lake with his dad, Steve.
  • Six-year-old Ethan Lindgren of Duluth, with a little help from his dad, Kyosti Lindgren, hauled in this 29-inch lake trout while fishing on Lake Superior near the McQuade Landing on Sept. 16. "After catching this fish and another smaller one, Ethan has asked his dad to go fishing again almost every day," said his mom, Susan Lindgren.
  • Paul Johnson of Grand Rapids caught this 45-inch muskie on Island Lake near Duluth.