Avid angler Dustin Stone caught a new state-record silver redhorse in the certified weight category of the Minnesota DNR‘s record fish program. Stone caught the 10-pound, 6-ounce silver redhorse while fishing for lake sturgeon on
It comes on the heels of a month-and-a-half sturgeon-fishing closure. So will this season be as frenzied as spring sturgeon fishing?
Information collected on tagged fish tells a story of the sturgeon’s travels from when it was tagged until it was caught and reported.
A big part of the restoration has been regulations designed specifically to protect the slow-growing fish.
If documented correctly, 69-incher would have beaten the current state catch-and-release record by an inch-and-a-half, but angler still embraces the experience — and catching some prized walleyes, too, during a recent day on the Rainy.
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