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<blockquote data-quote="Up Y'oars" data-source="post: 267182" data-attributes="member: 764"><p>Bismarck Tribune article from 2018:</p><p><span style="color: #1E1F21">[FONT=&quot]The Game and Fish Department stocked Spiritwood with 180,000 European zander fry and 1,050 fingerlings in 1989 but scrapped the program the next year because of concerns from neighboring states Minnesota, South Dakota, Montana and the province of Manitoba, Herald archives show.</span></p><p><span style="color: #1E1F21"></span></p><p><span style="color: #1E1F21">[/FONT]</span></p><p><span style="color: #1E1F21">[FONT=&quot]Native to Europe, zander are considered an exotic species in the U.S. and can weigh more than 25 pounds. And while rare in Spiritwood Lake, occasional reports do occur. The state record zander measured 32 inches and weighed 11 pounds, 3 ounces and was caught July 17, 2013, according to the Game and Fish Department's Whopper Club database.</span></p><p><span style="color: #1E1F21"></span></p><p><span style="color: #1E1F21">[/FONT]</span></p><p><span style="color: #1E1F21">[FONT=&quot]Zander bear a close resemblance to walleyes, although the dorsal fin has different markings, and the lateral line is more pronounced. Heim said the zander he caught fought harder than a walleye.</span></p><p><span style="color: #1E1F21"></span></p><p><span style="color: #1E1F21">[/FONT]</span></p><p><span style="color: #1E1F21">[FONT=&quot]"You look at the way they're built, it's like a walleye, but if you look closer, the fins are just so much bigger than a walleye fins," Heim said. "I suppose they're able to draw more power."[/FONT]</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Up Y'oars, post: 267182, member: 764"] Bismarck Tribune article from 2018: [COLOR=#1E1F21][FONT="]The Game and Fish Department stocked Spiritwood with 180,000 European zander fry and 1,050 fingerlings in 1989 but scrapped the program the next year because of concerns from neighboring states Minnesota, South Dakota, Montana and the province of Manitoba, Herald archives show. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#1E1F21][FONT="]Native to Europe, zander are considered an exotic species in the U.S. and can weigh more than 25 pounds. And while rare in Spiritwood Lake, occasional reports do occur. The state record zander measured 32 inches and weighed 11 pounds, 3 ounces and was caught July 17, 2013, according to the Game and Fish Department's Whopper Club database. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#1E1F21][FONT="]Zander bear a close resemblance to walleyes, although the dorsal fin has different markings, and the lateral line is more pronounced. Heim said the zander he caught fought harder than a walleye. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#1E1F21][FONT="]"You look at the way they're built, it's like a walleye, but if you look closer, the fins are just so much bigger than a walleye fins," Heim said. "I suppose they're able to draw more power."[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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