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Message: <blockquote data-quote="snow" data-source="post: 315935" data-attributes="member: 1056"><p>interesting~<span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'">Sam Wenner, of Jamestown, N.D., caught what is expected to be certified as a state and North American record for zander while fishing Aug. 17 on Spiritwood Lake near Jamestown – Spiritwood and nearby Alkali Lake have the only verified zander populations in North America.</span></span><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'">While they can grow much larger than walleyes, the fact that zanders look very much like their cousin made this fish an overwhelming sight: It weighed 15 pounds, 15 ounces and measured 35-5/8 inches. It also dwarfed the previous state-record zander, also caught in Spiritwood, reportedly in 2013, which weighed 11-3 and measured 32 inches long.</span></span><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"></span></span><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'">The North Dakota Game and Fish Department reportedly stocked zander in Spiritwood in 1989 – 180,000 fry and 1,050 fingerlings – but dropped the program the next year because of concerns from neighboring states Minnesota, South Dakota and Montana and Canadian province Manitoba. But they remain in the lake in small numbers, with bigger fish reported in recent years.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"></span></span>Wonder how many folks caught a big ole zanderand called it a</p><p>  big walleye on spirtwood? can't really tell a difference.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: silver"><span style="font-size: 9px">- - - Updated - - -</span></span></p><p></p><p>interesting~<span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'">Sam Wenner, of Jamestown, N.D., caught what is expected to be certified as a state and North American record for zander while fishing Aug. 17 on Spiritwood Lake near Jamestown – Spiritwood and nearby Alkali Lake have the only verified zander populations in North America.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"></span></span><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'">The North Dakota Game and Fish Department reportedly stocked zander in Spiritwood in 1989 – 180,000 fry and 1,050 fingerlings – but dropped the program the next year because of concerns from neighboring states Minnesota, South Dakota and Montana and Canadian province Manitoba. But they remain in the lake in small numbers, with bigger fish reported in recent years.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>

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