LAKE THOMPSON (AP) - A 14-year-old Minnesota teenager was expecting to catch a crappie or two when he recently went fishing on the icy waters of Schaefer's Slough near Lake Thompson.
The teenager, however, didn't imagine catching a 23-pound, 41-inch long northern pike.
The Argus Leader reports that Tim Kreun, of Pipestone, wrestled the huge fish through an eight-inch hole in the ice after a battle that involved both of his rods and reels rigged with jig-heads, minnows and bobbers. He says it took him about 20 minutes to heave the northern pike through the hole.
Kreun says at first he thought the fish was a big walleye. He says he is taking his trophy fish to a taxidermist to have it mounted.
