

The trailboss' Shakopee neighbor and a guide netted a dozen muskellunge monsters yesterday and Thursday at a secret location in Alexandria. Derek, above, says the catch of muskies measured between 48 and 52 inches and weighed between 30 and 40 pounds. They were all carefully released. Stan, who carried one dozen 40-pound bags of system-saver salt to his basement water softener this afternoon, was impressed by Derek's fish photos and the size of the massive catch. Derek was impressed that Stan was able to immediately guess the name of the mystery Alexandria lake, and was quickly sworn to secrecy. It would now require at least a bottle of single malt scotch to learn the location. (No, they weren't caught off Obert's dock on Lake Darling.)
Derek's guide was Jason Hammernick, below, well-known Mille Lacs area sportsman.
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