Submitted photo Samuel Engel, a student at Martin Luther College, caught this 30-inch walleye through the ice on the Minnesota River at Minnecon Park on Feb. 20. Engel said he had gone to fish for a couple of hours when he caught the bunker. Since he only has a 6-inch auger, he had to drill a second hole in the ice to get it through. Engel said he didn’t have a scale, but estimates the fish weighed around 13 pounds. It was successfully released back into the river.

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Samuel Engel, a student at Martin Luther College, caught this 30-inch walleye through the ice on the Minnesota River at Minnecon Park on Feb. 20. Engel said he had gone to fish for a couple of hours when he caught the bunker. Since he only has a 6-inch auger, he had to drill a second hole in the ice to get it through. Engel said he didn’t have a scale, but estimates the fish weighed around 13 pounds. It was successfully released back into the river.