HEART RIVER

Man Loses Fishing Record After Game & Fish Investigation

Game & Fish has concluded that the fish caught by Tom Volk of Lincoln was not legally hooked

BISMARCK, ND — An investigation has determined that North Dakota doesn’t have a new state record walleye after all. Game & Fish has concluded that the fish caught by Tom Volk of Lincoln was not legally hooked and can’t be recognized as a record. On April 21, Volk was shore-fishing the Heart River in Mandan when he hauled in a 16-pound,…

Record Setting Walleye Caught In North Dakota

Reeled In From Shore Along Heaert River in Mandan

MANDAN, ND — A Lincoln, North Dakota man has caught a record-breaking fish. Tom Volk’s 16 pound, 9 ounce walleye caught Sunday broke a record that was set nearly a year ago. He beat the record held by Neal Leier of Bismarck by three fourths of a pound. That record was set last May on the Missouri River and had…