NEAL LEIER

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…

Angler Lands Record-Breaking Walleye On The Missouri River

The previous record had stood for nearly six decades

BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota’s longest-standing fish record has fallen. The state Game and Fish Department says Bismarck angler Neal Leier hauled in a 15-pound, 13-ounce walleye from the Missouri River near Fox Island on Friday. That broke the record by one ounce. The previous record had stood for nearly six decades. It was a fish from Wood Lake landed…