# @outdoor_life on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DHO_q75zODb
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/27398730-outdoor-life-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-03-15T21:00:22.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Outdoor Life (@outdoor_life) — https://gondola.cc/outdoor_life

## Caption

A man from Duluth, Minnesota, caught his first ever laker this week while jigging on Lake Superior. ⁠
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Later that afternoon, he caught a giant laker that stands to replace the Minnesota catch-and-release length record. Isaiah Bartlett was fishing Lake Superior with a guide who exclusively jigs for lakers, and whose client also caught the current catch-and-release length record last spring. It took Bartlett about 10 minutes to fight the laker, using an 8-foot-long rod with 20-pound test braided line and a 15-pound test fluorocarbon leader. Bartlett maneuvered the trout close to their boat so Waytashek could net the fish and haul it aboard. After measuring Bartlett’s trout and taking a few photographs, Waytashek released the trout alive back into Lake Superior. He estimates it weighed between 25 and 30 pounds.⁠
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#fishing #fishingtrip #fishingseason #laker #laketrout #lakesuperior #conservation #outdoors #nature #outdoorlife⁠
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Story by: Bob McNally

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laketrout, conservation, outdoors, nature, fishing, lakesuperior, laker, fishingseason, outdoorlife, fishingtrip

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