Traveling Fish


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"Talk about a trip!! This [21.25"] walleye with the jaw tag was caught on March 15th through the ice south of Little Sturgeon Bay [WI]. The fish was tagged 358 days ago at 20" in the Au Gres River Saginaw Bay [MI].
 
> "I know walleyes move quite a bit, but to go through Saginaw Bay...through Huron...across Lake Michigan...into Green Bay...to south of Little Sturgeon is crazy."
 
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That's roughly 500 miles by water! Probably more because walleyes swim like your dogs walks [squiggly-line emoji].

Been hummin' our version of The Proclaimers' "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" ever since reading this story. Goes something like this-here:
 

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