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Show I ..r, .... i ' i i l . , -' .,.. - Look what followed me home, Mom! When Jon Ackerman tells about the monster fish he caught at Deer-creek Deer-creek Reservoir last week he will not be telling the proverbial fish tale. The 10-year-old Pleasant Grove boy was fishing with his father when he caught a 13 pound six ounce Walleye. The big fellow is 32 inches longandmeasures 18inches around the middle. Knowing that there was a chance it was of record size, Jon took his fish to the Department of Wildlife Resources where it was determined that it was a new record for Walleyes Wall-eyes at Deer Creek. The previous record setting Walleye was caught in 1988 and weighed in at five ounces less than Jon's fish. Jon said he was trolling, using a frog flat fish when he hooked the big guy. He reeled the fish in by himself with his dad only helping with the net when Jon had the Walleye over to the boat. So that everyone will know that Ten-year-old Jon Ackerman can barely lift this fine record-setting walleye which he caught at Deer Creek last week. he is not telling a fish story, Jon will have his trophy Walleye mounted for display by a taxidermist. taxider-mist. Jon is an avid fisherman and goes fishing as often as he can. He also enjoys hunting and baseball. A fifth grader at Grovecrest Elementary School, Jon was the only one in his family who caught a fish that evening. i Jon is the son of Kent and LuAnn Ackerman. |