A matching walleye 30 years later

TimVoller Walleye.jpg — Tim Voller with a 29-inch walleye he caught while fishing the Alexandria Chain of Lakes in about 20 feet of water on May 31, 2021. The fish was a nearly identical match to a 29-incher he caught 30 years earlier during the 1991 Minnesota fishing opener. (Contributed photo)

By Eric Morken

June 09, 2021 at 1:20 PM

Alexandria’s Tim Voller experienced a trip down memory lane after boating a second big walleye decades apart in Douglas County on May 31 of this year.

Voller caught a 29-inch walleye during the 1991 fishing opener that was featured in the Echo Press and Vacationer publication that is put out by the newspaper. That ended up being the big fish caught over that opening weekend that was run in the newspaper.

Now 30 years later, Voller caught another 29-incher to match it.

Voller was fishing on the Alexandria Chain of Lakes during the afternoon of May 31. He was trolling in about 20 feet of water with a golden Rapala Countdown when the big walleye grabbed the lure.

By Eric Morken

Eric Morken is a sports and outdoor editor at the Echo Press Newspaper in Alexandria, Minnesota, a property of the Forum News Service. Morken covers a variety of stories throughout the Douglas County area, as well as statewide outdoor issues.

A matching walleye 30 years later

Alexandria's Tim Voller caught matching 29-inch walleyes 30 years apart, with the latest of those coming while trolling on the Alexandria Chain of Lakes on May 31, 2021.