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Mark Walters For Agri-View
Jun 6, 2026
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Jeff Moll holds a 14-pound flathead catfish just before releasing it back into Green Bay near Oconto, Wisconsin.

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Jeff Moll, Doug Cibulka and Red relax after a fun day of walleye fishing in Green Bay.

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From left, Mark Walters, Jeff Moll and Doug Cibulka prepare to turn fish into fillets.

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Mark Walters lives near Necedah, Wisconsin. An outdoor-adventures writer since 1989, he enjoys hobby farming, adventure and anything outdoors. "If I wasn't earning a living as a writer I would want to be a beef farmer," he says. Email sunsetoutdoors@tds.net to reach him.