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Mark Walters For Agri-View
Mar 7, 2026
Mar 7, 2026

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Emmy Geister, left, and Alexa Messmer are good friends and hardcore fisherwomen.

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‘The Racine Boys’ show their winning gator that Pat Konkol caught.

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Mark Walters For Agri-View

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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.