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Hunter Weidenborner with Bemidji State University collects data on eel pout fish during the 39th Annual International Eel Pout Festival, at Leech Lake in Walker, Minnesota, February 23, 2018. Crowds that are more than 10 times the population of tiny Walker, Minn. (pop. 1,069) gather on Minnesotaâs third largest lake (112,000-acres), Leech Lake, for a festival named for one of the ugliest bottom-dwelling fish, the eelpout.
Photo by Matt Nager