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Baudette, Minnesota: Willie Walleye

40-foot-long Willie Walleye, positioned as if leaping from the lake and at your car. The original Willie was torn down in July 2018 and replaced by a nearly identical fiberglass replica.

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Fish "World's Largest Walleye Pike"

The sign by the fish states, "Welcome to Baudette, Minnesota; Home of Willie the Walleye; Walleye Capital of the World." Anyone who has ever been near Baudette in the winter knows that the city has expanded into nearby Lake of the Woods because of all the ice fish houses.

[Shane Delaney, 11/11/2001]

Willie Walleye

Address:
International Drive NE, Baudette, MN
Directions:
Downtown, on the west shore of the river, on the corner of International Drive NE and Main St./Hwy 11.
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