Critical Habitat plate

[nofishfisherman]

Well here is the winner, I am not sure what kind of fish that is supposed to be. Looks like a wallye, bass, trout hybrid.

[LaZyDayZ]

Wouldnt have imagined that one to win.

Pretty dissapointing, wont see it on my truck..

[Scott M]

It is a walleye.

From DNR new: Sam Melquist, who had never entered a DNR art contest before, said his brother-in-law, Jerod Hjelle, was the source of his inspiration.

“Jerod caught a 10-pound walleye this past summer,” explained Melquist. “It was a beautiful fish. That catch, plus his hounding that I enter the contest, motivated me. So I sketched and air brushed a painting that isn’t intended to depict reality so much as it is to appeal to the public.”

Go out and get those plates. Thirty dollars goes a long way towards improving and protecting habitat for this state's exceptional fish and game.

[LaZyDayZ]

oh I agree its a great idea to buy the DNR plates, I just wouldnt put that one one

[Reynolds]

I guess the walleye plate doesn't stack up to the loon plates in my mind. The loon plates are the nicest I have ever seen of any of the states.

I would have loved to have seen an ice fishing plate featuring a guy in a flanel sitting out on the ice jigging with a lantern as the sun is going down on a lake lined with pine trees. Now that's something I would definitely want on my vehicle.

[metrojoe]

It's a great painting. but a jumping walleye Oh well...congrats to the winner.

[iland99]

Bummer. If the two walleyes would have won, my current deer plates would have been out of a job. I don't want that carp/bass/trout hybrid on my truck!

[hanson]

I can't believe the Catfish wasn't even given consideration.