Now here's something you don't see at the fair - a man using two hands to lift a goldfish ... "Just like a general big fish, they're heavy, they're slow, they plod around," Mr Hackett said.

Right now, a 12 pound fish leads the Brawl; an 11 pound fish leads the Slam. The autumn is trophy time. Big walleye move closer to shore to binge feed on forage in anticipation of winter.