Column: Fishing buddies savored visits from Walter Mondale, and vice versa
Jimmy Carter was a fisherman, still is, and perhaps in 1976 when he selected "Fritz'' to be his vice presidential candidate, he saw in Walter Mondale a kindred spirit whose angler temperament might come in handy in a pinch.
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Dennis Anderson / Star Tribune |
8:04 am, May 3, 2021
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Walter Mondale, with longtime friend and current St. Louis County Sheriff Ross Litman, was an avid fisherman who traveled to Alaska to fish for salmon. Walleyes were his favorite, however. Courtesy Ross Litman / Minneapolis Star Tribune / TNS
MINNEAPOLIS (Tribune News Service) — In the end he was a Minnesotan, reminding us in death, as he did in life, what that can mean, if we try.