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By By Brent Frazee, McClatchy Newspapers
OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (MCT) - Long after Missouri's spring paddlefish-snagging season ended, Josh Lallaman is still chasing the giant creatures.
Five days a week, he launches his boat on the Osage River and follows fish that he implanted with radio transmitters back in March.
His goal? To unravel some of the mysteries surrounding one of Missouri's biggest fish.
"We knew before we even started this project that paddlefish are capable of traveling great distances," said Lallaman, a graduate student in the University of Missouri's fisheries and wildlife...