slow death hooks

[Skillet]

my personal best is 13 1/2 mouth of the umatilla my dads personal best is 18 1/2 on the columbia down from foundation island

As long as you're talking pounds and not inches , those are some great fish! That 18 1/2 would have been state record material if he caught it before Kimo caught his 18+#'er (fish before the newer 19+#'er caught in the Tri Cities).

[fishnranger]

yeah it was pounds and my dad is a meat fisherman and fried it up didnt have a clue it was that close to the state record and had to tell him it was a once in a lifetime fish but he said it tasted good

[BLUEBULLS]

I don't think most guys on here understand the "slow death hook"

they have their problems with bigger fish. the fish in the river fight like walleye aren't supposed to right now. A good fish will bend them in a heart beat if makes a run close to the boat.

Try using an octopus hook threaded through the side of the worm. work with it a bit and you can get almost the same presentation

that 18-1/2 is a good fish, heck 13-1/2 is a great fish especially since it probably wasn't egg laden with where you caught it. My dad caught one this spring that he said was his biggest ever and I've seen him catch quite a few 15 to 17-1/2lbers. He took a couple pictures and tossed her back.

I've seen a stack of boats out there. Good luck on keepin em hooked and keep us posted

[ribka]

I just started using these hooks a few weeks ago, and like them!  You say your "setting the hook", when I'm fishing these hooks I don't, as one of the guys said already "use the thin wire to your advantage". These hooks seem to be already sticky sharp, combine this with the thin wire and hook setting is not required. As one of the other guys already said, play the fish don't horse them, loosen the drag. My wife and I have landed several fish 20" +, with the biggest a 27", all on slow death hooks, with no problems.

That is a nice walleye there

congrats