Post by: WALLEYEGUY on May 12, 2014, 12:35:33 PM
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Post by: lokidog on May 12, 2014, 01:50:30 PM
Post by: MtnMuley on May 12, 2014, 04:16:16 PM
Still swimming, I throw back anything over 22", since the State declared war on the columbia river walleyes and they do not taste as good anyway.
:tup: We need more people like you. :tup:
Post by: hunting4sanity on May 12, 2014, 04:34:29 PM
I don't miss many meals either, yet my gut fails to get the admiration your fish gets :yike:
Post by: h2ofowlr on May 12, 2014, 04:51:44 PM
Post by: ribka on May 12, 2014, 05:49:41 PM
What lure did you use?
Assume a female? I know already spawned out
Post by: JJB11B on May 12, 2014, 06:00:06 PM
Still swimming, I throw back anything over 22", since the State declared war on the columbia river walleyes and they do not taste as good anyway.Finally someone on my team! I love walleye but hate to see all the big females getting killed. Oregon Fish and Wildlife is ruining the walleye fishing and Washington is following suit.
Post by: Blacklab on May 13, 2014, 04:34:38 AM
Post by: huntnnw on May 13, 2014, 05:17:56 AM
Ill disagree..I want them out of the columbia they eat a ton of salmon and steelhead smolt! Walleye have many places they can thrive or be stocked! but salmon and steelhead do not
Post by: MtnMuley on May 13, 2014, 08:14:27 AM
nice fish!
Ill disagree..I want them out of the columbia they eat a ton of salmon and steelhead smolt! Walleye have many places they can thrive or be stocked! but salmon and steelhead do not
......that's what they like to say, but why have I never pulled anything but perch or pikeminnows from their guts on the one's I chose to eat? It's a lot of bullchit that the salmon/steelhead guys (who definitely outnumber the walleye/bass guys) find anything to point the finger at if something doesn't seem right to them. :twocents:
Post by: lokidog on May 13, 2014, 08:42:01 AM
nice fish!
Ill disagree..I want them out of the columbia they eat a ton of salmon and steelhead smolt! Walleye have many places they can thrive or be stocked! but salmon and steelhead do not
......that's what they like to say, but why have I never pulled anything but perch or pikeminnows from their guts on the one's I chose to eat? It's a lot of bullchit that the salmon/steelhead guys (who definitely outnumber the walleye/bass guys) find anything to point the finger at if something doesn't seem right to them. :twocents:
Could be the time of year you are eating them, I think they predominantly eat the outgoing smolts, whenever that is. :dunno: Could also be that you fish the walleye in areas that are not used as much by smolts as perch and squawfish (yes, I said it, squawfish :chuckle: ).
I don't think there is any way to remove walleye from the Columbia system, other than maybe an all-out commercial fishery done during spawing periods, so I wouldn't worry too much about the remove the walleye folks. :twocents:
Post by: WALLEYEGUY on May 13, 2014, 09:36:42 AM
Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on May 13, 2014, 10:34:11 AM
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Post by: ElkBOW79 on May 13, 2014, 11:56:07 AM
Post by: DoubleJ on May 13, 2014, 11:58:25 AM
Nice fish. I'd love to go walleye fishing sometime. Looks like it'd be fun. :tup:
Pay for the gas for a long weekend and I'll take you out.
Post by: bowhunterforever on May 13, 2014, 03:49:02 PM
Nice work Walleyguy! Good to see you turning back the breeders!:yeah: Nice fish :tup:
Post by: Maverick on May 13, 2014, 04:47:10 PM
nice fish!
Ill disagree..I want them out of the columbia they eat a ton of salmon and steelhead smolt! Walleye have many places they can thrive or be stocked! but salmon and steelhead do not
......that's what they like to say, but why have I never pulled anything but perch or pikeminnows from their guts on the one's I chose to eat? It's a lot of bullchit that the salmon/steelhead guys (who definitely outnumber the walleye/bass guys) find anything to point the finger at if something doesn't seem right to them. :twocents:
I've actually found lots of smolt in the guts of walleye. I walleye fish for meat so I keep the ones 4 pounds and bigger and release the little guys :sry:
Post by: bearpaw on May 13, 2014, 05:09:38 PM
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on May 13, 2014, 05:12:49 PM
Post by: BLUEBULLS on May 13, 2014, 08:32:24 PM
nice fish!
Ill disagree..I want them out of the columbia they eat a ton of salmon and steelhead smolt! Walleye have many places they can thrive or be stocked! but salmon and steelhead do not
......that's what they like to say, but why have I never pulled anything but perch or pikeminnows from their guts on the one's I chose to eat? It's a lot of bullchit that the salmon/steelhead guys (who definitely outnumber the walleye/bass guys) find anything to point the finger at if something doesn't seem right to them. :twocents:
Could be the time of year you are eating them, I think they predominantly eat the outgoing smolts, whenever that is. :dunno: Could also be that you fish the walleye in areas that are not used as much by smolts as perch and squawfish (yes, I said it, squawfish :chuckle: ).
I don't think there is any way to remove walleye from the Columbia system, other than maybe an all-out commercial fishery done during spawing periods, so I wouldn't worry too much about the remove the walleye folks. :twocents:
Smolts mainly use the top third of the water column. Walleye generally use the bottom third. Squawfish prey heavily on smolts. Walleye prey heavily on squaw fish.
I've disected more than my fair share of walleye and smolts make up a pretty small percentage of forage. I only know of one person who has done research on this. His findings would support this. Maybe he'll chime in here...
Now back this post, Hell of fish WALLEYEGUY!! I imagine she's real close to losing a few pounds! Congrats!
Post by: Kanooper on May 13, 2014, 09:20:22 PM
Post by: WALLEYEGUY on May 14, 2014, 07:37:55 AM
Post by: Maverick on May 14, 2014, 10:03:09 AM
Post by: Kanooper on May 14, 2014, 11:03:30 AM
Definetly need to kill more squaw fish! Great fish by the way! I've never fished for walleye when they had eggs so my goal has always been 15 pounds for a mount.
When you do catch that 15 pounder, take a length measurement, a girth measurement and take a few close up pictures of both sides of the fish and then release it. It is way better to get a reproduction mount done and still let the fish go. I looked into getting a repro done on a 14 pounder I got last year. I called around to a few different places and you would be looking at roughly a minimum of $25 per inch. I assume skin mounts would be at least that if not more.
Post by: Maverick on May 14, 2014, 11:35:20 AM
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Post by: WALLEYEGUY on May 14, 2014, 12:23:42 PM
Post by: DoubleJ on May 14, 2014, 03:01:55 PM
Sorry man
Sorry as in you didn't know or sorry as in you don't care?
Post by: Maverick on May 14, 2014, 03:06:19 PM
Sorry man
Sorry as in you didn't know or sorry as in you don't care?
Sorry as in I'm sorry that you don't like what I do with the fish I catch. The way I see it is I pay for a fishing license and I follow fishing regulations. Therefore what I do with the walleye I catch is my business.
Post by: rippinlips22 on May 14, 2014, 03:55:21 PM
A 15lb walleye will have thousands of more eggs in her than a 5lb walleye. You're hurting the overall long term population keeping the larger ones and throwing the little ones back. :bash:
True, but my belief is that once you start getting over the 15-16 lb mark on these walleye your percentage of survival rate of these eggs are going to go down tremendously. It is basically like a 50 year old woman trying to have a baby, odds are slim. I would have no problem with somebody choosing to keep a female walleye over 16 lbs if they choose. Not that I would, but to each there own.
Post by: MtnMuley on May 14, 2014, 04:22:02 PM
A 15lb walleye will have thousands of more eggs in her than a 5lb walleye. You're hurting the overall long term population keeping the larger ones and throwing the little ones back. :bash:
True, but my belief is that once you start getting over the 15-16 lb mark on these walleye your percentage of survival rate of these eggs are going to go down tremendously. It is basically like a 50 year old woman trying to have a baby, odds are slim. I would have no problem with somebody choosing to keep a female walleye over 16 lbs if they choose. Not that I would, but to each there own.
I've never heard anybody including warm water bio's say that percentage of survival rates on a 15/16# walleyes' eggs go down drastically. :dunno: Maybe I'm missing something, but to me that's completely untrue. No offense.
Post by: Machias on May 15, 2014, 04:04:15 AM
Post by: rasbo on May 15, 2014, 04:33:38 AM
Post by: Mr Mykiss on May 15, 2014, 05:22:09 AM
I've chimed in before about smolts...nobody gives a crap, they know it all already.
Post by: MtnMuley on May 15, 2014, 08:13:42 AM
I've chimed in before about smolts...nobody gives a crap, they know it all already.:chuckle: I might have to use this as my signature line
Post by: teal101 on May 15, 2014, 01:08:03 PM
nice fish!
Ill disagree..I want them out of the columbia they eat a ton of salmon and steelhead smolt! Walleye have many places they can thrive or be stocked! but salmon and steelhead do not
No. Studies have proven the depredation on Salmon and Steelhead by Smallmouth Bass and Walleye are very low and that Northern Pikeminnow is by far the biggest predator.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1130/pdf/ofr20121130.pdf (http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1130/pdf/ofr20121130.pdf)
http://www.dfw.state.or.us/fish/oscrp/CRI/docs/Pike1999.pdf (http://www.dfw.state.or.us/fish/oscrp/CRI/docs/Pike1999.pdf)
After conducting studies the ODFW has continued to only study the Pikeminnow and monitor it's status in regard to Salmon/Steelhead depredation. They have deemed that Walleye and Bass have a very low rate of consumption. There are anomalies such as Smallmouth at the mouth of the Yakima gorging on smolts, but overall population numbers indicate a very low percentage of consumption. Crustaceans followed by Sculpins make up the majority of the Smallmouth diet. Sculpins followed by Minnow Fish (Peamouth, Daces, Pikeminnow) make up the majority of the Walleye diet. This is all backed by both ODFW and WDFW studies conducted on the lower and mid-stream Columbia for their own use as well as use by the BPA and other agencies using the river.
To be the devils advocate, the construction of Grand Coulee Dam has killed more Salmon and Steelhead juveniles and adults than any combination of introduced species on the Columbia. Also, the introduction of American Shad is just as if not more detrimental than prey species. The Shad consume the same food resources and juvenile Salmon and create direct competition.
I'm sure facts will be ignored though :tup:
Post by: MtnMuley on May 15, 2014, 01:10:10 PM
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Post by: Mr Mykiss on May 15, 2014, 03:58:43 PM
Post by: JJB11B on May 16, 2014, 07:41:40 PM
Thamks for all the postive comments, and I do agree that we have a world class fishery and the impact to salmon is minnimal compared to the other issues. If the state would actively promote, educate and actually STOCK (heaven forbid) walleyes in waters that are suitable we who love walleyes would have a less heartburn with the current efforts by the state and tribal fish managers.My Family is big into walleye fishing. My Grandfather and Father used to fish pretty much every walleye tournement in the state. I even went to Mobridge SD. to fish a Pro-Am and got to meet Ted takasaki and Kieth Kavajacez (cant remember how to spell it) had a great time. And yes when I walleye fish I usually fish the bottom 3 feet of water. ....Walleyes stay deep unless they are spawning....
Post by: JJB11B on May 16, 2014, 07:43:21 PM