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Title: Finally 20+ years of work have paid off!
Post by: JJB11B on June 15, 2019, 09:02:13 AM: I have been meaning to post this for a while but recently I finally did it. I have been walleye fishing my whole life. I have been seriously walleye fishing for over 20 years. Until the other day I had never caught a walleye over 10 LBS. in the past 2 weeks I caught a 12 Lb(ish) walleye and this 13LB 10OZ walleye. I have been so disgusted for the past 3 or so years watching guide boats killing every walleye they hook and overfishing some of our favorite recreational fishing holes that I have stopped sharing where I am fishing. Sorry, Not sorry. :drool:
Title: Re: Finally 20+ years of work have paid off!
Post by: Bigshooter on June 15, 2019, 09:15:23 AM: Fished for 20+ years never caught one over 10lbs. And the last 3 years they have been getting over fished. But in the last 2 weeks you have caught your 2 biggest walleye? Hmmmmmm.
Title: Re: Finally 20+ years of work have paid off!
Post by: JJB11B on June 15, 2019, 09:48:01 AM: Quote from: Bigshooter on June 15, 2019, 09:15:23 AM
Fished for 20+ years never caught one over 10lbs. And the last 3 years they have been getting over fished. But in the last 2 weeks you have caught your 2 biggest walleye? Hmmmmmm.
Just finally hooked up to the right fish, these are also the only 2 walleye I have caught since memorial weekend.
Title: Re: Finally 20+ years of work have paid off!
Post by: huntnfmly on June 15, 2019, 09:52:28 AM: Congrats nice fish thanks for sharing
Title: Re: Finally 20+ years of work have paid off!
Post by: KFhunter on June 15, 2019, 10:00:07 AM: Doesn't matter, it'll be a northern pike fishery soon enough.

grats on the booner fish :tup:
Title: Re: Finally 20+ years of work have paid off!
Post by: Sandberm on June 15, 2019, 10:09:50 AM: Ive never gotten a 10+lb walleye.

I had a weird day in May of 1994. Previous to that day my biggest walleye had measured 28 inches. That day I only caught 4 walleye but each was over 28 inches with the biggest I believe topping 33 inches if I remember right. Memorable day.
Title: Re: Finally 20+ years of work have paid off!
Post by: Timberstalker on June 15, 2019, 10:25:55 AM: Smoker fish for this time of the year. Congrats.
Title: Re: Finally 20+ years of work have paid off!
Post by: full choke on June 15, 2019, 10:46:38 AM: Congratulations! :tup:

Nice fish!
Title: Re: Finally 20+ years of work have paid off!
Post by: Katmai Guy on June 15, 2019, 11:32:38 AM: Congratulations! Fighting a big fish is always a good time. As for your disgust at the killing of the walleye the guide catch, remember these are an invasive species and are to salmon and steelhead fishermen what the wolves are to WA hunters. If it weren't for these fish and a bunch of other contributing factors, you might have been showing us a photo of a 20+lb King salmon. Keep catching those and eat every one you can! :chuckle:
Title: Re: Finally 20+ years of work have paid off!
Post by: Dan-o on June 15, 2019, 11:48:30 AM: Congrats on your two pigs!

Very cool for you, after chasing them that long.

I've never seen a Walleye that big. :tup: :tup:
Title: Re: Finally 20+ years of work have paid off!
Post by: Crunchy on June 15, 2019, 11:59:40 AM: Quote from: Katmai Guy on June 15, 2019, 11:32:38 AM
Congratulations! Fighting a big fish is always a good time. As for your disgust at the killing of the walleye the guide catch, remember these are an invasive species and are to salmon and steelhead fishermen what the wolves are to WA hunters. If it weren't for these fish and a bunch of other contributing factors, you might have been showing us a photo of a 20+lb King salmon. Keep catching those and eat every one you can! :chuckle:

Good points, but you cant eat a wolf. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Finally 20+ years of work have paid off!
Post by: Widgeondeke on June 15, 2019, 12:28:15 PM: Quote from: Crunchy

Good points, but you cant eat a wolf. :chuckle:
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Says who? I am sure someone somewhere has eaten wolf :dunno:

To the OP. Great fish and congrats :tup:
Title: Re: Finally 20+ years of work have paid off!
Post by: ne kid on June 15, 2019, 01:43:24 PM: Was it good eating??
Title: Re: Finally 20+ years of work have paid off!
Post by: Crunchy on June 15, 2019, 04:03:08 PM: Quote from: ne kid on June 15, 2019, 01:43:24 PM
Was it good eating??

The fish or the wolf? The fish I am sure it was , egg wash, flour, and fry... Hush puppies on the side
Title: Re: Finally 20+ years of work have paid off!
Post by: Jpmiller on June 15, 2019, 05:05:01 PM: Quote from: Crunchy on June 15, 2019, 11:59:40 AM
Quote from: Katmai Guy on June 15, 2019, 11:32:38 AM
Congratulations! Fighting a big fish is always a good time. As for your disgust at the killing of the walleye the guide catch, remember these are an invasive species and are to salmon and steelhead fishermen what the wolves are to WA hunters. If it weren't for these fish and a bunch of other contributing factors, you might have been showing us a photo of a 20+lb King salmon. Keep catching those and eat every one you can! :chuckle:

Good points, but you cant eat a wolf. :chuckle:

I was going to try to eat wolf tenderloins if we ran across any on my Wyoming trip last fall just to say I had but all we found were elk.
Title: Re: Finally 20+ years of work have paid off!
Post by: JJB11B on June 15, 2019, 07:09:37 PM: Quote from: Crunchy on June 15, 2019, 04:03:08 PM
Quote from: ne kid on June 15, 2019, 01:43:24 PM
Was it good eating??

The fish or the wolf? The fish I am sure it was , egg wash, flour, and fry... Hush puppies on the side
I release the big ones, the 2 I’ve caught
Title: Re: Finally 20+ years of work have paid off!
Post by: Crunchy on June 15, 2019, 07:26:34 PM: Quote from: JJB11B on June 15, 2019, 07:09:37 PM
Quote from: Crunchy on June 15, 2019, 04:03:08 PM
Quote from: ne kid on June 15, 2019, 01:43:24 PM
Was it good eating??

The fish or the wolf? The fish I am sure it was , egg wash, flour, and fry... Hush puppies on the side
I release the big ones, the 2 I’ve caught

Good for you. not the best eating size. Snap a picture, and let them grow bigger, and have lots of babies.
Title: Re: Finally 20+ years of work have paid off!
Post by: JJB11B on June 15, 2019, 07:49:04 PM: Quote from: Crunchy on June 15, 2019, 07:26:34 PM
Quote from: JJB11B on June 15, 2019, 07:09:37 PM
Quote from: Crunchy on June 15, 2019, 04:03:08 PM
Quote from: ne kid on June 15, 2019, 01:43:24 PM
Was it good eating??

The fish or the wolf? The fish I am sure it was , egg wash, flour, and fry... Hush puppies on the side
I release the big ones, the 2 I’ve caught

Good for you. not the best eating size. Snap a picture, and let them grow bigger, and have lots of babies.
exactly! I’d like to catch it again in a couple years