spincast Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 Couldnt make the Fish a thon today due to the usual commitments - but they were over by 11:00 so decided, after the let down of Friday's weather cancelling the scheduled meet-limey-and-show-him-Lake-O- fishing day I was in serious fishin' withdrawal. The web showed a short window of low wave action off Lake E this afternoon so decided to go for it., Haven't hit P Burwell all year. 1:00 by the time we're in 58FOW - best time of day for fishin walleyes as we all know an hour and half into it and we have 2 knock offs, and G has a sheepie. the winds start to pick up from the west and with them, the reports of fish being bagged on the radio About 15 minutes before we pull up and I notice the dispey rod twitch - twice - then nothing, The winds were starting to pick up so I put it down to boat bounce When I go to pull in the dispey I whip it to make the dispey release. Weight. I pull again. Weight. Thinking - well, its a new dispey, maybe I tightened the release screw too much and now have to fight the dispey the whole 250 ft in? I felt for headhakes, just in case - but nothing. So, I start the pull, raise, reel; pulll, raise , reel routine. you can do that a lot with 250 foot out. About 30 foot from the boat, all of a sudden a flash of gold behind the dispey - "G GET THE NET!" Then a walleye gob opened wide broaches the surface The poor thing was too tired to be revived. Normally I would never bring one this big home. measured 27 inches and was FAT. Chris - I will send the team 7 passport photo through shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leecher Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 Sweet surprise in deed Rick Golden beauty Congrats on your PB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Live2fish85 Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 Awesome Rick. A beauty walleye that is forsure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey buoy Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 (edited) Way to go,what a nice surprise for sure!!!! Edited July 22, 2012 by davey buoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walleye'm Fishing Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 Golden surprise right there. Awesome fish, big congrats to you!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 Nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRT8 smoker craft Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 Nice one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinnimon Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 Nice fish guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdve23rveavwa Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 Nice walleye, bud!! Always nice to try a change of scenery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 That's a BIG walleye!! SOunds like it fought like a wet-sock though haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spincast Posted July 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 (edited) That's a BIG walleye!! SOunds like it fought like a wet-sock though haha. yeah, pretty good description Chad - at least three times I thought to myself "could this be a fish? Give me something to say you're a fish" Absolutley nothing till he came to the top, and then a couple hearted head shakes. When he hit ( assuming those twitches were hits) he didnt even change the angle of the rod - I watched it as I almost yanked the rod out of the holder on the twitches. Can almost imagine him swimming along whistling " and talking like Homer -" hmmmm perch snack." If a 27 inch bow or salmon that fat had hit that the rod would have been a-rockin and the drag a-clickin. Edited July 22, 2012 by spincast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zamboniwaterboy Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 Rick Nice fish! They are all that big out there. Next time you go down instead of Burwell go a little further west to Port Bruce and give Greg at North Erie Marina a try. He and his staff are truly awesome...$10 launch and the get wet not you, $5/scoop of minnows for mega sized perch, usually get 3 dozen minnows/scoop. Have not been down there yet. Maybe 2nd week of August! http://www.weblocal.ca/north-erie-marina-trailer-park-ltd-aylmer-on.html Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinnerbaitking Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 Nice looking Walleye & a big Smile to go with it Tight Lines SBK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyb Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 Very nice surprise there! I remember reading one of the guys post on here that they loosen the drag (and of course leave the clicker on) so that you are hearing about one click every 5 seconds. If the clicking speeds up at all, reel in the walleye. So weird that they can hit a moving lure that gently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spincast Posted July 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 Very nice surprise there! I remember reading one of the guys post on here that they loosen the drag (and of course leave the clicker on) so that you are hearing about one click every 5 seconds. If the clicking speeds up at all, reel in the walleye. So weird that they can hit a moving lure that gently interesting idea - may have to try that next time out. I'm used to setting it so that a salmon or bow will be able to drag it and still set the hook. Could make hooking a 'bow up a lot more challenging? But hey - worth a try, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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