Muskieman Posted March 2, 2013 Report Share Posted March 2, 2013 why would anybody eat that??? Lol. I did a "coupe de peau" ... " skin mount cut " .. it was mounted by Tinny on Dokis FN , it's now hanging on a wall somewhere in Illinois . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted March 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2013 Ok, so my mid 20's walleye don't seem so fantastic anymore haha. Muddler: you are one lucky guy! Keep that spot tightly sealed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joeytier Posted March 2, 2013 Report Share Posted March 2, 2013 Chad, that 15 pounder must have been incredibly fat to only be 30 inches. I've caught a couple in the 8-9 lbs range out of Lake O. that were high 20's... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted March 2, 2013 Report Share Posted March 2, 2013 good to know I only hold perch way out lol Gotta hold the perch out! LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted March 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2013 Chad, that 15 pounder must have been incredibly fat to only be 30 inches. I've caught a couple in the 8-9 lbs range out of Lake O. that were high 20's... incredibly fat...it was a late ice female. I'll get a photo off him if i can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioFisherman Posted March 2, 2013 Report Share Posted March 2, 2013 I netted my buddy`s 31 inch walleye at Pointe au Baril, like Terry`s fish it seemed to have a problem, long and skinny, it only weighed like 9 pound 2 ounces. Sort of odd for a mid to late September fish to be that skinny? My uncle also had gotten an 11 pounder a few years earlier at Pointe Au Baril, right after the season opened. I got a 28 incher there that weighed a solid 8 pounds, chunky rascal. Saw other people in various camps we stayed at there with bigger ones than we got. The bait store on HWY 69 ( E&E?) had a picture of a guy with a 16 pounder caught in Pointe au Baril, and from the pic? it looked right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike rousseau Posted March 2, 2013 Report Share Posted March 2, 2013 The one I lost last fall boatside.... Probably biggest walleye ill ever see in person.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manitoubass2 Posted March 2, 2013 Report Share Posted March 2, 2013 (edited) My biggest is 32" at 12lbs. But I've caught alot right near that length/weight. Last year prefishing with my bud down in the sault narrows, he hooked a monster walleye. As it approached the boat I wished we had a longer net. I made one scoop at her and missed. The fish then broke the line at the top of the water about 6 feet from the boat. The tailsplash as she escaped was as heartbreaking as it was a thing of beauty. I'd guess 35" but its tough to tell on a fish like that. It was a spring pig too. We were both very bummed Edited March 2, 2013 by manitoubass2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted March 2, 2013 Report Share Posted March 2, 2013 My grandparents had a water front home on Simcoe many years ago and "ole gramps" used to get alot of big fish back in the day. Biggest pickerel was 18 pounds that he caught and I netted. We measured it on a couple different scales. That was way back in 1961 and I doubt there's any like that left today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted March 2, 2013 Report Share Posted March 2, 2013 I gotta start holding my fish 3ft off my chest, those 31in walleyes will start looking like 34-35inchers!!!! You mean like this Billy? (You took the pic ). 32" if memory serves, from a small lake in the Chapleau region. (BTW those overgrown mutants from Quinte don't count. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehg Posted March 2, 2013 Report Share Posted March 2, 2013 I think a member here (Superdad) caught a 20.25 lb. walleye on Quinte many years ago. I remember ice fishing Talbot River/Lake Simcoe by Gamebridge last week of March in the 90's and people walking by with 20 lb. walleyes they KEPT. There is a world record walleyes in Lake Simcoe or Lake Ontario/Quinte. no doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted March 2, 2013 Report Share Posted March 2, 2013 You mean like this Billy? (You took the pic ). 32" if memory serves, from a small lake in the Chapleau region. (BTW those overgrown mutants from Quinte don't count. ) That thing was a giant! I'll never forget that trip... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acountdeleted Posted March 2, 2013 Report Share Posted March 2, 2013 Even with all my benifits of work I think the biggest one in a photo I had seen (until now) was 19 pounds. By hook and line, 14 pounds. As for myself my 25 incher has been my biggest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioFisherman Posted March 2, 2013 Report Share Posted March 2, 2013 http://arkansasroadstories.com/nature/walleye.html If you read the story and apply the logic? With the demise of the walleye fishing on the Great Lakes in the 50`s and 60`s a lot more tourists headed to Canada to fish for them. The cottage industry was booming, Canadian`s personal income was rising, as was American`s. Travel and the time to do so was becoming easier. Canadians and tourists were trophy hunting, something to take home to show for results of a vacation? and catch and release was unheard of. Then figure in the population growth of Ontario, I am pretty sure Lew and guys my age saw a lot of outsized fish " back in the day"? and didn`t have to go as far to see them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted March 2, 2013 Report Share Posted March 2, 2013 That thing was a giant! I'll never forget that trip... I have an even better lake for us to fish. More and bigger fish, easier access, slightly further drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigdritchie Posted March 2, 2013 Report Share Posted March 2, 2013 (edited) I gotta start holding my fish 3ft off my chest, those 31in walleyes will start looking like 34-35inchers!!!! Don't forget to use a wide-angle lens too ... makes any eater look like Moby Dick. Edited March 2, 2013 by Craig_Ritchie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted March 2, 2013 Report Share Posted March 2, 2013 Don't forget to use a wide-angle lens too ... makes any eater look like Moby Dick. My Canon EF-S 10-22mm will come in handy I'm sure, lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted March 2, 2013 Report Share Posted March 2, 2013 I have an even better lake for us to fish. More and bigger fish, easier access, slightly further drive. Sounds like it's going to be a fun year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted March 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 I have an even better lake for us to fish. More and bigger fish, easier access, slightly further drive. Since I started this thread, am I automatically invited? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrison Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 (edited) Biggest walleye I've ever seen was on Simcoe perch fishing, I lost it on 2lbs test at the boat. We've boated a 17+ on Quinte. Edited March 4, 2013 by Harrison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headhunter Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Biggest I have heard of was said to be pushing 20lbs... caught night fishing in Picton Bay, on a Husky Jerk, in the mid 90's... by the pump house... but that's the rumour! HH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Since I started this thread, am I automatically invited? Sure, why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 (edited) Sure, why not? He can play the sherpa this time around, lol. Edited March 4, 2013 by BillM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted March 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 I was gonna say, my sherpa skills won't match Bills, especially at 155lbs soaking wet. My dad got a 27" walleye on Nipissing this weekend, that's the biggest I've seen from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BITEME Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Biggest ive seen pictures of was 22.5 in picton bay in the winter im sure i have the magizine somewhere im sure it was out of doors and i almost broke 20 one year trolling out in front of the ferry it was a super pig Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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