lew Posted March 8, 2014 Report Posted March 8, 2014 Biggest pickerel I ever saw was an 18 pounder my grandfather caught about 50 years ago while we were fishing Lake Simcoe. It was so darned big I 1st thought it was a carp while I was netting it. Took it in a measured it on 3 different scales just to be sure, then we ate ate it for supper. Things were different back in the day.
glen Posted March 8, 2014 Report Posted March 8, 2014 Lew you didn't eat an 18lber for supper. That's to much fish to eat for just supper. Lol.
lew Posted March 8, 2014 Report Posted March 8, 2014 Lew you didn't eat an 18lber for supper. 50 years ago I was a growing boy & needed my food LOL Things were different back then, big fish were for eating and folks almost never took pictures of their catches.
mike rousseau Posted March 8, 2014 Author Report Posted March 8, 2014 Im still trying to understand the TITLE of this Why would you PUKE?????? Nice fish indeed. Pauls is very nice as well. I had a pic of my PB on my old PC,caught out off the mouth of the Notty opening day 18 years ago.. 14 lbs,caught on a vibra fox spinner. When it's the fish your hunting your entire life and you see it.... You'll get the feeling... I dropped a giant walleye fishing locally and I got butterflies
darsky Posted March 9, 2014 Report Posted March 9, 2014 a fortyfive lb 'ski headshaking violently 36 inches from your shoes can do that too. "please don't get off please don't get off please don't get off". she didn't get off.
Walleye72 Posted March 9, 2014 Report Posted March 9, 2014 I'm trying to understand why anyone would keep a walleye this size? I would want pictures of course, but to take that fish out of the fishery. To eat??? Or even mount? Wow is all I can say.
Steve Posted March 9, 2014 Report Posted March 9, 2014 Wow is what i'm hoping people will say when it's on my wall. 16lbs+ = bonk. Wow is what "I" feel when people want purchased plastic on their wall .... each to their own.
Steel Bunny Posted March 10, 2014 Report Posted March 10, 2014 dang, we caught some 1-5lbs in the Columbia, return trip may be in order! many out west anglers consider bass, walleye and pike to be garbage fish, even where they occur naturally and are not invasive...trout and salmon are obviously the only trophy fish Thats interesting. Many bass fisherman here feel the same way about trout and salmon. Why would a bass fishermen think trout are garbage fish?
bare foot wader Posted March 10, 2014 Report Posted March 10, 2014 I'm sure puking was just an expression, but adrenaline does different things to different people....I played football with a kid who would puke a couple of times at the start of a game.....I avoided a serious highway accident and kept driving, until 5 mins down the road I had to slam on the brakes and throw up out the door...maybe there is some old truth behind the saying, "I'd puke if I did that..."
Muskieman Posted March 11, 2014 Report Posted March 11, 2014 In 1996 wile a guide at Chaudiere Lodge ,I cleaned a 36.25" 19 1/2lb from the Little French River , the old guy apparently claimed a 21lb 37"+ at the same spot back in '82. " if it's smaller that the one I already have on my wall I eat it! "
mike rousseau Posted March 11, 2014 Author Report Posted March 11, 2014 In 1996 wile a guide at Chaudiere Lodge ,I cleaned a 36.25" 19 1/2lb from the Little French River , the old guy apparently claimed a 21lb 37"+ at the same spot back in '82. " if it's smaller that the one I already have on my wall I eat it! " Crazy...
Muskieman Posted March 11, 2014 Report Posted March 11, 2014 Worse part is , she was brought in alive and could've easily been released ... I don't know what I'd have done ... legal catch , to each their own I guess.
mike rousseau Posted March 11, 2014 Author Report Posted March 11, 2014 I think everyone is entitled to a "wall hanger"... 1... As long as it's legal.... But to eat a trophy like that is such a waste.... That fish could make someone's dreams come true... I don't keep any walleye over 5 lbs (3lb average here) for eating... Boat rule... But that's just me... I know guys that'll eat 10 pounders without even thinking about it... More meat for their limit... Lol... Old school thinking I guess....
BillM Posted March 11, 2014 Report Posted March 11, 2014 Is a walleye like that even still producing eggs? It's gotta be old... Walleyes that big just make me laugh, just giant ugly monsters.
SirCranksalot Posted March 11, 2014 Report Posted March 11, 2014 See here: http://ohioseagrant.osu.edu/discuss/index.php/topic,1289.0.html
mike rousseau Posted March 11, 2014 Author Report Posted March 11, 2014 What I always wondered about are genetics.... Do big fish produce big fish? I'm a big fella... Chances are my kids are gunna be fair sized individuals... Is it the same with fish??? Cause if it is then even if half the eggs are useles... The other half are priceless....
Steve Posted March 11, 2014 Report Posted March 11, 2014 i don't concern myself with whether the fish is producing eggs or not... i just set my standards high... to many a 10lbs walleye is a wall hanger....each to their own. 16lbs walleye will turn some heads.....myself included..... that'll go on my wall. skin mount.
BillM Posted March 11, 2014 Report Posted March 11, 2014 I don't think I'd mount anything to be honest, unless it was a world record of some sort, although depending on the fish it might just get a few great pics taken of it and back into the drink it will go.
Steve Posted March 11, 2014 Report Posted March 11, 2014 not me....i'll mount just about any species. 16lbs walleye, 50lbs muskie, 8lbs bass, 25lbs brown, 40lbs king, 30lbs pike, 20lbs rainbow, lots of options out there just each one is going to be a true trophy, not just a "nice fish".
sneak_e_pete Posted March 11, 2014 Report Posted March 11, 2014 I am trying to teach my 6 year old that bigger = better spawner....he doesnt care...lol
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