Anyone catch a walleye that looks like this

  • Troy Hoernemann
    Nevis mn
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    August 28, 2020 at 2:23 pm #1969028

    It measured 18 and a 1/2 but I couldn’t Stretch it out Of its hunchback

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    gim
    Plymouth, MN
    Posts: 17826
    August 28, 2020 at 2:32 pm #1969030

    I’ve never caught one like it personally but I have seen one caught with a back/spinal cord deformity on a launch.

    jwellsy
    Posts: 1591
    August 28, 2020 at 2:34 pm #1969031

    I’ve not seen one like that.
    Did you keep or release it?
    I try not to eat genetic anomalies.

    shockers
    Rochester
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    August 28, 2020 at 2:57 pm #1969032

    Yup. Sauger in 2016. It was delicious btw.

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    Snap
    Posts: 264
    August 28, 2020 at 3:05 pm #1969035

    That looks like one of the town characters on Spongebob.

    Ripjiggen
    Posts: 11810
    August 28, 2020 at 3:43 pm #1969042

    I have seen several from different lakes the are a bugger to cut up and don’t lay in my cast iron like I would like.

    Dave maze
    Isanti
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    August 28, 2020 at 4:07 pm #1969044

    I had a fathead minnow in my bucket like that. Got bit INSTANTLY!

    Brian
    Posts: 36
    August 28, 2020 at 4:22 pm #1969046

    I’ve caught trout that look like that. In them it’s called whirling disease.

    Karry Kyllo
    Posts: 1281
    August 28, 2020 at 4:23 pm #1969047

    It’s not a genetic anomaly. It’s from an injury when it was young. Perfectly fine to eat.

    Bob Bowman
    MN
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    August 28, 2020 at 5:04 pm #1969049
    Karry Kyllo wrote:

    It’s not a genetic anomaly. It’s from an injury when it was young. Perfectly fine to eat.

    Spot on!

    I’ve got a few muskies like that too.

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    glenn57
    cold spring mn
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    August 28, 2020 at 5:07 pm #1969051

    Seen a pike like that last year on a lake with my underwater camera. Looked like a hunchback.

    FishBlood&RiverMud
    Prescott
    Posts: 6687
    August 28, 2020 at 9:15 pm #1969085

    Yes caught walleye and sauger like that. Don’t have a picture handy, but I caught a 38″ channel like that when fishing with Brad durick, was a heavy one too.

    Funny how them fish can deal with adversity.
    Seen fish with missing jaws.
    Bass with a steel leader coming out its a””.
    Wounds like a knife fight.

    Tough buggers… like that fathead minnow swimming with a hook through the brains 😄

    martyb
    Posts: 104
    August 28, 2020 at 9:22 pm #1969086

    We used to get a lot on the Wolf River. I read a biologist report that it was due to sudden temperature changes when the eggs are at a certain stage of development. Haven’t seen one in a couple years

    Iowaboy1
    Posts: 3827
    August 28, 2020 at 9:41 pm #1969091

    I have seen a few of those,it usually happens when you catch the same little sob fifty times and you,ah,er,ahem,get frustrated with the little guy and,oh never mind.
    ( big fat lie anyway )

    honestly have seen a few over the years,always thought genetic deformity,prop strike,evil fisherman etc.
    I saw a snake once with four broken places in its back,evidently it tried going too fast on its way to wherever snakes go when they are in a hurry.

    eyeguy507
    SE MN
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    August 28, 2020 at 9:47 pm #1969094

    got one identical to that……..you on LOW?

    Tom Sawvell
    Inactive
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    August 29, 2020 at 7:42 am #1969127

    In pools 4 and 5 I’ve seen several over the years.

    catmando
    wis
    Posts: 1811
    August 29, 2020 at 10:06 am #1969153

    Yep years ago,will dig thru some old photos might find it, not big about 3lbs had a heck of a hump towards the head.

    buckybadger
    Upper Midwest
    Posts: 8389
    August 29, 2020 at 12:17 pm #1969173

    I’ve caught 2 like it on Pool 4. Both saugers around 14-15″ that had zero issues hitting a crank at 3mph.

    Troy Hoernemann
    Nevis mn
    Posts: 163
    August 30, 2020 at 9:26 pm #1969356

    Thank you all for your input was interesting to see other fish and hear your thoughts and other stories

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
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    August 31, 2020 at 6:25 am #1969363

    I caught a Pike with a kink, but it was in its neck.

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    MN
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    August 31, 2020 at 9:22 am #1969387

    He clearly didn’t get the memo that we’re trying to flatten a curve currently…

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