Now THATS a fish

  • BBKK
    IA
    Posts: 4033
    January 24, 2012 at 8:27 am #1241480

    I think I might have to plan a trip to spain

    Anyone care to guess the weight of this zander (nearly identical to a walleye)

    r._kayle
    Cedar Falls, IA
    Posts: 205
    January 24, 2012 at 9:26 am #1031379

    Hard time fittin that through an 8″ hole!

    erick
    Grand Meadow, MN
    Posts: 3213
    January 24, 2012 at 11:39 am #1031390

    It’s a walleye cousin called a Zander in Europe

    fishinfool
    mn
    Posts: 788
    January 24, 2012 at 12:13 pm #1031406

    That thing would eat our walleyes here. How bout transporting some of those across the seas… better than a dam Asian Carp or Devil fish…

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    January 24, 2012 at 12:23 pm #1031408

    Catching that fish was no Cheap Trick. Argh! Sorry, I am self imposing a 1 day ban on myself from IDO.

    fieds
    ottertail county
    Posts: 128
    January 24, 2012 at 12:24 pm #1031409

    i believe north dakota stocked zander in spiritwood lake and a full blood was caught recently(within several years). the experiment was stopped long ago but having one caught after so many years says they’ve taken a small foot hold. i think the zander was 18-21 inches if i remember right.

    fieds
    ottertail county
    Posts: 128
    January 24, 2012 at 12:41 pm #1031419

    yup, some zander in nort dakota, james and chris should do a show

    BBKK
    IA
    Posts: 4033
    January 24, 2012 at 6:37 pm #1031550

    The fish weighed a tad over 34lbs. They fish for them just like we do, behind dams on the European rivers. I guess they are really good eating also. I say bring them over here!

    bret_clark
    Sparta, WI
    Posts: 9362
    January 24, 2012 at 7:19 pm #1031575

    I would have bet that fish came from pools 4 or 2

    erick
    Grand Meadow, MN
    Posts: 3213
    January 24, 2012 at 9:32 pm #1031608

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    I would have bet that fish came from pools 4 or 2

    I heard Stoddards Brett.

    jerrj01
    Hudson, WI
    Posts: 1547
    January 25, 2012 at 12:17 am #1031644

    Can you imaging how big they would grow in P2 and/or P4?
    They may even take care of the exotics.

    musky_ben
    Red Wing, MN
    Posts: 122
    January 26, 2012 at 12:03 am #1032005

    Wouldn’t have to net cisco anymore!!!

    Brian Robinson
    central Neb
    Posts: 3914
    February 2, 2012 at 7:56 am #1034500

    Verrrrry interesting…I just received a couple text messages today with this fish included. The text read “21.2 lbs in the stilling basin in Pierre Thursday night”. The other one says “21.2 lbs. Pierre, SD”. Time to get the rumor mill started a little early this year. And here I claimed photo shop….

    Joel Ballweg
    Sauk City, Wisconsin
    Posts: 3295
    February 2, 2012 at 12:41 pm #1034550

    Same thing is happening up in Green Bay.
    Picture of this fish and a claim that it weighed 19lbs & change.

    Brian Robinson
    central Neb
    Posts: 3914
    February 2, 2012 at 1:16 pm #1034563

    Ya, it’s kinda crazy how these rumors get started and what they grow to. And people are surprised at the cynicism these days….

    walleyehunter
    Melrose, WI
    Posts: 265
    February 4, 2012 at 12:28 am #1035251

    There is no white spot on its tail.

    ebes
    Posts: 2
    February 4, 2012 at 12:35 pm #1035334

    that fish was caught out of greenbay, i know someone that was out there with him

    John Schultz
    Inactive
    Portage, WI
    Posts: 3309
    February 4, 2012 at 11:09 pm #1035443

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    that fish was caught out of greenbay, i know someone that was out there with him

    Sure. I got some oceanfront property in Southern Illinois for sale. You interested?

    the pyromaniac
    Posts: 44
    February 5, 2012 at 4:55 pm #1035593

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    That thing would eat our walleyes here. How bout transporting some of those across the seas… better than a dam Asian Carp or Devil fish…

    It’s been tried but they didn’t really get established. Personally, much to the dismay of a lot of bass/walleye/trout snobs, I don’t like to see new species introduced where they aren’t native, but that’s just me. If I manage to get to Europe to fish for zeds, I’ll do it, but we don’t really need them here.

    average-joe
    Hudson, WI
    Posts: 2376
    February 5, 2012 at 7:42 pm #1035643

    Quote:

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    that fish was caught out of greenbay, i know someone that was out there with him

    Sure. I got some oceanfront property in Southern Illinois for sale. You interested?

    BBKK
    IA
    Posts: 4033
    February 10, 2012 at 9:10 pm #1037628

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    that fish was caught out of greenbay, i know someone that was out there with him

    Sure. I got some oceanfront property in Southern Illinois for sale. You interested?

    LOL!!!

    Dont believe any of the pictures saying it was caught in N.A. It was caught in europe and it is a ZANDER.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    February 11, 2012 at 12:22 pm #1037774

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    Dont believe any of the pictures saying it was caught in N.A. It was caught in europe and it is a ZANDER.

    BBK with talk like that, soon I’ll not believe anything I see on the intergoogles.

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