Fish of a lifetime

  • Jakob
    Keymaster
    Rogers
    Posts: 1282
    January 28, 2012 at 4:33 pm #1241483

    RyanK, Somnio, and I did a quick 4 hour run up to Mille Lacs to put the hurt down on some big walleye.

    We had about an hour in the car to come up with a game plan. Reading our Navionics and Lakemaster chips, we focused our efforts on shallow water edges adjacent to deep water and posted up 2 houses, one in 16 FOW and one in 18 FOW.

    Well – our hopes came true and Alex roped into this monster walleye who tapped at 30″ even.

    Truly a fish of a lifetime out of Mille Lacs Alex!

    Chartreuse and gold rattling flyer tipped with a minnow head was the bait that convinced this fish it was time to come out of the hole, couple of quick pictures and back down the hole for another lucky angler to catch someday.

    Congrats again Alex!

    stuart
    Mn.
    Posts: 3682
    January 28, 2012 at 4:37 pm #1032921

    Thats a trophy for sure!
    Didn’t think Amish guys could use electronics!

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    January 28, 2012 at 4:37 pm #1032922

    Hhmmm, seems the Otter house is the lucky one this year!

    Congrats Big Guy!

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    January 28, 2012 at 4:37 pm #1032924

    Quote:

    Thats a trophy for sure!
    Didn’t think Amish guys could use electronics!

    Wish I would have thought of that!

    Jakob
    Keymaster
    Rogers
    Posts: 1282
    January 28, 2012 at 4:41 pm #1032926

    Quote:

    Thats a trophy for sure!
    Didn’t think Amish guys could use electronics!

    O Stuart – you had me on the ground laughing!

    drewsdad
    Crosby, MN
    Posts: 3138
    January 28, 2012 at 4:52 pm #1032931

    Awesome fish! It’s great when a plan comes together!

    dd

    Joel Nelson
    Moderator
    Southeast MN
    Posts: 3137
    January 28, 2012 at 5:08 pm #1004585

    Way awesome! Proof that it’s always worth going fishing, even if you only have a little bit of time. Congrats you guys!

    Joel

    Dave Koonce
    Moderator
    Prairie du Chien Wi.
    Posts: 6946
    January 28, 2012 at 5:09 pm #1004586

    What a GREAT Fish !!!

    Congrats !!!

    kruger
    Metro,mn
    Posts: 593
    January 28, 2012 at 5:14 pm #1004587

    A true Monster

    timschmitz
    Waconia MN
    Posts: 1652
    January 28, 2012 at 5:24 pm #1032934

    Awesome! Kind of like salt in the wound though sending a txt @ 11:00pm to a guy that has to work in the morning

    drew-evans
    rochester MN
    Posts: 1099
    January 28, 2012 at 6:42 pm #1032946

    truely a fish of a life time! congrats on the plan coming together!!

    louis-robinson
    dodge co. mn
    Posts: 469
    January 28, 2012 at 6:58 pm #1032950

    Holy smokies…thats a brute speechless

    Ralph Wiggum
    Maple Grove, MN
    Posts: 11764
    January 28, 2012 at 7:05 pm #1032951

    Quote:

    I should have tried to talk Alex into letting me keep that fish. Those would have been some nice fillets.

    WHAT?!?!

    Everyone knows that you cut a fish like that into steaks

    smokinbobo
    Monticello / Guthrie, MN
    Posts: 382
    January 28, 2012 at 8:22 pm #1032965

    How do you spell “REPLICA”? Oh, guess I just did. Great Job!!!

    liar
    Lakeville
    Posts: 170
    January 28, 2012 at 10:58 pm #1032994

    Nice fish. I bet one feather has a great chowder recipe you can use.

    Whiskerkev
    Madison
    Posts: 3835
    January 28, 2012 at 11:22 pm #1032999

    Nice fish guys. You could have taken a few nice sides and had some cheeks to get after some fighting fish left over. You will never regret releasing a fish like that. I’ve got a few on my wall that I look at and question why I didn’t let them go. All they do is collect dust now.

    arklite881south
    Posts: 5660
    January 28, 2012 at 11:31 pm #1033001

    What a BEAUTY!! CONGRATS on the “Super Tanker”

    phigs
    Twin Cities, MN
    Posts: 1046
    January 29, 2012 at 3:25 am #1033040

    that is a rarity on that lake!! I would make sure to get a replica made!

    jeff_huberty
    Inactive
    Posts: 4941
    January 29, 2012 at 5:59 pm #1033147

    Nice Fish!!1

    Alex Anderson
    Member
    Minneapolis, MN
    Posts: 104
    January 30, 2012 at 2:13 am #1033260

    The mental video of that fish shimming it’s body up the 8 inch hole has been looping in my head since Friday. From now on I will be packing a change of pants as I almost needed a new pair twice… The first time Jakob measured it… and the second time he measured it. haha

    Thanks again Jakob for the assist. apparently the “After the night bite-bite” is worth the drive on occasion . We didn’t even make it to the lake until 9pm that night.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    January 30, 2012 at 2:30 am #1033263

    Alex? Is this the avatar of a person fishing in the hole next to you?

    tccat
    Minneapolis, MN.
    Posts: 195
    January 30, 2012 at 6:56 am #1033287

    That is Sick! Kowabunga!!

    Alex Anderson
    Member
    Minneapolis, MN
    Posts: 104
    January 31, 2012 at 12:04 am #1033593

    Quote:

    Alex? Is this the avatar of a person fishing in the hole next to you?

    lol pretty close.

    Dave Ansell
    Rushford, MN
    Posts: 1572
    February 1, 2012 at 1:29 pm #1034194

    Congrats on an awesome fish

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