Saw this article this morning. It states this guy had what would be the state record walleye on the rainy this spring but it could not be confirmed due to the rainy spring regs. The article states the guy is a guide so I would like to give him the benefit of the doubt but by the picture it sure does not look like a 35 inch walleye.
http://www.dl-online.com/event/article/id/67339/
Hopefully someone can confirm it was a true record.
As a phtographer, i’d never take a picture for a record. either it WAS measured or it WASN’T…
Having the story come out a month after the catch…..right before opener….by a guide…….
….and the guide had to call the DNR to see if he could keep it…….
Smells more like an ad campaign to drum up business to me than an actual record encounter…….
Add in the fact that he claims to have held the kansas state record with a 13.6 lb walleye……and the current record there is 13.1……
Does not add up to me( and that does not even take into account that the fish in the pic looks to be many pounds shy of the claimed weight….)
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Unless this guy is 8ft. tall and 500lbs I call B.S. It just doesn’t look that long compared to his hand. 
Nut
He should get some arm extensions Maybe 2 broom sticks to get the fish out a bit further for the picture 
In my opinion based on the provided picture I say its right around the 30″ mark but not even close to a record caliber fish.
28″…no record for him 
Probably a personal best blown way out of proportion 
Joking aside its still a nice ‘eye 
Best thing he could have done is to take a picture of it being measured. Not saying that would have eliminated all nay saying, but it sure would help in the believe-ability department.
As for not taking a picture at all as someone said earlier……that makes no sense at all.
Bahahahaha what a joke! If that’s what a 35″ rainy walleye looks like I caught 7-8 of then this spring 
Heck, I caught a 37 incher a couple days ago on Crystal Lake in Burnsville, right next to the boat launch. But its out of season so I had to release it….But at least without any proof otherwise, I can claim to have caught the record!!! 
I agree with above posts it does not look like a 35″ fish. I have a picture of my friend who caught a 35″ fish on the red river in the fall up in MB and it is much, much bigger. It is a photo (not digital) so I do not know how I could post it but it is something to see.
I imported the picture into a CAD program, set a scale of 1″ based on the width of his widest finger…(being very generous on the scale) and came up with 29.875″. That was even giving him a little to account for pinching and swiping the tail, and the nose is out of the pic
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