My State Record Walleye…

Awesome Fish!

I would have painted specs on it and passed it off as the new state record crappie.

That is an awesome specimen! Our European friends including myself would go nuts over catching one like that. Its a true trophy!

How long did you fight em for?

yeah, I guess I don’t understand any kind of disappointment or even “ruining of day” with a big fish, no matter the species. I just don’t get it. Matter of fact it makes my day catching big fish like that, including carp or whatever.

Congrats!

I caught one the other day also, nowhere near the size of your, but fun nonetheless

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Good fishin’,

In-Depth Webstaff

you should be glad to catch any type of fish that big heck i havent caught anything half that size.

Briank I think a new avatar is in order

what is a ringie man. i wanna know, looks like i want to pull one of those things out too. i heard they dont really bite, just a rumor. if anybody knows how to catch them let me know.

Ringie: aka Ringworm… aka BFishN Tackle RingWorm. Aka look here: Ringworm

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what is a ringie man. i wanna know, looks like i want to pull one of those things out too. i heard they dont really bite, just a rumor. if anybody knows how to catch them let me know.

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Carp will actually bite a ring worm. I got one a few years back, not nearly this caliber, but a 10 + lber. It was this time of year, casting a shallow current seem and the proverbial, WHACK, I just knew it was my first 10 lb. eye. Needless to say I won’t live it down with the guy I was fishing with that day.

Carp will hit just about anything… heck, at the GTG… I was fishing cut bait for channel cats… pulled in a carp instead. uhg.

oh yes dave we all remember that carp too

My fishing partner caught a big carp last year on a swim jig while fishing for bass. There was no doubt that carp bit the jig

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Briank I think a new avatar is in order

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BK knows better.

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That is an awesome specimen! Our European friends including myself would go nuts over catching one like that. Its a true trophy!

How long did you fight em for?

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4 – 5 minutes.

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BK knows better.

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All I know is I wouldn’t get away with it.

I gotta say that is a picture that every time I see it I start to grin and have to laugh.

It is just one great shot..

Way to Go James

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BK knows better.

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All I know is I wouldn’t get away with it.

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CHICKEN!!!!!

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Carp will actually bite a ring worm. I got one a few years back, not nearly this caliber, but a 10 + lber. It was this time of year, casting a shallow current seem and the proverbial, WHACK, I just knew it was my first 10 lb. eye. Needless to say I won’t live it down with the guy I was fishing with that day.

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I had the same thing happen last April. Dragging a cotton candy ringie and THUMP! I knew it was a big fish and it stayed down with a couple short runs. I saw a big brown fish coming to the surface and my dad was with me with net in hand and we were both thinking “Monster ‘Eye!” It was a carp and the only fish of the day, but it was fun and gave us many laughs.

Curt

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BK knows better.

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All I know is I wouldn’t get away with it.

Chicken

yep was ice fishing the croix and my buddy pulled in a 20lb carp caught on a 8 inch sucker minnow..they will eat anything

dam mit… got me too…nice sucker