I have only been eye fishing about three years for about half a dozen times per year, maybe I should do this more.
I did post this in the Metro Forum, but I wanted this Minnetonka Eye to get its time in the spotlight in the species specific forum. I piggy backed my fall report from last year under, Got Walleyes? I copied the full report from under that thread.
Well, I thought I would just piggy back from my report last year.
We’re out on Tonka again chasing those big beautiful marble eyes.
Last night (11-8-07) was a special night for myself, I caught and tied and proceeding to catch and break my personal bests in a matter of 15 minutes or so.
Conditions were as follows:
Air temp was about 27 when we came off the lake at 10:30, water temp was 46.0 or so, very light breeze out of the north I believe, with clearing skies, stars came out.
Long line trolling cranks at about 1.5mph or so, not real sure, we worry more about boat control and position then speed. Most time we cannot even get the position right.
Well, I managed a 27.5″ to tie my best and broke it with a 28.5″ x 18″ girth 15 minutes later. The night was kicked off with the youngster Mark getting a 22.5″. All measurements made on a Bump Board for accuracy.
The 28.5″ x 18″ is working out to around 11 lb. on some calculators, I cannot believe the build of that fish. Note how thick it is to the base of the tail. Wish I could make the pics a little bigger, she is a beauty.
All caught and released to be caught again.
Let me see if I can get a couple pics up on here.
