Nice River eye

  • fishhead50111
    Central Iowa
    Posts: 57
    April 5, 2009 at 3:50 pm #1240960

    I managed to get this big one last Sunday in the afternoon below Saylorville spillway in central Iowa, 27.5 inches and almost 9 lbs.

    James Holst
    Keymaster
    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 18926
    April 5, 2009 at 3:59 pm #765876

    Beautiful fish! Thanks for sharing the photo.

    wade
    Cottage Grove, MN
    Posts: 1737
    April 5, 2009 at 4:03 pm #765879

    that’s a heck of an eye right there, congrats!

    vikefanmn77
    Northfield,MN
    Posts: 1493
    April 5, 2009 at 4:48 pm #765895

    Real nice Iowa piggy!!!

    fishhead50111
    Central Iowa
    Posts: 57
    April 5, 2009 at 11:33 pm #765956

    Thanks guys. I did watch the rainy lake spinner walleye video today(awesome info) and that got me thinking about fishing in the spillway tube there, using a Lindy bottom rig with a spinner, in the boils or so, when you can lift up on the rod a little bit, lower it down and feel the weight hit the bottom, should work out good, no snags. I will try it out soon and give a report about it, something new to do, 15 minutes away from me.

    Jami Ritter
    Hastings, MN
    Posts: 3065
    April 6, 2009 at 1:58 pm #766070

    very nice fish!

    thanks for the picture.

    Jami

    bret_clark
    Sparta, WI
    Posts: 9362
    April 6, 2009 at 4:09 pm #766117

    Great lookin’ walleye

    chris-tuckner
    Hastings/Isle MN
    Posts: 12318
    April 7, 2009 at 4:06 am #766335

    Quote:

    Thanks guys. I did watch the rainy lake spinner walleye video today(awesome info) and that got me thinking about fishing in the spillway tube there, using a Lindy bottom rig with a spinner, in the boils or so, when you can lift up on the rod a little bit, lower it down and feel the weight hit the bottom, should work out good, no snags. I will try it out soon and give a report about it, something new to do, 15 minutes away from me.

    That’s a great way to fish a spillway! I used to fish like that at the Snake River Dam in Pine City as a kid. Hopefully you will have success!

    Nice fish by the way!

    Ben Garver
    Hickman, Nebraska
    Posts: 3149
    April 9, 2009 at 9:29 pm #767194

    Congrats on a great fish. That’s the kind of fish that keep us going back.

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