First Walleye (solo!)

Well, as most of you know, I am transplant to the Midwest. Back in Maryland, for the most part, we did not have ‘eyes and saugers like you do here in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

So, I have been taking my new home in and learning to fish like the locals. I say solo because I actually caught my first ‘eyes and saugers with ecnook, but this is the first time with my tackle and my boat. It all came together tonight at Pleasant Creek lake. I trolled a JSR-5 fire tiger along a weedline and caught a fat, 3# 19″ eye just as the sun was slippin’ below the horizon. Many of you probably do that routinely and have probabaly caught much bigger fish, but for me at that moment, it could have been a blue marlin.
I will be turning 31 in about a week, but when we netted the fish and brought it into the boat, I felt like I was 8 years old again. It was even better because my son reeled the fish part ways in and shared the excitement.

I attribute this success to what I have learned from the excellent posts on this site (and some others!) as well as some time on the water with ecnook up in pool 9 about 2 weeks ago. This is proof that some of this stuff is starting to sink into my thick skull…

Regards,

Joe Jiacinto

Great job Korn King. I hope it is the first of many for you.

Gator Hunter

Great Going Joe

Shoot that picture to me and I’ll get it up under your name just as soon as i can !!

Congrats buddy

Great work KornKing , and good story, always a thrill but so much better when shared with the kids. My son has been after me for several weeks about his upcoming trip home for some fishing with dad. You just can’t beat those kind of memories.

You’re hooked now Joe! Join the crowd!

Thanks for all the fellowship guys! We fished the same lake last night and my buddy and I pulled 4 more ‘eyes using the same long-lining trolling techniques. Yeah, I think I’m hooked on this Midwest fishing. Come October, it will be time to get my setter in the willow and alder bottoms to root out some timberdoodles, then I’ll be totally set. Most of you probably don’t know, but I am pretty dedicated upland bird hunter. I used to hunt timberdoodles back in Maryland during their fall migration down the Atlantic seaboard. I run a bull-headed male english setter. So if you guys see a guy cursing a white dog in the river bottoms this fall, you’ll know who it is. Actually, my dog is pretty awesome. He finds me birds pretty regularly, his other shortcomings aside. Heck, who’s bird-dog or boat is not the best there is? Its like the sign says, “you can make fun of a man’s wife, but not his bird dog”.

Now, if I can find a way to mow these 3-1/2 acres in less than 4 hours, I’d have it all figured out. Mowing has been “cutting” in to fishin’ time.

I suppose when these boys get old enough, I can put them to work.

Regards,

Joe

Congrats on that ‘eye Joe! Wait till one of those PC muskies decides he wants your lure! Glad to hear you’re finding some fish, and the time to pursue them!
Dale

Joe,I have 2 English Setters.Is your male the Hemlock(sp ?) style or field stock? Great upland hunters!!!!
Ryan Hale

He’s more of the racy type, but not too racy. His sire is a dog called Grouse Ridge Reroy, from the Flanigans in Norwich, NY and his mother is a really good hunting dog; actually, the personal hunting dog of a hunting preserve owner back in PA that I used to be a member of.

So, the answer is a little of both. I really like the dogs from the grouse/woodcock trial lines and he is from that background on his sire’s side. These are walking trials on wild birds. He is orange and white ticked. I am planning on spending a week in either Minnesota or Wisconsin with him this October chasing doodles and thunder chickens!

By the way, what’s a timberdoodle???

I don’t think we shoot those here. Get used to looking for ditch parrots if you like the midwest!

KornKing, Way to go on the walleye! It’s a great feeling isn’t it!