Walleye eats Monster Tullibee

  • bigcrappie
    Blaine
    Posts: 4338
    October 31, 2012 at 1:36 pm #1289578

    My Dad caught this walleye on Mille Lacs this past weekend. When we got it in the boat all you could see was this tail sticking out. The walleye was about 25 inches and we think the Tullibee was around 13 or 14 inches before he became dinner. For people who say the walleyes are on the skinny side, this fish must read these forums and felt self-conscious.

    This year the fish are deeper than in years past. I run the 4-8 foot range over the rock reefs and this year we found it hard to find fish up top. All the fish we got were in the 15-19 foot range. And if you look at your graph at those depths you would know why. Yep the Tullibee are stacked up waiting to move up. Do not know if this also has to do with the zebera musseles pushing the bait fish out deep.

    carmike
    Posts: 214
    October 31, 2012 at 1:43 pm #1108593

    I’ve been fishing deep-ish (8-11 ft) and doing fairly well. It’s been fun watching almost all the boats up trolling shorelines/shallow reefs…and then leave.

    fishinfreaks
    Rogers, MN
    Posts: 1156
    October 31, 2012 at 2:09 pm #1108604

    Did your dad snag that fish? How the heck would it have bitten his bait with that big ol’ thing in its mouth?!?! Wow!

    bigcrappie
    Blaine
    Posts: 4338
    October 31, 2012 at 2:16 pm #1108611

    Quote:

    Did your dad snag that fish? How the heck would it have bitten his bait with that big ol’ thing in its mouth?!?! Wow!


    #7 shad rap both hooks in the mouth, we were thinking the same thing.

    Paul Delaney
    Moderator
    Posts: 233
    October 31, 2012 at 2:33 pm #1108619

    A couple years back here on the Bay of Green Bay I caught a Walleye on A F-18 Rapala which had a half of Whitefish sticking out its throat.Remember they are really feeding up for the winter so they cant get enough but they should finish one before trying to choke down another.

    Paul Delaney
    http://www.lateeyessportfishing.com

    JasonP
    Twin Cities
    Posts: 1368
    October 31, 2012 at 4:44 pm #1108658

    Interesting catch! I’m guessing you saved that fish’s life.

    JP

    The_Bladepuller
    South end
    Posts: 745
    October 31, 2012 at 5:13 pm #1108667

    Nah. That oily old tulibee was just minutes from being all the way down. They are soft finned and I’m sure that the walter would have been burping tulibee breath in a few minutes.
    I have never seen a fish wash up at my place where the was another fish in the dead ones mouth. Plugs? Once in my 60 some years.

    puddlepounder
    Cove Bay Mille Lacs lake MN
    Posts: 1814
    November 1, 2012 at 4:16 pm #1108973

    looks to me that it puked up the fish after it ate the crankbait.

    Chris Meisch
    Ramsey, MN 55303
    Posts: 720
    November 1, 2012 at 7:34 pm #1109047

    we had a similar experience happen in Lac Seul this year. Nice 27 inch eye yacked up a mostly digested fish about the same size as the tulibe in this picture.
    Makes for a fun story

    steve-fellegy
    Resides on the North Shores of Mille Lacs--guiding on Farm Island these days
    Posts: 1294
    November 1, 2012 at 7:52 pm #1109052

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    looks to me that it puked up the fish after it ate the crankbait.

    Yup…I agree.

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