What happened to 30″+ fish?

  • t-ellis
    Colorado Springs, CO
    Posts: 1316
    June 25, 2007 at 6:22 pm #583894

    WOW! Grifter those are some very nice walleyes! Thanks for sharing.

    robstenger
    Northern Twin Cities, MN
    Posts: 11374
    June 25, 2007 at 6:43 pm #583910

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    9 legal fish over the 28 inch mark (none by me).

    I know what you mean Brad. I did get mine yesterday though.

    9 Legal Overs????? Are you sure we are fishing the same schools????? Or are you sending me on a wild goose chase.

    JK…… Beauty Fish Grifter

    PS Do you have a Mercury on the back of that Warrior??????

    Brad Juaire
    Maple Grove, MN
    Posts: 6101
    June 26, 2007 at 2:03 pm #584298

    Yeah Rob – I have a Mercury on the back of my Warrior and a T8 kicker. Did you see me over the weekend?

    And yes – 9 legals last year and they were all caught by someone else in my boat. That is what it is all about for me. So far this year we have caught 3 legals (28, 28.5, 29.5).

    Congrats on your recent big fish! I pulled three 27’s over the weekend but couldn’t get find that extra inch. So when are we going to hook up? I need to take a look at that new Ranger of yours…

    goodnewsbear
    Posts: 5
    June 26, 2007 at 4:43 pm #584370

    All the fish that I have caught this year have been huge and beautiful! The other night we had a double, I had a 27 inch fish that was a beauty and my buddy had a 25 1/2 inch fish that looked gigantic! When we measurd the fish I could not believe that his fish was samller. The thing was a monster, literally! Then I looked at the measuring device and realized that it is aonly a 1 1/12 inch differenc and really that is nothing. All these fish are big and nice.

    I read Fellegy’s post and was not sure what his point was. He started out touting about how these fish we are catching now in large numbers were not common back in the day so as I read that is what I thought he was saying and then he flipped and said that the fish we are catching today are the smallest walleyes around for their length. So we are doing good in inches but bad in weight.

    Oh well, The fishing has been incredcible. I have been fishing that lake since the ealry 80’s and this is the best I have seen excpet for a few years. If I could pick any year to bring my kids up to the lake this would be the year! In 45 minutes the other night we landed 8 fish over 22 inches! On other years we would still land 8 fish or maybe even more but they would be under 20″, that is the truth and I am sure everyone can agree.

    walleyebuster5
    Central MN
    Posts: 3916
    June 26, 2007 at 5:17 pm #584395

    I have to agree with Gregg.. 30″ goes on the wall. It used to be “10 lbs” until measuring tapes showed up on the scene. Now it’s a 30″ and it hangs. Not saying that all or even the majority do this, however, it would only take a small % of people fishing to hang the 30’s to make a significant drop in the level of that kind of fish. I’m not even saying it’s wrong to hang one, but it makes sense to me.

    robstenger
    Northern Twin Cities, MN
    Posts: 11374
    June 27, 2007 at 4:18 pm #584753

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    Yeah Rob – I have a Mercury on the back of my Warrior and a T8 kicker. Did you see me over the weekend?

    I think so, but I thought you had Yammmy’s

    I forgot alll about it I should have called you. Glad to see you spanking them as usual.

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