Damn I can’t post the video,

  • mossydan
    Cedar Rapids, Iowa
    Posts: 7727
    May 19, 2011 at 2:36 am #1272307

    Hey guys, I posted a thread a couple weeks ago about a guy who caught a 17 pound 9 ounch walleye here in town. I went to the dam tonight and he was there, I told him I was on this site and had talked about this walleye and everyone here told me they wanted to see the truth and proof. I told him what was going on and he gave me a thread to the local news channel here in town that he had gotten intouch with when he caught the fish. I went there and the videos there but I’ll be darned if I can post the video.

    He gave me the thread to http://www.KCRG.com vidoes and I’ll be darned if I can post the video, the local news was involved and everything. KCRG.videos/codys walleye.com,,,?

    Anyone know how to tell a guy how too post a video.

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    May 19, 2011 at 2:59 am #967069

    Phew, 4#s? That’s some nasty freezer burn! It reminds me of the news story of the “huge” catfish caught in a lake somewhere in southern Minnesota that surfaced here.

    mossydan
    Cedar Rapids, Iowa
    Posts: 7727
    May 19, 2011 at 3:03 am #967070

    You aren’t going to believe this and I’d hesitaste too but tonight he said hes caught walleyes bigger then the 17.9,,,are you kidding me???,,,he wasen’t kidding me tonight. Like I said in a couple past posts,,,I’ve seen walleyes here with eyes as big as Quarters,,,And I’m not kidding, the truth!

    James Holst
    Keymaster
    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 18926
    May 19, 2011 at 3:03 am #967071

    Sorry Mossy, that fish is not now, nor has it ever been, anywhere near 17#.

    James Holst
    Keymaster
    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 18926
    May 19, 2011 at 3:04 am #967072

    Quote:

    You aren’t going to believe this and I’d hesitaste too but tonight he said hes caught walleyes bigger then the 17.9,,,are you kidding me???,,,he wasen’t kidding me tonight. Like I said in a couple past posts,,,I’ve seen walleyes here with eyes as big as Quarters,,,And I’m not kidding, the truth!

    Has anyone ever told you you’re incredibly gullible? Not trying to be rude here Mossy but just ‘cuz someone says something with a straight face doesn’t make it true.

    mossydan
    Cedar Rapids, Iowa
    Posts: 7727
    May 19, 2011 at 3:10 am #967073

    Ya I know James and it seams like that, And it may very well be and I admit it. But when you ask me how big is the biggest walleye I’ve ever seen I refer back to the quarter sized eyes I seen in a walleye I seen when fishing smallmouths at a creekmouth here, Im telling the truth.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    May 19, 2011 at 3:16 am #967077

    Millerman almost crushes state record sturgeon.

    It was 125 pounds but after freezing it it weight 3 pounds.

    Just saying…it can happen.

    mossydan
    Cedar Rapids, Iowa
    Posts: 7727
    May 19, 2011 at 3:19 am #967078

    James, we’ve all seen big fish, the ones that are rare and you’ll probably never see one like that again. I’ve seen that walleye, it was here locally and yes,,,it was a beast, bare none. Got any 35 lb northerns up there,,, I’d bet there is,,,and ya probably in the Mississippi too.

    mossydan
    Cedar Rapids, Iowa
    Posts: 7727
    May 19, 2011 at 3:23 am #967080

    YAAA right BrianK, I can tell the diffrence between good stories and really good stories. Are you kidding, were all fishermen and we all tell the truth and sometimes I wonder about you,,,but I believe you cause were fisher— and we tell the tru–.

    phigs
    Twin Cities, MN
    Posts: 1046
    May 19, 2011 at 3:27 am #967081

    i don’t see how that fish is even 13 pounds… looks like 10 at best, and that is a stretch.

    mossydan
    Cedar Rapids, Iowa
    Posts: 7727
    May 19, 2011 at 3:29 am #967082

    Hey Brian, just to remind you,,,there isn’t much freezer burn down here, We leave that to the taxidermists lol

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    May 19, 2011 at 3:37 am #967084

    Quote:

    YAAA right BrianK, I can tell the diffrence between good stories and really good stories.

    Tim not a little guy and he’s not holding the fish towards the camera. Makes it look smaller Dan.

    mossydan
    Cedar Rapids, Iowa
    Posts: 7727
    May 19, 2011 at 3:38 am #967085

    Ya I know and I’ve caught 9 pounders that looked like this fish. I also know what conditions can do too weight and color etc. Its amazing what a couple days in a freezer and the time inbetween can do befor you get it there.

    mossydan
    Cedar Rapids, Iowa
    Posts: 7727
    May 19, 2011 at 3:41 am #967086

    Ya I know and its a good catch anyway, just ask the guys who seen it, especially Tim.

    dtro
    Inactive
    Jordan
    Posts: 1501
    May 19, 2011 at 4:06 am #967089

    Did he say “it took me 42 minutes to get it in”?

    putt2winn
    Eau Claire, WI
    Posts: 233
    May 19, 2011 at 4:30 am #967091

    Not even close.

    Mike W
    MN/Anoka/Ham lake
    Posts: 13298
    May 19, 2011 at 4:38 am #967093

    Hate to say but the emotion of catching a big fish and the actual size of a big fish dont always add up. Not to fault the person that caught the it. Catching a big fish is very exciting. The actual weight may be something else. Guess thats why they call us fisherman.

    mossydan
    Cedar Rapids, Iowa
    Posts: 7727
    May 19, 2011 at 11:01 am #967108

    I agree, it doesn’t look like a 17 pounder and probably wasen’t but I can see where it maybe went 14 and it looks like thats stretching it some too. He origionally told me that the stomach of this fish was so big it would be hard to fit it into a 12 pack mountain dew container, Its hard too see that in this fish even if it did shrink.

    oldrat
    Upper Midwest
    Posts: 1531
    May 19, 2011 at 1:23 pm #967135

    when I owned my bait shop, I had this kid drive up in a giant hurry.. He comes running into the shop..

    HEY do you have a “BIG FISH CONTEST?”.. no.. we don’t.. what do you have , I asked..
    He says.. a 17 pound northern.. Oh.. I said ..bring it in and I will weight it..

    so he runs out to the trunk of his car and brings in this fish.. and I know already how big it is.. its 8 or 9 lbs, a typical adult male around here..

    and I weigh it.. 9 pounds at best.. Well he out and out calls me a liar in my own store.. grabs the fish slams it in to the cooler , slams the trunk and storms off..

    I took a guy from Milwaukee fishing, and he caught a nice bass on one of my Black Jack Spinner baits.. and the fish was about 4 lbs.. but later I was told it was 8 lbs.. right..

    targaman
    Inactive
    Wilton, WI
    Posts: 2759
    May 19, 2011 at 1:32 pm #967139

    He must of been using 1/2 lb. test to get that fish in.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    May 19, 2011 at 1:47 pm #967144

    Not that I like picking on walleye guys…

    But it’s amazing how many of them have caught 50 pound flatheads when looking at the picture they fall more towards the 30’s.

    Ben Garver is the worstest!!

    bret_clark
    Sparta, WI
    Posts: 9362
    May 19, 2011 at 1:55 pm #967148

    One word…..rehab

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    May 19, 2011 at 4:22 pm #967202

    Disclaimer: This is not directed at anyone in particular.

    I just don’t understand how people can lie about the measurements and size of a fish. Can’t you take it for what it is and enjoy it? I have even had people help me measure a fish and they will try giving me an extra quarter of an inch and I’ll say, “No it isn’t ‘close enough‘”.

    Think of the fish’s feelings for once. What if you were being measured and then your GF went out and lied, giving you a little extra?

    hairjig
    Cudahy, Wis.
    Posts: 937
    May 19, 2011 at 4:49 pm #967210

    That picture is so “bougus” I can’t believe it….He should be ashamed of himself..

    sauger
    Hastings ,MN
    Posts: 2442
    May 19, 2011 at 6:45 pm #967245

    Quote:

    Not that I like picking on walleye guys…

    But it’s amazing how many of them have caught 50 pound flatheads when looking at the picture they fall more towards the 30’s.

    Ben Garver is the worstest!!

    I know right… Those silly walleye guy’s that catch catfish. What wierdo’s

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    May 19, 2011 at 6:48 pm #967246

    At least you use creek chubs Sauger.

    cat dude
    Arlington, MN
    Posts: 1389
    May 19, 2011 at 6:56 pm #967248

    I have heard some whopper fish tales and this one fits right in.

    It will say it is tough to tell the size of a fish in a photo but my 11.5# eye seems larger than the one in the photo above.

    But, mine was not frozen either and did not lose the weight

    broncosguy
    Blaine, MN
    Posts: 2106
    May 19, 2011 at 7:14 pm #967254

    And this one was 26 1/2 inches and not even sure what we figured weight on. just curious as arms are bent and fish is close to me. no held out.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    May 19, 2011 at 7:25 pm #967255

    Quote:

    not even sure what we figured weight on.

    ’bout 210-215.

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