Ok….With the couple days off recently, and the big fish ON I decided I would try my hand at putting a small clip together of a BIG WALLEYES ON THE CHEW. Having just a simple hand held video recorder I head out to the crime scene. Sure enough big fish continue to line the mud transition/rock transition area. I set up my tri-pod in the front of the big WX2100 and dial in the I-Pilot. My plan is since I don’t have a remote that I would manually turn on the camera when I think I have the highest probability of getting bit and walk back into screen.
Part 1; Screen lights up with 3 huge…….I MEAN HUGE red marks. They are either all monster pike or ridiculously large walleyes. I hustle to the front of the boat and hit record button on the camera. I re-enter the screen while discussing how I’ve been catching these big walleyes as of late (Lightning Jigging Spoon) and drop down my presentation. I JUST KNOW I’m going to get hammered and wouldn’t this be wonderful to put a “30” on a small home recording. Now unlike the “Great Oz” of IDO I do not own editing software nor would no how to use it, so this is simply is going to be one continous clip. I talk myself blue in the face to the point that we should have hit commercial number 2 without those fish budging. I decide the clip will not work and I’ll have to do it over by powering down and re-starting. I shut the power off and return to reel in my spoon so I can start again by showing the spoon and dropping for the ultimate in realism. You guessed it with POWER NOW OFF I peer over to the 1198C and see it still loaded with fish. I snap the 1/4 oz. clown colored lightning spoon one more time and get throttled. In nearly disgust mode lay the barbs to a heavy fish. With her lengthy head shakes she obiously will be of the large variety. The walleye ends up measuring 27 inches on the beans. I proceed to take a mediocre self-Photo which now seems EASY compared to self-Filming!! 
I try multiple other times to get it done on camera in this seemingly “Camera Shy” school of walleyes, but fail in many other interesting ways. I tell ya……. I WILL get this done, but will likely have to wait til the woodcutting crew is up this weekend so I can man the little camera.
The fish again were aggressive in our 81 degree July….OOPS SEPTEMBER day. Many fish over 23 inches in 3 hours of fishing with the biggest being this 27 inch Rainy lake Special.
Today’s wake up temperature is in the high 40’s with a storm front clearly on the horizon. Fall colors seem to about a week or 2 away from being majestic though not too bad now.
Without the video clip…..Don’t rule out typical ice gear in a slightly larger size than you might normally use in a stationary position while ice fishing. I’ve found Lightning spoons by Custom Jigs and spins hooking a shiner in the back or a shiner head can be extrememely effective all year long!! The “Crippled Minnow” technique continues to anger big walleyes. 
We would love to have you running camera while I reel those big girls in . We are gonna have to cut wood like a madman 
We will definately pace ourselves. couple hours of cutting several hours of catching. Sound Fair?? 
