Visitor Pic – 12 Lb Walleye!

Here’s an awesome pic sent out to us by Scott Banks of an awesome walleye he caught on the Rainy River.

WOW! Thanks for the pic!

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Way to go Scott!!

What a pig! Great picture, wow…thanks for sharing this with us.

This picture brings back memories of years gone by for me… I did this “Rainy” spring run for seven years in a row, staying nearly a week there each time. I remember once that every fish we took was in the two to three pound range, the next day all were threes and fours, the next day they were fours & fives and six-ers mostly… with one just over seven, the next day we got sevens to ten pound fish, the last day (regs. cut it off on this day) all we got were over nine pounders and one was thirteen! The trick then was to get on a “s” bend just out of the curent where the big sows were having a rest stop. We used Lindy-Rigs with floaters/dead minnows. The walleyes must have come up the river in schools of ever increasing bigger fish! What a year that was. And what a great place to fish.

Thanks again for the photo Scott, now go get a bigger one! Hawger

Hey just curious….when was that caught? Thanks…

It was actually caught 2 Aprils ago. This has been an annual trip for me for the last 6 years and will continue as long as there is a chance for this kind of fish!

hey chris!

No we were not down there this weekend and the warrior is green. I am actually going to Mille Lacs in the morning for a day trip. For the first time ever I am going only to try and catch muskies! It will be hard not to fish walleyes and maybe we will have to take an hour or so to try for them but can’t get over the huge muskies being caught up there. I have to try and catch one!!!! Working all weekend or else I would be there with you. Hey did you know Tom is getting married in Hawaii this week and his reception here is on Sat. at his folks place. If you weren’t heading north you should stop by and bull%$$@%! Good luck and call me on Wed. and I will let you know how we did.

Well everyone, if you read my above note, you know I went to Mille Lacs yesterday to fish muskies for the first time. Well it will not be the last!!! On my first trip out to chase muskies I was fortunate enough to land a 42″ very fat Mille Lacs musky!!! We also had a couple of other follows and I had one hit that I screwed up on and didn’t realize what was happening until to late. I see myself spending a lot of money this winter on musky gear. Look for the picture of my fish on fishthelake.com and what we were doing yesterday to see those fish.