OK, so its not quite 17 Lb’s…. but close enough! These two incredible shots come out to us from Dan Tuinstra and shows Dan with a 16 Lb 10 ounce walleye and his fishing buddy Steve Mieden from WI holding a 13 Lb 4 ounce monster!
In Dan’s own words “Thought the midwest folks would enjoy the big ones. I just got the pictures returned from several days fishing the full moon on the Columbia River. WOW what a trip! My partner and I really did well. Just a quick highlight list: 16 lb 10 oz, 13 lb 12 oz, 13 lb 4 oz, 12 lb 5 oz with six fish around the 9/10 lb range. Almost all came on plugs at night. What a thrill to see such healthy big fish. All but 4 much smaller eaters were released to grow more.
One of the other highlight/ lowlights was taking my fishing partner (Steve Mieden from Wisconsin) into the emergency room to have a treble hook removed. Of course the nurse on duty had the best line of the night, “ Looks like you caught yourself a big sucker!” When it was all said and done we returned to the river in less than an hour, whereupon he hooked the 13 lb 4 oz fish!”
Thanks a ton for these pics Dan.
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