My best walleye yet

  • redneck
    Rosemount
    Posts: 2627
    December 7, 2003 at 11:25 pm #1328703

    Here is a picture of a big gal I caught yesterday on Pool 4. She hit my second cast of the morning. What a way to start the day!! She hit a 3/32 H20 blue/white jig with a oystershell ringworm. She weighted 10 lb. 2 oz by my digital scale(I’m not guaranteeing it’s accuracy). I didn’t get a length measurement. By the time I got her free of the net and a couple of pictures taken I felt I had kept her out of the water long enough so back she went. This is my first time posting a picture so if there is no picture below please be patient and I will try till I get it. A big thanks goes out to this site because the info I got here is what brought this gal to my boat. Thanks everyone!

    herb
    6ft under
    Posts: 3242
    December 7, 2003 at 11:36 pm #284381

    tony_apisa
    E. Moline Illinois along the Rock River
    Posts: 1180
    December 8, 2003 at 12:10 am #284384

    Nice job Redneck. She’s a dandy.

    Dean Marshall
    Chippewa Falls WI /Ramsey MN
    Posts: 5854
    December 8, 2003 at 12:57 am #284390

    Great fish Redneck. Thanks for the release!

    lenny_jamison
    Bay City , WI
    Posts: 4001
    December 8, 2003 at 1:08 am #284394

    Great fish!! Way to go Redneck.

    Gator Hunter

    redneck
    Rosemount
    Posts: 2627
    December 8, 2003 at 1:15 am #284396

    Thanks for the nice comments everyone and thanks Steve for carrying all the colors of Ringworms. I hit Gander the day before I came down and they hadn’t heard of Oystershell but there it was the next morning hanging on your wall. I never thought of anything but putting the big girl back, in fact I was nervous I might harm her. She was one beautiful walleye. My son does have plans on catching her when she gets bigger just to up the old man. Wouldn’t that be a dream come true—for him and me!

    greg-vandemark
    Wabasha Mn
    Posts: 1096
    December 8, 2003 at 1:18 am #284397

    Congradulations !!!
    You guys must of had fun…

    rivereyes
    Osceola, Wisconsin
    Posts: 2782
    December 8, 2003 at 1:23 am #284401

    REAL nice fish!…..
    if you want me to touch up your photo a bit I can probably help it out some….. nice job taking off your hat though!……
    I just did some work on the small version and came up with this….. just trying to get a bit more clarity into it… but your shot really isnt bad…

    redneck
    Rosemount
    Posts: 2627
    December 8, 2003 at 1:39 am #284404

    I caught the girl about 6:50 A.M. or so and it wasn’t as dark as the picture came out. I remember the flash going off and I was kind of suprised. As far as taking the hat off, that was my boy’s idea. He was running the camera. My wife played with the picture a little and came up with something similar to what yours (Rivereyes) did. I like the original because it caught the moment and it is imperfect just like me.

    bill_cadwell
    Rochester, Minnesota
    Posts: 12607
    December 8, 2003 at 2:02 am #284409

    You can always have a replica made from that photo at a taxidermist if you want a wall mount. Great looking fish. Thanks for sharing her with us. Thanks, Bill

    rivereyes
    Osceola, Wisconsin
    Posts: 2782
    December 8, 2003 at 2:16 am #284411

    most digitals are going to need a flash before the sun comes up….. and when that happens the background appears dark because of the higher shudder speed due to the flash….. so its a natural consequence… in my shot I used a bit of work to improve the flash portion.. then cut in a background… with the whole shot to work with IM sure results would be professional caliber!… but if your happy.. thats all that matters….

    wade_kuehl
    Northwest Iowa
    Posts: 6167
    December 8, 2003 at 3:33 am #284428

    Good to know she’s still swimmin’!

    chris-tuckner
    Hastings/Isle MN
    Posts: 12318
    December 8, 2003 at 1:00 pm #284440

    Nice fish Redneck! Be careful, Rivereyes may super impose his face over yours with his photography mojo!
    Great job!
    Tuck

    dustin_stewart
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 1402
    December 8, 2003 at 1:29 pm #284442

    Congrats on the piggy! . That’s one nice eye . How deep of water did that big girl come out of if you don’t mind me asking? I have been seeing large concentrations of fish right on the river banks down to about 8′ of water on my last couple of trips.

    Nice eye Redneck

    evileye
    Milan Il
    Posts: 407
    December 8, 2003 at 5:14 pm #284468

    Great job!! Redneck.thanks for sharing

    rivereyes
    Osceola, Wisconsin
    Posts: 2782
    December 8, 2003 at 11:37 pm #284523

    geeeez Tuck… you get the strangest ideas!.. why on earth would I EVER superimpose my face on anyones!?

    man… I want some of what YOUR using…….

    ohhh… and heres a pic of me today.. with a nice walleye I caught…. pretty good one huh?

    stillakid2
    Roberts, WI
    Posts: 4603
    December 9, 2003 at 8:55 pm #284648

    Gee Tuck…………..what happened to your face? YOu have a birthday or tw…………………enty?

    (I’m gonna PAY for this!)

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