for those of you not lucky enough to see this deer in person…to put it in perspective…when he pulled in to show me you could see the horns sitting higher than the box in his truck…what a spread!!!
now you have to beat that this year….good luck!
for the amount of guys u have i would say falls motel also.
what? no boat pics yet chris? still waiting….lol..gotta show off the new ride!
WOW…so the 5 pounder i got last week wasn’t that big after all…i didn’t think they got much bigger than that in rainy… im wrong again…great fish!!! again!!! that thing looks like something you would catch in the gulf of mexico or hawaii!!! pretty sure you passed on some kind of line record also…had to be a blast to catch!
i cant think of a better place on the planet to raise a 14 yr old!!! he gets off school, jumps on the wheeler and goes to the fish house till dark…and in the summer he jumps in his 14 footer with a 9.9 and fishes almost every day on rainy lake…and in the fall we grouse hunt and deer hunt till the ice is on…i told him that someday he might realize how good he has it…
does she have any sisters? lol!!! congrats!!!
Sounds like a plan Chris! I am always in!! No matter how crazy the idea when it comes to finding fish and exploring new ways to catch em…I will also agree with James that even a bad day on rainy is better than the best on some!!! We did manage to get some walleyes with some size a 25, 23 two 20’s and 3 more over 17 inches…just not alot of numbers of fish last weekend…mabye ive set the bar pretty high for what i think good fishing is, but in the two years ive lived here thats what ive come to expect an average afternoon would be, not two and a half days of fishing…I hope we can hook up and go out sometime, that would be fun! i wont bug you but you know where i work…give me a call or stop by if you want…and it’s on!!!
hey chris and james…great video…again!!! i fished hard for 3 days and rainy clubbed me like a baby seal!!! glad to see you had a good trip!
hey chris…u guys gotta keep it down over there!!! lol.. we heard the multipal hoots and hollerin’ about 200yds away..i told my buddy ill show him what you guys were yelling about tomorrow on the website…that is a huge fish and nice gold coloring! our biggest was only 24.5 inches but i think it thaught it was 30!!
hey chris….the pics dont quite do it justice!
when you pulled away and the buck was laying flat in your truck bed the horns stuck over the top of your bed rails by a few inches….what was the inside spread on that monster!!! it had to look like a brushpile running through the woods!!! lol!!!
this seems to be an unusually short post for after deer opener…we blanked…but lots of fun with my boys and family and some good friends…we got two more weekends though…lots of time!
yup!!! im in!! i would like to catch those instead of hunting those flying rats any day!! thanks for the pics…after fishing all weekend before last in a 25-30mph blow and 30 degrees i need a little motivation…i was guilty of watching the game and deep frying some grouse and crappies..mmmm…but my buddy could not belive those were crappie filets…ill be out friday-sunday for sure after seeing some of those small whales you posted!!!
sweet!!!! time to go fishing!!!! ill be out all three days mabye ill see ya out there!
what a pig!!! that looks bigger that 26.5…
ive lived here for just under 2 years and i love it up here!!! yet in saying that, i laughed at your falcon crest comment!! lol!!! its very true and people that live here will tell you if someone doesnt know what really happend, they have been known to speculate and make it the gosple…i really dont think its different in any small towns though…more people just need to “WATCH THEIR OWN BOBBERS”!!! i have talked with the accused guide who got a vist by the coast gaurd…he told me he doesnt know if he was turned in or if it was random…so in my opinion it has been compleatly blown out of proportion by everyone else locally…just my opinion…and i am entitled to that…hopefully without backlash…we are fortunate to have some of the best fishing guides on the planet up here…and yes chris is definatly in that catagory!!! and a stand up guy…now GO FISH!!!
im in for sure next year!!! sounds like a lot of fun! count me in for at least 2 and mabye 4 people. as far as going fishing…if you have a cancelation or just some rare free time that you want to go, ill make time! you know where i work…unfortunatly its not where you do!!! on the water..but i cant complain cause i can still see rainy from my front yard… 
the one and only rainy lake…
k…i guess ive worked enough today!!! heading out for the night bite! you gotta stop putting all those pics on here…hard to work when you see someone catching those pigs 3 miles away!!!!
the guys who won were john cann and ted olsen with 28.10 lbs and in 2nd was kyle potter and his partner tyler kocon with 25.58 also from i falls!! there were some big names there also, dave genz and larry bollig and also brian (bro) brosdahl and many more.a very very fun event!!
thats kind of funny that you posted that…my boy fished of the dock at rainy lake marina way back in the dreadged out part in 3 ft of water 91 degrees out yesterday and caught 3 walleyes and a pike in an hour…the walleyes were a 21 and a 19 and 18.5 inchers and a small pike…i asked him why would he even think to throw a bobber out in three ft of water in 90 deg weather?? he shrugged his shoulders and said “why not” gotta love kids!!! hes 14.
yes it is!!! lol
hey chris do know where to find a 125 to 150 tiller used motor with a 25 inch xtra long shaft?…my motor blew and ive been out of the water for about 2.5 weeks…starting to get the d.t’s a little and going nutz trying to find one…cant afford a new one for 11 to 15k so im trying to find a used one that will leave me a little minnow money left.. 
hey chris!
as usual you are right on…one night we got 6 14 to 16 inch walleyes in there with 4-5 crappies mixed in, and the next night we got a limit of 12 to 15 inch crappies!!! then last night we got 9, 4 walleyes and 5 crappies…didnt keep any though…i only keep fish if im going to eat them that night or the next day, the look on the boys face when he had to throw back his 14.5 inch crappie was like i just shot his dog or something…yet a good lesson to learn young. still looking for the old elusive 16 incher…
p.s. that is a 2×12 board in the picture above…
lol!!! i might have to get one though…thats funny! i suppose i should have taken the pics on a ruler instead of a can…
hammered gold spinners trolling 1 mph or less….long lining with no sinker.
LOOKS LIKE A BLAST!
thats great info…ill put it to use tonite! and yes i have had a great year on the water and i wish i could say it was all me…i couldnt possibly start to thank any 1 person…i’ve had such great info and new techniques on how to fish and new ways and find fish…the average walleyes ive got this year has to average over 20 inch plus and 5 over 28 inches and of those all cpr’d exept 1 the 32.5 inch 13 and a half pound freak of nature we will say was a product just plain luck…i grew up fishing and evenually guiding on mille lacs for walleye and muskie…i havent been there once since i moved here…weird…i never thought i would ever say that…thanks again chris for helping shorten my learning curve…what a useful site!
hey thanks for the tip chris i’ll try to find some deep current breaks tonite…i seem to be off the fish right now, only got 3 last night…booo…when you say deep are you in 20-30?
thanks for any info?
chris,
15 walleyes that were “not” in the slot…opps..all were to big.
