what is the biggest walleye you have ever caught?

[JinxCanada]

just curious...i caught just about 30 feet from the lasalle docks while jiggin a 31 1/2" walleye that i would estimate weighed around 10lbs...biggest one ever...sure wish i had mounted it, but ah well. it sure was tastey at least.
fillets were so thick i had to butterfly them just to cook it.
LOL

:phatyo:

[WALLEYE65]

Ii caught a 11.85 pound walleye at barcelona eastern basin lake erie new york and like you i should have had it mounted , i probbibly will never catch one bigger

[capnlee]

My biggest was 24 1/2 inches. Not much to brag about in most places, but hey, I live in NM. I only know a handful of 10+ pounders being caught in this state. My nephew caught a 27 inch eye on my boat last year. I caught my 2 biggest back to back the 24 1/2 and a 23 1/2. They were delicious.

[lund rebel]

27.5 in us. 29.5 in Can.

[karpbuster]

just curious...i caught just about 30 feet from the lasalle docks while jiggin a 31 1/2" walleye that i would estimate weighed around 10lbs...biggest one ever...sure wish i had mounted it, but ah well. it sure was tastey at least.
fillets were so thick i had to butterfly them just to cook it.
LOL

:phatyo:
Biggest 27" 5.6# a bit skinny from Ute Lake NM, red Oahe Little ripper. A 4# didn't measure it last year from EB, glass shad rap. And a 24" no weight from Santa Rosa three years ago, on a crappie jig. I let the 4# fish go in EB ... kinda rare, so keep em coming there. LOL

karpbuster

[cran]

I caught a 33" walleye in Lake McConaughey, NE. It only weighed 10.6 lbs because she was all spawned out. Normally would have probably weighed over 13 lbs.

[mrwalleye5]

Caught a 32 in Lac du Bonnet ( around 10 lbs) and 13 days later caught another 32 (12 lbs) in Lake Winnipeg. Both lakes in Manitoba.

W5

[Lundexp]

My biggest to date is a 23 inch out of lake Oahe, nothing to brag about compared to all your other 10 pounders but it was real nice and fat. I'm sure I would have caught alot bigger ones if I wasn't so busy running the boat and trolling motor at the same time that I don't always sense the featherlight bite the big ones have. But then again, I usually catch the most fish and the bigger ones out of everyone in my boat anyway so can't really complain.

[sdbigeye]

32" long and 18.5 around. was a fall fish. weighed it 5 hrs later and still weighed 13#. that was from big bend. it's mounted next to the 30" that looks small next to it. it was caught at ft. randall and was a fall fish, too.

[SdDoc]

Biggest to date is a 13lb 4oz 33.5 inch from Ft. Peck, Also caught a 12lb 1oz same day.....Ft peck was good to me that day....Doc

[Sunshine]

Caught a 12.52 pounder out of the fox river that I put on my wall. I later caught a 32" fish that was released and never weighed but I know it weighed more.

[Backwater Eddy]

15.5 C&R Red River of the North, Wahpeton ND. 1997 (jig)
14.11 C&R Red River of the North MB. Canada 2008 (Chubby Darter)
14.7 C&R Red River of the North MB. Canada 2008 (Salmo Zipper)
14.5 C&R Red River of the North Fargo ND 2007 (Bomber Long A)
14.3 C&R Red River of the North MB. Canada 2008 (Chubby Darter)

As you can see, I like rivers. :grin:

[Buck-Eye]

32 1/4", 12.4 lbs caught off Catawba this Jan. through the ice. Wasn't sure it was going to fit through the 8" hole!

[lipripper1]

I was fortunate enough

to land a 14.2 lb hawg

while fishing Lake Sharpe one evening.

[karpbuster]

15.5 C&R Red River of the North, Wahpeton ND. 1997 (jig)
14.11 C&R Red River of the North MB. Canada 2008 (Chubby Darter)
14.7 C&R Red River of the North MB. Canada 2008 (Salmo Zipper)
14.5 C&R Red River of the North Fargo ND 2007 (Bomber Long A)
14.3 C&R Red River of the North MB. Canada 2008 (Chubby Darter)

As you can see, I like rivers. :grin:
Wow. Nice. Chubby Darter. :)

karpbuster

[JerryA]

I caught one last October out of Cranberry Creek that was 31 1/2 inches - big fat fish - we're still laughing about trying to get that fish in the boat. Didn't get the weight as my digital scale got wet and took a dump. Got a good pic on my BIL's cellphone - great color that time of year. I think we ate that fish tonite. Don't ever let anyone tell you that those big eyes don't taste good.

[Anthony E]

30 1/2 inch, just under 10 lbs out of Lake Saganaga on the Gunflint Trail in MN. My buddy, my lab & I ate it for dinner and then breakfast & lunch the following day. Tasted great. I initially released it but it bellied up a few minutes later. I caught & released a 29 1/2 incher the following day at the same spot. Caught a 29 incher two summers back on a lake just 20 min from my home. I released that one too. Got a 28 incher when I was 15 (33 yrs ago) shore fishing on the backwaters of the Mississippi at Grey Cloud Island. I was offered $10 for it by a couple of drunk black guys that were fishing near me. I took it home instead so my dad could see it. When my dad started fileting it there was a very noticeable odor of diesel fuel coming from it. My dad's neighbor ended up eating it. He said it was delicious.
Tony

[Juls]

12.3 from Lake Erie in the Spring of 2001. Came on a black and gold Rogue. LaCourse and McClelland were deep in conversation, so I grabbed the rod when the board went under. hehehe weeeeeeeeee!

Juls

[JinxCanada]

Caught a 12.52 pounder out of the fox river that I put on my wall. I later caught a 32" fish that was released and never weighed but I know it weighed more.


dude...where's the pictures??

[walleyedmike]

30", 10 pounds on October 30th, 2008 at the Dumping Grounds out of Huron on a Blueberry Muffin Reef Runner.

[bardern]

13.45 out of the Bay of Quinte in November

[Sunshine]

dude...where's the pictures??

Here ya' go

[RKG]

12.10 oz. this fall out of LBDN. She is at the taxidermy shop now.
RKG

[walfshmn]

11.3 Lb. It was odd as the evening before I caught a 10.75 Lber which was then my biggest. My fishing partner and I fished this spot for 3 hours on a Friday evening and 2 1/2 hours the next Saturday morning and caught a total or 12 walleye over 5 lbs. Had never put that kind of stringer together before and haven't done it since and this was 25 years ago.

[GMC Jon]

15lb 6 oz, 31" caught on the Great Lakes in the fall of 2006. It was the last fish I caught that year in my new boat, before I put the boat away for the winter. Great way to finish the year.

[bigfisher843]

i caught a 29" in Wisconsin at yellow stone lake in the summer out of a boat

[silverstalker]

my biggest was 32 inches caught 20 years ago trenton channel hand lineing on black n gold rapala #6 thanks to my dad for always takin a kid fishing and last year with the lance valentine gang out of huron ohio nov 1 10 lbs even on old red eye reefrunner goodtimes.

[JinxCanada]

15lb 6 oz, 31" caught on the Great Lakes in the fall of 2006. It was the last fish I caught that year in my new boat, before I put the boat away for the winter. Great way to finish the year.

um..that sounds like some kinda record. i sure hope you have pictures of that one and it is mounted on your wall. i have NEVER heard of a walleye that big in my life. wow!

[ALLEYES_]

I caught a 33.25" with a 21" girth out of the Grand River In Grand Rapids, MI on a jig and minnow. It weighed just over 15 lbs. And there is a pic in my album of a 13 lber caught this last fall on Muskegon Lake that a customer caught.

[Glenman12]

To each his own I guess but Im shocked at the number of people have cut up these trophy fish and eaten them or kept them for mounting..to me thats a sin...unless the mounts were graphite reproductions..about 20 years ago a friend gave me filets from a 10lb+ fish from Erie and it tasted terrible...JMHO

[Larry Mac]

Hi Glenman12, I agree wholeheartedly. We really do love our Canadian Shore lunches made with 15" to 17" walleye. IMHO the smaller fish taste the best.

Our whole group is conservation fisherman and practice catch photograph and release. I have many pictures of wonderful fish caught in great places. I have hanging on my wall in my office a beautiful hand carved 17" walleye; it is a one of a kind done by an artist from Northern Wisconsin. It is carved out of brown wood and mounted on driftwood. This is the only fish on my wall. I am also a big believer in replicas. Have a great trip this year.

P.S, to answer the original post a 28" walleye caught in Whiteshell Provincial Park Manitoba Canada. Still longing for that 30" plus. We will continue having a great time trying for it.


Thank you,
Larry Mac

[stumcfar]

My biggest is a 31.5" that went 11.5# and 29" that went 10#. Both were caught through the ice on Buffalo Bay, which is the only Lake of the Woods water located in Manitoba. I wish the big one was on the wall, but released both of them.

[K Gonefishin]

To each his own I guess but Im shocked at the number of people have cut up these trophy fish and eaten them or kept them for mounting..to me thats a sin...unless the mounts were graphite reproductions..about 20 years ago a friend gave me filets from a 10lb+ fish from Erie and it tasted terrible...JMHO

I see no problem keeping trophy fish for whatever reason, the older they are just means they are closer to death anyways and the older fish don't reproduce as good as younger fish in there spawning prime, on waters like lake Erie there are tons of big old fish that have done there reproduction job for 10-15 years

[Glenman12]

I understand what you are saying about Erie..I guess my point was more about putting back trophy fish so others can have the opporunity (thrill) of catching them..again..JMHO

[K Gonefishin]

I understand what you are saying about Erie..I guess my point was more about putting back trophy fish so others can have the opporunity (thrill) of catching them..again..JMHO

I hear ya and understand that point, IMO I don't think that apply's to the Great Lakes, expecially because the nature of Erie it being the walleye factory it is. I don't know a ton about other great lakes but based on tourney figures and bags they aren't suffering either.

[1shooter]

mine was 33" the summer of 2003 out of Kenora on LOTW. Avid 6'3" medium action rod with 6lb xl trilene and a 1/4 pink and chatruese firball jig tipped with a minnow.

We didn't weigh it but dont't think it was as heavy as others mentioned on this thread of similiar length. It wasn't skinny but not as thick as some of the pictures posted.

[albhb3]

I swear mine was at least 20lbs sorry no pics

[Mike Kansas]

35.5" Red River, Selkirk Manitoba 2000. Caught it on salted minnow just above entrance into Devils Creek.

[hungry]

My personal best was 16 .4 tobin lk sk great steaks out of that one and tater tots yummy can't wait to go back

[gary2242]

From 1982 to 1993, I guided for a fly-in fishing lodge about 500 miles north of the Canadian US border. We were right on the Ontario Manitoba border. I caught millions of Walleyes but never broke the 7-pound mark. My guests caught all kinds of walleyes in the 10 to 15-pound range but I have never broken the 7-pound mark. This spring I am either going to Cedar Lake or Lady Evelyn Lake. Both lakes are at the top end of Algonquin Park (6 hours and 7 hours north of Toronto) and both lakes have Monster Walleyes. I have friends that caught a 9 pounder and a 15 pounder and I have seen mounted Walleyes that were 20 pounds coming out of Lady Evelyn Lake.

If the biggest I catch is 7 pounds, then I know I am cursed....lol....

Gary

[walleyechaser]

12.5lbs 31.5" caught at egg harbor wisconsin

[Just for fun]

19 lb 2 oz 4years ago at old Hickory Tasted Just fine.

[Larry Mac]

19 lb 2 oz 4years ago at old Hickory Tasted Just fine.

Hello Just for fun, Wow that is, excuse me, was an amazing fish. My walleye calculator stopped at 36.5" and 18 lbs. That fish would have been the state record in many of the states I fish.

Wisconsin 18lbs 0oz Caught 1933
Michigan 17lbs 3oz Caught 1951
Minnesota 17lbs 8oz Caught 1979
Iowa 14lbs 8oz Caught 1986
Indiana 14lbs 4oz Caught 1977
Illinois 14lbs 0oz caught 2005

According to WC records that would have beaten the state record in all but 5 US states. The State of Tennessee has a precious resource in Old Hickory Lake. As most know The World Record Walleye came from that lake. I really hope they protect their wonderful resource.

If what you say is true (we are all fisherman) congratulations on that amazing fish.

Oh by the way did you bake, fry or grill it?

Sincerely,
Larry Mac

[I Walleye]

Some very, very impressive fish here. Congratulations to all of you.
My best is "just" a 30' 10.8 Pig from LOW thru the ice in 2008. I tried to catch her again this year but I couldn't track her down, you know, to catch up on old times and such.

[bennyboy]

caught a 34" walleye at the age of 12 and reeled in two 30'' last summer both around ten lbs.

[bob oh]

To each his own I guess but Im shocked at the number of people have cut up these trophy fish and eaten them or kept them for mounting..to me thats a sin...unless the mounts were graphite reproductions..about 20 years ago a friend gave me filets from a 10lb+ fish from Erie and it tasted terrible...JMHO
If that eye was properly cared for you need to work on your fish cooking skills. I have eaten a lot of big eyes out of Erie including spring spawning fish and I have yet to eat a bad one. Of course after eating them for only 50 years or so I may run into a bad one yet.

[Mike7759]

The one I'm catching this weekend.

[mOOseknuckles]

30.5" 11lbs 3ounce mississipppi river

[Hombre Robusto]

12.6 pounds on 11/1/09 right in front of downtown Cleveland. It was gingerly released after a few pictures.

[Prov275]

11.1 Lbs Big Bay De Noc Through The Ice 3/7/10.

[StCroixfishingMN7]

Mine was a 27 incher that came outta Mille Lacs. Thats about all you can catch these days! :bigsmile: LOL

[Winnie]

Mine was a spawned out 29.5" on Mille Lacs. Only went 6.75#.

[Wyo-eye]

32.5", 14.02 lb.
2008 Montana Governer's Cup Tournament
Ft. Peck

[Morton]

31 5/8" which was a little over 12# ... I have been trying to break into the "teens" for many years now without success.
I'll get to travel to more promising water after retirement to make it happen.

Morton

[MSUICEMAN]

longest: two 31"ers: 1 being a spawned out female and 1 long skinny male that coulda had a thyroid problem, i don't know, but it was real skinny.

by weight: a 30.5" chunker that was at 10lb 8oz. I also caught one that measured slighly above 30" that was really fat in Rainy Lk but I didn't have a scale or anything and it was released without knowing the exacts.

[chubby darter]

My biggest came this may out of Erie. 31" 10.8#'s. Biggest prior to that was 28" 7.8#

[btomlin]

Chubby :)


That's what I'd have if I caught one over 10#. My biggest is a 28.5" that I'm assuming was close to 8.5#(C&R).

[Juls]

http://www.walleyecentral.com/tenpoundclub/?PID=219

I haven't beat this one yet...maybe this Fall I will.

Juls

[1625rebel]

29 incher that was CPR'd back into our lake 2 years ago. Been searching for her again, but she won't play ball!

[teamlund]

I have a 31" 11lb eye and a 32" that weighed 9 lbs......I will post pics later. :smokin:

[Walleye Joe]

30" - 8+ lbs. Mississippi River "summer" walleye off a wingdam 3 miles south of Lock and Dam #22 at Saverton, Missouri about 15 yrs. ago. No camera! :(

[eyemike]

32.25" caught from shore on the Cedar River in Iowa. Measured it and released it. My wife caught her best the same day 27" also released. It was a nice cool November afternoon. We caught 6 others 21" or bigger. Mike

[Eyez]

This one: http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g300/jrw98/P0009958.jpg

29 inches, somewhere around 9.5 based on her large girth.

And here's the one where I let her go:

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g300/jrw98/P0009960.jpg

[Phil T]

9 poinds, weighed on a balance beam scale. She was only 30" long. The point of pride is that she was caught on Berkely 4# test line, obviously in snag-free water.
She was also too big to eat, so was released.

[John RB]

My wife and I both caught large walleye mid May. I caught a 33 3/4" only to be outdone about one hour later as my wife caught a 34". The largest walleyes either of us had ever caught. Good day on Lake Diefenbaker in Saskatchewan.
Good fishing!

[1625rebel]

My wife and I both caught large walleye mid May. I caught a 33 3/4" only to be outdone about one hour later as my wife caught a 34". The largest walleyes either of us had ever caught. Good day on Lake Diefenbaker in Saskatchewan.
Good fishing!

Wow! Guess it was a good day.

[kipawa kid]

I caught a 34", 14 1/2 pounder in NE Manitoba a few years ago, also a 32", 13 pounder in Quebec twenty years ago. I have caught half a dozen in the 12 pound range. I am very old, and have been walleye fishing for nearly 60 years.

[Walleyerod]

12.24 lbs - Fort Peck - red spinner.

[HangLooseOutdoors]

Had an AYA tournament on Pokegama Lake in Grand Rapids, MN this past weekend. For those of you who don't know about the AYA (Angler Young Angler) tournaments it is one adult and 2 kids 17 years or younger. I took my girlfiriends cousin and brother out... I had never fished with either of them ever before. Fishing with crawlers and 8 foot lindy rigs was a chore, but the kids grasp on after an hour of slamming on perch one after the other. All the walleyes left my spots from the previous day of pre fisning. I told the kids to hang in there. We jumped from spot to spot to spot. 1:30 came around and I put a 26" in the boat, FINALLY. 20 minutes later, Jesse, (my little partner up front) put a 30.5" in the boat. We ended up taking 4th place cause of that fish. What a hog for a tournament......TAKE A KID FISHING WHEN YOU GET THE CHANCE. AND LOOK UP AYA TOURNAMENTS AROUND YOUR AREA. THEY ARE AN EXCELLENT TIME AND VERY REWARDING.....

[T Mac]

12.24 lbs - Fort Peck - red spinner.

Hey... is that my old buddy Rod S. the former Montana Circuit champ?

Mine longest is 33.5" .
Canyon Ferry, MT.
I released it.

[Knot Tellin]

32" 11lbs 6 ozs. I also got one 28.5" the same night. The head on the 32 was way bigger than the other. I am waiting on getting the pig back from the taxidermist. It was suppose to be done 2 months ago; he does awesome work so it is worth the wait. I will post pics when I get it.

http://www.walleyecentral.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=423&pictureid=3729 (http://www.walleyecentral.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=423&pictureid=3729)
http://www.walleyecentral.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=423&pictureid=3728 (http://www.walleyecentral.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=423&pictureid=3728)

[3M TA3]

11 inches. less than 1 pound

[dave_bender]

18# 10oz - Columbia River, Washington State

http://www.walleyecentral.com/dbimages/tenpoundclub-2009-10-26-671084706photo.jpg

[EYECRAZY]

32-1/2" @ 12.6 lbs. Erie in spring of 2006. Caught off the West side of Kelleys Island with an 800 series RR in the Hot Tamale pattern. Its on the wall.

[Drummer Boy]

After 40 years and thousands of eyes I finally broke the 10lb mark.I have caught lots of walleye's in the 7 to 9lb range but the 10lb plus have alluded me.Last week on Green Bay brought a 11.5 lb 32 in to the net.When I was unhooking it a friend noticed how my hands were shaking.I always said it really did not mater if I ever caught one over 10 but in the end it did.

[Wall-e Warrior]

After 40 years and thousands of eyes I finally broke the 10lb mark.I have caught lots of walleye's in the 7 to 9lb range but the 10lb plus have alluded me.Last week on Green Bay brought a 11.5 lb 32 in to the net.When I was unhooking it a friend noticed how my hands were shaking.I always said it really did not mater if I ever caught one over 10 but in the end it did.

Way to go Drummer Boy! I'm still waiting for mine. I know it's out there somewhere.:cheers:

[Drummer Boy]

Way to go Drummer Boy! I'm still waiting for mine. I know it's out there somewhere.:cheers:

Thanks, your day will come.

[Wade B AKA: Ruger2506]

I have yet to break the 30" mark or the 10# mark. It's a personal goal, but I don't find it frustrating catching 25" 6# eyes all day long.
Here's my biggest. 26.5" at 8.02#

[Skis]

Netted a 31" Lake Erie 2006.

Largest I caught was 28.5" on Lake Erie 2006.

Next largest is a 27" caught in Minnesota.

[JinxCanada]

i picked up a 31 1/2" walleye the other day in erie that weighed in at 11.5lbs....just a monster.

[h-man64]

28" Twice. Case Lake, MN and Spirit Lake, IA.

CPR

[corvette1]

bay of quinte 16 pounds 32x 22

[musky1011]

27 inch...oak harbor ohio...lake erie

[daveddd]

Couple 11lbs fish from Detroit river.
Get the big ones mounted let the smaller ones go.MNR reports several times over the years the 3-5lbs fish are the big spawners not the old cows.

[Wade B AKA: Ruger2506]

Couple 11lbs fish from Detroit river.
Get the big ones mounted let the smaller ones go.MNR reports several times over the years the 3-5lbs fish are the big spawners not the old cows.
Anyway Dave, let's keep this conversation on topic. How did the mounts turn out?

[EyeKing]

I caught a 30 1/4" 11.4lber and buddy got a 33" 13.6lber. Both caught north east side of Kelleys Island western basin of Lake Erie last May.

[kickerrich]

Back in june 2001 on Big Mac, 9 lbr @ 30" should have put it on the wall, released it. Have not caught anything close maybe 6 1/2 since. I'm sure gonna keep on trying.

[new hips]

Mine were 11.5 lb 28.5 in full of spawn, in Depere Wi. and a 29in on Winnebago on a leech, both released. Had a huge one up to the boat on Lac Seul but came off as it got tangled with someones line. Still waiting for that 30.
Go Packers.......:cheers:

[S.Larson]

33 1/2 inch,......13 1/2 pounds,........Green Bay,..

[muskyhunter34]

I ONCE CAUGHT A 4LB BLUEGILL WHO WAS EATEN BY A 9LB CRAPPIE WHO WAS EATEN BY A 27LB BASS WHO WAS EATEN BY A 44 LB NORTHERN WHO WAS THEN EATEN BY MY PERSONAL BEST 73LB MUSKY...WHO IN THE **** CARES? WANNA BRAG? TAKE A CHILD FISHING!:rock-on:

[680 AMERICAN DREAM]

Wow dude... I don't see what is wrong with this thread. As someone once told me on another thread. If you don't have anything constructive to add to a thread. Don't RESPOND!:exactly:

[MrStarnes1]

I ONCE CAUGHT A 4LB BLUEGILL WHO WAS EATEN BY A 9LB CRAPPIE WHO WAS EATEN BY A 27LB BASS WHO WAS EATEN BY A 44 LB NORTHERN WHO WAS THEN EATEN BY MY PERSONAL BEST 73LB MUSKY...WHO IN THE **** CARES? WANNA BRAG? TAKE A CHILD FISHING!:rock-on:


what if that kid wanted to brag about their fish in this thread, but was scared off by that post? ...congrats on that post

biggest to date was 6lb 12oz on Oahe/tall prairie chicken 9 or 10 years ago. couple other 5's and smaller 6's that all went back to the depths

[Ghost Reaper]

A couple 28-inchers x 10 pound footballs on the Bay of Green Bay

[NathanH]

8LBS is my personal best. It looks like a lot of nice fish are being caught.

[Rapscallion]

32.5", Georgian Bay, black/gold hot n tot
30.25", Lake Erie, homemade worm harness, Green Is. area

[K Gonefishin]

I ONCE CAUGHT A 4LB BLUEGILL WHO WAS EATEN BY A 9LB CRAPPIE WHO WAS EATEN BY A 27LB BASS WHO WAS EATEN BY A 44 LB NORTHERN WHO WAS THEN EATEN BY MY PERSONAL BEST 73LB MUSKY...WHO IN THE **** CARES? WANNA BRAG? TAKE A CHILD FISHING!:rock-on:

Yeah dude go pound salt. I've yet to visit a fishing website that doesn't have a thread. What's your biggest ______. This is disscussion board you don't like it. GO AWAY! :frypan:

[Chad711]

Pretty cool thread, I have had a few nice ones from Canada, but someday I hope to tie into one of those Columbia river GIANTS. Every year there are a few 18 lb plus fish that show up on the radar, unreal !

[Mpower]

27" is my biggest. Not huge, but there we're two of them and the second one hit while i was releasing the first.

Muskie dude...seriously, clearly you have a very small ****. Typical response to any discussion that deals with size, no matter the context.

[South Dakota Walleyes]

To each his own I guess but Im shocked at the number of people have cut up these trophy fish and eaten them or kept them for mounting..to me thats a sin...unless the mounts were graphite reproductions..about 20 years ago a friend gave me filets from a 10lb+ fish from Erie and it tasted terrible...JMHO

I agree.

Those are the fish that we need in the water making babies!

[Jerrod]

Best day ever - caught a barn board stringer that went to the taxidermist. Biggest was 31.5", smallest was 29".

[Sluggo / NY]

My buddy and I have been trolling the eastern basin of Erie, NE corner of Ontario and Bay of Quinte for years and racked up many 9 and 10 pounders. But ironically, my biggest was a 32", 13.4#er from my local stretch of the Susquehanna River here in upstate NY. It hit a 1/8 oz. bucktail tipped with a fathead minnow. Good Fishing, Sluggo (Chris)

[stinkycat]

30.5" C&R in N. Central MN. On a lake near where the 30.5" was battled I have caught several 29" & 28" and numerous 27".

[pzeyefan]

Well I hate to say it but my wife caught a 26.5 on the ol miss. , of course I was guiding her. :happy: She was saying saying I bet it is a big catfish, but I new better unfortunately. It came up I netted it real quick and she could not believe it, of course it was in the slot and had to go back. We forgot the digital camera that day :shocked:. So my 4lb beats her fish:peepwall:, but it was fat and a great fish, but as far as I know I have no memory of that. The ruler must have been off! :grin:

[jasonlem]

32 incher is the biggest I've caught. I'm looking at getting a 35 incher and thats what I'm putting on the wall. one of the fattest ones was a 29 I caught but still no 35.

[Leeches]

27.5" twice same lake in Canada with same boat partner, come to think of it I should fish with that guy more often.Walters were mid summer probably only 5 lbs both still swimming, unless that 73 pound muskie got em!!

[Eco]

http://www.walleyecentral.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=646&pictureid=6021

http://www.walleyecentral.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=646&pictureid=6021

DETROIT RIVER
This is my best from the Detroit River 13.2lbs and was 32.5" long. Have another 11.3 and many 9-10's, jigging in the Detroit River.

LAKE ERIE-MICHIGAN
Last yr a friend trolling on my boat pulled a 14.2lb and a ten on the same trip in March. Same guy landed a 13.65 lb the next day on his brothers boat in about the same location.
A 12.0 in March in 2008
Several 10's in December -January 2008

LAKE ERIE - CANADA "The BIG ISLAND"
Several 9-10's each yr.

[r1border]

9lb Missouri River walleye near Sioux City IA on a white docs stink bait worm!

[JinxCanada]

32" 12+ lbs last year on a spoon trolling in Wheatley. You should keep in mine i'm 6 7" 310lbs just for reference of size :-)

That last picture is a 10lbs from Detroit River.

btw..you might notice that 14" Perch that hit on a spoon in Wheatley!!! What a HOG!

[JinxCanada]

a few more nice pictures just for fun! All these from early spring last year in the Detroit River...except the Steelies of course. :-)

[Dragonfly]

Have had a couple over 11lbs. but largest in a Walleye Central Braggin rights event was from Erie at Huron at 10.72. Every one needs to experiance that event at least once when the bid girls are home.

[Rooster Shooter]

To each his own I guess but Im shocked at the number of people have cut up these trophy fish and eaten them or kept them for mounting..to me thats a sin...unless the mounts were graphite reproductions..about 20 years ago a friend gave me filets from a 10lb+ fish from Erie and it tasted terrible...JMHO

26" Sauger-Gavin's Point, Yankton, SD (Released)
30" Walleye-Lake Thompson, Oldham, SD (Mounted)
31" Walleye-Rainy River, Clementson, MN (Released w/pic)

Either put 'em on the wall or let 'em go!

You don't eat walleyes over 24". I don't eat 'em over 20" but I catch a lot of nice fish, and I like letting those girls go in front of other sportsmen a lot better than I like cleaning and eating them. It's a fisherman's sin...and they taste horrible. A person should decide if he can afford to mount a trophy or not long before he keeps it and lets it die. :badidea:

[Capt. Paul]

32 inch, 12.27 lbs, Detroit river in the Michigan Walleye tour several years back....Several over 11 lbs in Erie around Pelee island

[alumalunker]

29in 10lbs lake wisconsin WI

[JinxCanada]

29in 10lbs lake wisconsin WI

Nice Fish!!!

[jawjerker]

31.5" and 11# out of Pike Bay at Cass Lake, MN on an unseasonally cool Memorial Day weekend a few years ago.

Good luck

Jajwerker

[Schwa713]

I buy the boat and all the equipment and then my wife catches this 29" 11lbs. walleye!!

[Phlyonthewall]

13 lb.s 6 oz, on a Shad Rap (SR7) in Chartruse at the Pickering Nuclear Stations Eastern warm water outflow. For those not familar with this area it is just east of Toronto, Canada on Lake Ontarios north shore. I also caught a 12+ pounder here the year before. My other 4 Walleyes over 10 pounds are all from the Bay of Quinte near Napanee, Ontario, a great late fall early winter fishery.

[W.W.]

30 inches even

LOTW, Ontario

Bouncer and crawler

Released

W.W. in Iowa

[SaugerSlayer]

22" sauger
20" saugeye
26 3/4" Walleye. it was about 7.5 pounds. nothing compared to all your 10+ pounders, but i was proud of it. im not mounting one unless its over 10lbs.

[same old, same old]

To each his own I guess but Im shocked at the number of people have cut up these trophy fish and eaten them or kept them for mounting..to me thats a sin...unless the mounts were graphite reproductions..about 20 years ago a friend gave me filets from a 10lb+ fish from Erie and it tasted terrible...JMHO


You need to learn how to prepare and cook fish, that's all. If the fish is LEGAL, it is up to the angler to decide what to do with it. Releasing big, old fish to die doesn't always make a lot of sense either, huh?