Biggest Walleye

[elkman99]

Originally Posted by gmattbruin

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My sons 1st trip 10yrs ago. We were all on Esser tht yr. Every day was unreal hot, humid weather..literally 95-100F each day. This was about mid June too, not July.
My son was with his grandpa and myself and we were trolling a bay. I had on a worm harness rig at the time, my sons reel got all tangled up.
He hands me his rod, i hand him mine. Not 1minute later...BAMMM.
He was in for the fight of his life. We did everything we could to bring her in and keep her alive and revive her, but it all failed.
32inches...the biggest anyone on any of our fly ins has ever caught.
It was so hot that week and it was early in the week, so we had no way to save the fish for mounting.
His birthday was this past weekend and i finally got around to having a guy do a blank mount for this 32" beauty for his birthday.
It only took me 10yrs to make it happen.
Cheers

That is really cool. memories of a lifetime.

[cuamb]

I have surpassed 50 Canadian fishing trips and I have been lucky enough to catch two 30's and one 31 on Lac Seul. Last year I made 3 trips and my biggest walleye for the year was a 23.5 off my dock in Wisconsin. It is obviously more luck than skill when it comes to catching big. Lots of time on the water gives the best chance.

[lcamp7]

32 5/8 Fly in trip Sennatare. Rooster lake

[Ltrain]

Had a 29" from Cass lake MN. about 4 years ago and a 28" from Mille Lacs last year.

[Walleye2242]

My Walleye---27.5 and Pike---44. both on gullrock lake. My buddy got a 30" walleye.

[bbheli]

Originally Posted by elkman99

As a musky guy, it's always fun to talk about the biggest fish we have ever seen/caught. How about you dedicated walleye folks? what is the biggest walleye you have ever seen/caught and where were you at? My biggest seen is the 27" my brother caught on Pipestone, and one about the exact same size caught out of Onaway Lodge by my neighbor when I was 13 yrs old on Lac Seul. My biggest is probably about 4-5 lbs in Vaughn Bay Lac Seul.

Great post. One thing that I was thinking about yesterday is that a Forum geared to Walleye fishing seems to have more chatter about boats and electronics and general conversation than fishing like where, tactics, experiences and so on. Is that a wrong observation ?

[valley366]

Have always said when I get the 30" will get a replica on the wall. I think I have 10 now between 29" and 29.75". Tried stretching a couple that were 29.75 but was unsuccessful of touching the 30" mark. All of those have been in Canada.

[retire55]

I netted a 32 inch walleye for my fishing partner last August in Quebec. The previous year I caught a 30 inch walleye in the same lake. Both fish released.

[billy weaver]

In 2002 I caught a 31 1/4 walleye in Canada. (no skill involved). It was measured by a friend on a bump board. I have been going every year since with a goal to catch another 30" plus. I have caught several 28" walleye. Last year I hooked a walleye I was sure would be him. I got him in the boat and measured him on my bump board, 29 1/2". I was disappointed, I pinched the tail, closed his mouth but 29 1/2 honest was what he was. I was disappointed but after a while I got to thinking "it was a great fish" to be proud of. Released after pictures.

Billy

[Lund1875#]

Originally Posted by ltrain

Had a 29" from Cass lake MN. about 4 years ago and a 28" from Mille Lacs last year.

I grew up going to Andrusia lake, connected to Cass. The days of using a 14 ft lodge boat. I would love to make it back up there to actually get on Cass Lake, just for the memories that I have of that area