Walleye

Hit the river after class today at 8 pm, but didn’t get my first fish of the day until midnight. Thankfully, the effort paid off as this gorgeous 7.6 lb walleye finally decided to eat my bait after 4 hours of repeated casting. In the hours prior, I managed only a few small bites but couldn’t keep anything hooked. I’m hoping the bite heats up a little bit, but the rapidly dropping water level is making the fishing tricky.

I unfortunately got skunked last night, so I had to get revenge at the river tonight. Very early into my session, I landed this gorgeous five-pound walleye! I fished for another three hours and only yielded one more bite. Prior to fishing for walleye, I put my waders on to retrieve a lure I had lost yesterday, which I managed to find very quickly. I was also able to snatch a new jerkbait, spinnerbait, little cleo, and a bicycle from the bottom of the river. Now I know what I kept getting snagged on!

Small walleye

Trophy to start the season off

Another absolute stud of a walleye tonight! The dream of a 10 pounder keeps me up every night and I won’t miss an evening on the river until it happens. Today’s catches weighed in at 8lbs and 2.5lbs, and I even brought the fly rod out for a bit to land some little Atlantics and fallfish.

New PB! Once again, I came so close to completing my goal of catching a 10 pounder with this new personal best Walleye. This behemoth of a fish weighed in at 9.1lbs! Tonight, I found myself fishing a wall that I knew would be hard to land a fish without a net. I ended up lying flat on my stomach numerous times to just barely grab this fish by the tail and bring it in. I even managed to land another stud that came in at 6lbs 4oz, yet the beast that bit before it put it to shame. I had lost my first two fish of the day on back to back casts, and the pouring rain, combined with temps that touched the high 30’s, didn’t help build my confidence. Thankfully, I stuck it out, and it all payed off.