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[Doublej]

Just got back from the river.
Thought it might be the first little dino of the year when she started peeling line but it was just a little walleye.

She may not quite make 30 but she's within spittin' distance, imo. Tape was up in the truck so I took this to try to get a close idea.

Got two other little ones, including on the last cast. Love it when that happens.



In the river by my house.

Funny....very.......we have those sturgeon swimming around up here in Washington State so I was curious
Nice catch!!!!

 

[Amarok]

up here in Washington State

I'm a thousand-plus kilometers north and a little west of Spokane.

Nice catch!!!!

Thank you. She sure put a smile on my face.

 

[Amarok]

First cast of the day! Only about a 3 footer but she was strong as hell.
We both ended up pretty muddy but both of us are fine.

If you haven't done it, balancing on a slippery rock in rubber boots while fighting a sturgeon with one hand and trying to take pics with the other, it isn't as easy as it sounds.

 

[Amarok]

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[Deebs]

Nice catch man! man, ya rocks are fuggin slippery....I dun know how many times I busted my ass as a kid...

 

[Bullfrog]

I tried putting this in the previous post but it was only a big red X, even though it displayed in previews.

Man, that thing looks scarred up like crazy. They netting them things up there?

 

[Amarok]

Man, that thing looks scarred up like crazy. They netting them things up there?

Must be the mud and a trick of the light. She was in beautiful shape.

The river dropped overnight and there was nowhere I could wade out or bring her in that didn't mean dealing with deep mud. Like lose your boot and crawl away, deep, thick mud.

 

[Bullfrog]

Must be the mud and a trick of the light. She was in beautiful shape.

The river dropped overnight and there was nowhere I could wade out or bring her in that didn't mean dealing with deep mud. Like lose your boot and crawl away, deep, thick mud.

I couldn't tell if it was reflections or what. Awesome fish. We have them around my parts also but fishing for them is a no no. The only legal harvest is during the Black Lake Shivaree, and it's usually capped at 2 fish. Don't think the season ever lasts more than a few minutes, they spear them through the ice.

 

[Amarok]

We have them around my parts also but fishing for them is a no no. The only legal harvest

We can fish for them but it's 100% catch and release. There hasn't been a harvest allowed here for ~30 years.

I think I ended up with 13 last year. My numbers have increased each year out here, and I'm hoping to continue the trend.

 

[Amarok]

For reference, the pliers are about 8-3/8" long.
Not sure I've ever felt that much power from a walleye before. She pulled like a sturgeon, bent the rod double and peeled line and I couldn't do a thing. I was shocked when I saw a walleye. Shocked and very happy.

That was one of half a dozen or so. The others were mostly small, with one other good one that went 23 or 24.

 

[Doublej]

Nice one, we got blown off the water this morning

SUCKS!!!!!

 

[Amarok]

What a great morning!

First cast, dinosaur. Not big, maybe 3 feet and didn't fight as hard as last night's big 'eye, but I treasure every single sturgeon I'm fortunate enough to catch. Two casts later, another one, this one in the 40's and she gave me a beauty battle.
Only managed a couple small wallies after that, but the day was already a big win.

Gonna relax for the afternoon, do some puttering in the yard, and likely head back for the evening shift.

It's a hard life I've chosen for myself.

 

[Doublej]

My dumb ass is going back for more tomorrow morning, supposed to come down tonight...
IDK....just fishing.....