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Fishing Media => Fishing Pictures => Topic started by: slipbob on May 11, 2004, 08:32 AM
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Okay I'm going to try to keep an organized walleye thread going here with some photo documentation of my 2004 season efforts. Last night was the 5th outing of the year and again the walleyes are hitting like mad. I caught 8 total in 2 hours. 4 shorts and 4 keepers. This weather we have now is perfect for fishing. Warm southerly wind flow with some clouds and sunny breaks. It doesn't get much better for the bite. Here's some photos from last night.
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A little shorty.
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The end result.
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I will update as soon as more photos are available which should be tonight.
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another nice catch slip bob - i'd be afraid if i fished that much i might grow tired of fishing-then what would i do on the weekends ,lol. :o
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slipbob,
just wondering where you are getting those nice eyes from? are you fishing the canal?
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Nice eyes Slipbob,
Still hitting them on artificials or bait?
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nice walleyes slipbob but lets see some big ones! (With all of the fishing you are doing for them its bound to happen, at least that's my attitude on it ;D)
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now you are making me hungry. By the way, nice fish.
HIMO
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Thanks and tell me about it TFB. Last fall out of about 200 walleye only one was over 5lbs. The issue here is the lakes that have large walleye populations don't grow a big percentage of large fish. The average eye around here is 18" or so. Some fisheries will produce less fish overall but the ones caught are larger on average. An example would be Lake Ontario where the walleye numbers are much smaller per acre but you have bigger fish that taste absolutely nasty. It's the place to go if you want one over 10lbs but not to catch fish to eat. That's fine though a few nice 18" walleyes are a great catch in my book. They are my favorite to eat next to yellow perch.
Too bad they don't let you keep the smalleyes as you call them, they are the best eating ones, the ones around 14" anyway. The lake where I walleye fish you catch mostly smalleyes but I've gotten some over 5lbs and one day icefishing my brother got a 10 pounder and a 7 pounder. You just have to put time on the water and eventually the biggens will come
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Man I am just starving for some fresh walleye. Keep up the good work. Great pictures.
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Well at least I've got all the branches & twigs cleaned out. I got wood anyhow. My wife won't eat wood though. Slipbob keeps adding to the chronicles.I had a great time being out there with the master. He thinks like a walleye.
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My wife won't eat wood though.
Ya have to put ketchup on it and tell her how much work it was for you to get it! :P
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Whatever you do don't tell her how much per pound it was... :D
Slipbob,
Guard your spot like the best piece of @## (uummm chicken) you have ever had. I am not mad at ya, but then agian I live 1000 miles west of you and neither one of my poles are long enough to reach your guarded fish spot. Come to think of it they aren't long enough to....never mind. Nice fish. ;D
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I met up with Granpa Jack again this past Saturday for a evening walleye trip. I ended up with 4 keepers and Jack lost one keeper. We caught about 20 small walleyes and a couple of smallmouth bass. Here's some pics of the bigger ones. It was all my fault Grandpa Jack lost his keeper walleye because I commited a cardinal fishing sin, I forgot the net. :'(
Here if someone does that to someone else, they owe em' a walleye ;)
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there you are doing it again to me showing them pics,that it bob i am headed out as soon as i get of this cumputer got to get thejump on you grampa jack,and the old mister magnum.lol nice fish bill
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there you are doing it again to me showing them pics,that it bob i am headed out as soon as i get of this cumputer got to get thejump on you grampa jack,and the old mister magnum.lol nice fish bill
Thanks Bill. I just got bad news I hear the crappies and walleyes are all caught and there is no need for you to go fishing. Better just stay at home and leave them to me and Grandpa Jack. :P
oh no i think you are pulling my leg,ya see i got a friend i think named mr magnum and he gives me the scoop and from the pictures you guy been posting i am keeping my ears and eyes on you two.ps i just hope jacks on my side and not really hanging out with you two,lol bill
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It sure is comfortable on Jacks pontoon boat isn't it Bill. It's nice to be able to take a nap until Jack wakes you up when the fish start biting again. Hey wake up Slipbob your pole is bending.Are you familar with the Tie area. I've got to ask you a question if you are. Snag um GJ
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It sure is comfortable on Jacks pontoon boat isn't it Bill. It's nice to be able to take a nap until Jack wakes you up when the fish start biting again. Hey wake up Slipbob your pole is bending.Are you familar with the Tie area. I've got to ask you a question if you are. Snag um GJ
very familars,spent alot of time up there fishing.bill
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try down by the dam on the northwest side outside of the moured boats. got a few, few years back in the dead of summer. Nice eyes from the "dead sea"
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upstream from northville up around the bend when 30/8 runs back next to it there are a few streams that run into the res. and with the water HIGH all the banks are under water, trees, grass, etc. always see fish breaking out there when we drive be to and back from camp. Like you said the res. is a massive body of water. we can seat there talking about places to try but it only really counts when you get out there. Good luck and glad to hear of success on the 'dead sea'. :D
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i see your doing it again june 5 ,if this heat keeps up i will not be work ,i will be fishing ,,nice fish bill
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Sweet man I love it ;D Makes me really hungry for some reason ??? ;D Gonna have to try to get out for some perch REAL SOON!!!! Keep em coming 8)
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;) MMMMMMMM ;) slipbob you sure do get some good eaters. You have got to be a pro with that fillet knife too, ;D :P
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Thanks sbob, I'll check that out. And wow that is fast :D Yea, an eye is an eye, pigs are a great thing but 1 pig to 2 dozen small ones, I'll take the 24. To fish is to fish, even if they are small ;D
Great stuff, man.
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great pictures and nice fish. Keep the pictures coming 8) 8)
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Nice ones Slipbob!!! I managed 6 keepers over the course of the weekend. All 16- 17", nice eaters ;) . Did see a few nicer fish caught includeing a 24 and 26"er but not on the end of my line. I lost a really nice fish that was probably pushing 28" about 10' from the boat. :-\ No worries though, I know right where he's at for next time. ;D Keep the pictures coming!
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No big ones yet this year I see. And tell me, Slipbob, you are not wasting all the walleye you are keeping are you? They better all have gone to a good cause and your cats do not count ;D
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They are delicious! I still have some fillets waiting for me when I get back to Maryland. They're in my Mom's freezer. I gotta find a way to get them and all my deer meat down to Mississippi, perhaps dry ice.
I miss fishing for walleye dearly and will do it when I visit. Good Job Slipbob!
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nice fish, i see your still hammering the walleyes,must be nice to have a nearby lake with a large population of starving(good eatin size ) walleyes.
i'd rather catch e'm that size myself ,the big ones 6-11 lbs realy don't put up much of a fight anyhow and don't taste all that good either
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WA eating a walleye over 4 lbs is a waste. These fish should be thrown back. I do however welcome the fight of a big walleye.
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Slipbob last winter ice fishing I found the same thing with almost all the walleye that i cleaned all but a few had anything in there stomach and 98% of them were males????? What is up with that?
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I have cleaned walleyes from MA and VT and thye never have anything in them for food. My ony guess is that I got them just as the feed started. But you would figure that one of them would have something in its stomach.
On a side note, Slibob, I notice that you are catching some on spoons. Are you slow jiggin these things off of the bottom like I think you would?
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I saw some of your other photos. You had a close up shot of a large panfish (I think a Gill) that you caught while walleye fishing and I could see the spoon.
It intirgued me as I have read about folks throwing spoons for walleyes, but that was usually for southern walleyes over say 6lbs. Almost no walleye fisherman I have spoken with in the Northeast recommends spoons. Its usually jigs, harness, minnows, stickbaits, and crankbaits.
I always have had luck with a slow jig/retrieve with Krocadille spoons for Lakers from shore, and always thought that it could work on Walleyes.
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If your in a boat and vertical jigging or pluging, need to make a plug knocker. If you got an old beat up throw net they make good knockers. Any kind of meshy stuff with weight on it and a dog snap on a long rope works good in getting plugs out. Just slide that down your line and the mesh hooks onto the hook and start pulling ;D most times it works in getting plugs out. ;D
Good luck
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real, real, nice ones, and boy you are makin me hungry. MMMMMM. I'll have what he's having. ;D ;D
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Thanks cfish. I can't do that more than once during the week. It's tiring, not too mention my girlfriend would be a little upset if I said I was fishing 2 nights in a row and wouldn't be spending any time with her. Gotta keep a balance to everything. The next outing is scheduled for Saturday evening.
I know ;D just what you mean, I think we all do. ;D Yea, I got permission to go out catfishin last night and I would only ask once a week or once every other week. :-\ Oh well, family life, wouldn't change it now, great women still with great men. ;D yea, something like that. Always got to keep your lines tight and wet. ;D Fish on! ;)
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That's looks like one good meal. I'm starving now............thanks. >:( >:(
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Nice walleyes slipbob. Do you ever get tired of eating them?
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very nice eyes, slipbob, you are just the eye master. ;)
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I agree with the assumption of weight. I have fished my entire life(almost 30 years) and just caught my first 5 pounder, actually a 5lb 6 oz LMB at 20". It seems odd that so many people you meet just released 6,7 or 8 pound fish earlier that day, especially when the fish are under 18 inches. I am a firm believer in the scale and I weigh almost everything. Can't stand fish stories...
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II am a firm believer in the scale and I weigh almost everything. Can't stand fish stories...
Me too. In fact, my scale is custom. It starts at five pounds and measures to 30 lbs. The tape starts at zero, then goes from 10" right to 30" and up with nothing in between!! There is no need for those other measurements since I don't catch any small fish anyway! ::) :P ;D
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Nice fish Slipbob.
Mike,
Thats great. No small fish. So...When were you going to start this seminar for all of us so we can catch only big fish too or do you size them before you even cast? ;D
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Nice EYES Slipbob!!! Boy the bigger one has a very large head. I like to see what he looks like all fed up in the fall, probably close to 5 lbs. when fattened up.
Cider,
Please send me the address of the custom scale supplier you have. ;) I need something like that for my sorry little fish. ;D :D LOL
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You can have this famous system for only $29.95 if you act now. But wait, there's more. If you pay in full, Cider will also throw in "Cider's giant gamebird measurement system". It only works on pheasants that weigh at least 5lbs, grouse over 3lbs, woodcock over 2lbs, and turkey's that weigh 20lbs or more. Act now, don't wait. ;D
Yes, hurry...supplies are limited! Did I also mention that it slices, it dices, and it julieannes?? No job is too big or small! This scale is amazing and no tacklebox should be without one! ::)
Slipbob - since you have taken over the advertisement division and invited me on a world famous walleye outing, I will present you with Cider's Miracle Measure compliments of the chief cook and bottle washer! ;D
Nice fatties! Glad to see the big eyes are starting to treat you well!
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hey slip with the numbers your raking you should get into the pro walleye tour bet yuo would make the finals the way you nock them dead wouldnt mind wathching you do it also to learn from some one that good
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And if you act now...Cider will throw in his exclusive book...."How to ICE FISH in June"...a #1 best seller on the New York Times best seller list. Don't wait....Call toll free 1-800-FIS-SCAL and ask for Diamond Mike Cider's super scale. Say you heard it on MFF and recieve a years supply of Sailboat Fuel at no xtra cost. HURRY....ACT NOW ;D
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You are so right slip bob. In my previous life I must of been a pelican as I love to eat fish. ;D ;D ;D
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i just told the fish godds you are heading out this weekend,and not to have the fish bite,seems how they owe me a favor the said they will have a skunk monkey waiting out side the door saturday morning when you head out,lol just kidding good luck slibbob,bill
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That is pretty much how it's been for me catfishing this year it's frustrating but it is a reminder that you are constantly on a quest for knowledge about the species you target and the skunkings are meant to be learning opportunities.
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Man slipbob you are the walleye master. Seems like you kill them everynight. :) Nice fish
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Slipbob is right about people overestimating weight sometimes, especially for skinny fish like walleyes and pike. The length throws them off I guess, because walleyes and pike are built like torpedos and have very little girth. A 23" walleye is usually about a 4 pounder, whereas a 23" rainbow trout is about a 5 1/2 pounder (sometimes even fatter browns), and a 23" pike is only about 3 pounds. (a 12" bluegill is nearly 3 pounds occasionally in the fall if they have been eating well all summer.)
The girth makes the weight of the fish, not the length.
Great walleyes slipbob, and that 10 pounder is out there lurking in your favorite lake. Keep working at it.
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only 2 hours of fishing? i couldn,t go out if i had only 2 hours to fish-i know i wouldn't be able to leave.
nice eye's anyhow, what happened ,looked like you were starting to get into some nicer fish last time
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nice eyes, any yea 2 hours is tought to do, but if that is the time frame, got to go anyway. Going out to the Sac. res. next Friday and plan an all day trip, sun up to sun down, hoping to limit out, shouldn't be any reason way. Off to Speculator for the weekend and ohpe to get out on Sac. lake, tons of rockies and smallies, great fun.
See ya all after the 4th, and stay save.
Fish on!
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2 hours is better than 0 hours, and anyway, for walleye, it's only about the last 45 minutes before sunset to 30 minutes after anyway. Your really not missing too much.
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:D there you go, some good eats :D
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what happened slip bob??? no recent pics
did you finaly fish the lake out- no fish left???
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Nice installments!
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Really nice pics, how big are those mounted wallies?
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Nice Walleye's Slipbob!
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Nice eyes slipbob. that is what I was looking for today, The wind forced us off the lake. darn!!!
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Trying another white perch, thought you said they weren't all that tastey. Nice looking eyes. ;)
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Ah, that's a great idea, one for them and 2 for you. ;D
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Ah slipbob that still beats getting skunked. 8) 8) 8)
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Ah slipbob that still beats getting skunked. 8) 8) 8)
Yes, one is better than none!! The fall bite will be here soon.
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hey jigwiggler how is the fall run your way? What sizes can you expect?
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hey jigwiggler how is the fall run your way? What sizes can you expect?
Well BW I fish the Susquehanna river mostly and the walleyes are there year round and don't migrated from any lakes with the mouth being the Atlantic. ;D So we don't see quite the size that you do or other lake run fish get but 10lb fish are not that uncommon with 4-8lbers being more numerous and fish up to 12lbs showing up on rare occasions. It's more numbers than trophies but that's OK because anything over 21" goes back anyway. From Oct. thru mid March I have walleye for lunch more days than not. ;D Honestly, spring is the best time for monsters for me but fall can be great!
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Wow slipbob that walleye is skinny. They must be starving in your lake.
And no competition, fishing is waaaaaaaay better than golf, good choice ;)
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Great Wallies Slipbob, You the man!
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Excellent ;D man I've got to still try and fine time to hit up the city hall. ;)
MMMMMM :whistling:
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Very, very nice dinner. You are the walleye slayer for sure. :bowdown:
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Thanks buddy. I'm about to eat those walleyes within the next half hour. ;D I think I will bake them and then pour on some butter infused with fresh sage and lemon. It's a varitation of the walleye recipe in this month's infisherman and is quite good. ;D Mmmm fresh walleye. ;D
Boy slipbob just thinking about the taste of it is torturing
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Very, very nice dinner. You are the walleye slayer for sure. :bowdown:
Thanks buddy. I'm about to eat those walleyes within the next half hour. ;D I think I will bake them and then pour on some butter infused with fresh sage and lemon. It's a varitation of the walleye recipe in this month's infisherman and is quite good. ;D Mmmm fresh walleye. ;D
Yea, I saw that recipe, and read and highlighted a few articles in this month's infisherman too. Went to Wal-mart to look for some of the jigheads and sassy shads that were in the article too, but no luck there. When and if I ever get my boat :'( going to try and hit Saratoga up for some fall fishing. I'll get in touch with ya. :D
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Hey Slipbob- Do you eat anything but walleye for dinner?
Just wondering 8) Nice job, as always...
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They better stock a few extra walleye, your killing them. Great fish and continued good luck.
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I think I would rather have fried fish.
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Slipbob, I'm surprized you don't have glowing eyes, too. :rotflol: Nice addition to your dinner. MMMM. You always make my mouth water and stomach talk, looking for that fine walleye chef's special. ;D
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Good god slipbob. After eating in restaurants all week as I was away on business those walleye fillets have me drooling. How can you do that to me???? :laugh: :laugh: Nic pics once again buddy.
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Well I probably will not be hitting the water for at least three weeks. This weekend is quiet time with my children and possibly some trout fishing. Next weekend I am away on Business in Tennessee. That should be cool. I know I am missing the prime time for some serious fishing. Oh well I will just look up your posts and that will do for now. Keep them coming buddy.
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Anyway how's a man supposed to fish while away on business. ???
Well, if things go the way my boss is talking right now, I might be making a trip to visit some of our remote nursing stations in northern Manitoba. If I do get rooked into making a trip, I'll either be working overtime or I'll have some tackle with me and I'll be fishing a bit in some of those pristine waters.
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From what I have seen, you are pretty bang on Slipbob. I'm not sure all locations would have lakers, but there are places one might be able to get into nice brook trout as well, lake whitefish might be possible too.
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d**n it, man! Nice job!
It's a good thing there aren't too many people like you around.
The 'eye population would be decimated... ;)
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where do you fish Slipbob? as in how far from Syracuse? Would you mind a visitor sometime if I could get over there?
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Those look tasty the bear is hungry for fish. Throw him some or he'll eat you :o ;)
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where do you fish Slipbob? as in how far from Syracuse? Would you mind a visitor sometime if I could get over there?
It would be a 3+ hour 1 way, differently a haul. :whistling: That is way I don't get to Owsego or Altmar any more, to fish elbow to elbow with thousands of lines going in and out of the river :cursing: , unless that is the real reason, LOL. But, I will say that Slipbob normally doesn't have a soul around at the spot, LOL. And would have to visit the town to the home of Uncle Sam. :flag:
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nice pics and eaters slipbob!!...that 100% better that our get together group on saturday on the Red....cold front moving through...wind from the wrong direction....i think the gathering caught a total of 15?? sauger...not one single greenback....looks like it will have to wait until hardwater...too long a day for this guy....keep your neighborhood happy bud with them nice eyes....Grump
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u the man, u the man :clapping:
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Nice stringer of eyes.
Actually got out there for a few hours myself Sunday evening and caught two 18 inch clone eyes. The place was packed. I had to settle for spot #6 because of the high water.
I've had family obligations up the wazoo this past week but things are looking better now.
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wow impressive :flex: theres enough there to feed all of us LOL
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Very nice Slipbob!! Another tasty addition to the chronicles. ;D :P
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Looks like you got a great system there SlipBob making me hungry for some eyes again.Hey I noticed that your eyes look kinda skinny when do they start to fatten up for winter down your way?Keep em coming SB!!
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Cool SB good luck tonight!!I just picked up an HJ12 Husky Jerk and a Strike King Mini-King Spinner bait that looked promising hopefully in the next couple of days i can get out and put them to good use ;D
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Wow.
:evil:
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Both you and the 'eyes deserve a break...
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Your tired, how do you think the walleye feel, seeing the same bait and that hook and being beached. They are just praying that they're only 13" or 14", LOL. Yea, I don't think that the majority of the people in your hole really know where or what they are really doing or what is out there. LOL Get some rest so you can rip some lips over the weekend. ;D
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early bird gets the walleye. I was there Wednesday evening for a few hours and got two keepers (17").
Will be on Toga all day tomorrow.
Good Luck with Jack
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nice lookning limit there sbob. yea, hope the wind will lay down for sat. night. Plans to pull an all nighter tonight. With this front coming in the eyes should be jumping in the boat. ;D
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Come on SB! No rest for the weary, get out there and haul in some more! ;D
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Thats right camo...I'm doing the indian no wind dance right now :bowdown:
But wind or no wind walleye here we come ar ar ar ar ar :evil:
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Nice haul guys!! Those early morning bites can be hot!!
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that lawn really needs mowing now it's been almost two weeks since the last cutting but I'm trying like heck to push it off to the weekend
I bet the lawn hasn't been mowed yet, has it?
Did mine this morning- god, that is one chore I hate!
Nice catch as always, Slipbob.
Whatever happened to giving the poor 'eyes a break?
8)
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More great Wallies Slipbob ;D Keep em coming bud!!!
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;) where you fishn sb not the tommy???? ;)
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another nice catch there slipbob- must be nice to be able to go out and catch a fresh walleye dinner every time your out there.
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You got that right. Man I love fresh walleye. I have been eating walleye a good 5 nights a week and I'm loving it. ;D
You know the old saying "You are what you eat".
Slipbob, I'm concerned that you may start developing gills and a taste for baitfish...
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I agree devil man and you can really see Slipbob evolving throughout these walleye chronicles of his . LOL ;D :o . Can see it now , I'll set my hook and pull up a walleye and darn thing will speak up and say " It's me Slipbob from MFF and IS , dontcha remember me " ? ROTFLMAO ;D ::)
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;) where you fishn sb not the tommy???? ;)
I forget the name of the place but it's somewhere around here. ;D
I think slipbob must be one of those road fisherman! Most of his pictures of fish have blacktop in them ;D ;D ;D! Or maybe that's just the parking lot at the seafood store ;D ;D ;D ;D, I think slipbob ought to take us all out to his spots fishing next time to prove he is really catching them! :D :D :D
Seriously though, nice fish sb you are the man :clapping: :bowdown:
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i'm sure slipbob wouldn't mind taking us to his secret fishing hole as long as we were blindfolded and he got to keep all the walleye we catch ;)
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Slipbob,
Sunday night was probably the most romantic walleye dinner we've ever had & we've had a few. Its like that song by George Strait, "THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIVING AND LIVING WELL".I just wish you could loosen that blindfold a little when we're riding out to X its cutting my circulation off.Walleyes are crossing my mind again. GJ
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Slipbob did you at least throw some drinking water in the trunk for Grandpa jack?? ;D ;D
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at least you caught enough for dinner . the best fishing of the years yet to come.
i'm gonna have to take a break from steelheading one of these days and see if i can catch me a walleye dinner.
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Nice to see that you're still on them. Still empty stomachs?
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Well slipbob we did have a pretty good day. All pike. 6 for BW and 4 for the Grumpster but her caught the biggest pike. Man was it cold. My motor did not want to start and when I finally was ready to give up it started. I knew it was going to be rough when the drain plug was frozen at the bottom of the boat. All in all lot's of fun but we never caught 1 walleye. The pike were really hitting the lures. I had one nearly rob me of my rod. Well the boat is now parked for the winter. :'( :'( :'( Wait it is nearly hard water season ;D ;D ;D
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Slipbob...you bet this is the best time of the year....water temps yesterday were 41F and 42F where we nailed alot...not too many more days until it starts to freeze over...some of the smaller sloughs already have a light skiff or completely covered...aggressive feeding will last well into the start of hardwater until we start hitting -30 or more....2" perch was the largest in the ones i cleaned up....and alot of freshwater shrimp as well....Grump
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The ones I cleaned Grump had small minnows and perch also.
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My walleye reservoir has very cold water all year, I doubt it gets much passed 65. I have found stuff in the stomachs of walleyes year round oddly enough. The only reason the reservoir is so cold is because the water is pumped from an alpine stream, kannah creek, into this reservoir.
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Deer tick????? Is that like a woodtick that usually comes out in the spring? Grump you may be able to answer that one.
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thers only 2 things that freak me out :unsure: big ugly spiders and ticks. luckily i havnt had any experiences with ticks here in western newyork :)but was savagely attacked by ticks years ago in the woods of north carolina :-[
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Whew, I'll second your report on the new moon shut off Slipbob! We're a little behind you seasonally here in PA but the eyes were hitting pretty good last week. Then WHAM the new moon rolls around and the walleyes got lock jaw! I'm on vacation this week and have fished the last 3 nights with a total of 0 legal walleyes!! Still getting some bass and other fish but that not what I've been after. The end of the week should be better, if not I'm on vacation again the first 2 weeks of Nov. and I know it will be better them. ;D
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thers only 2 things that freak me out :unsure: big ugly spiders and ticks. luckily i havnt had any experiences with ticks here in western newyork :)but was savagely attacked by ticks years ago in the woods of north carolina :-[
Most all of the counties here in Eastern NY that border the Hudson river have lots of ticks. It get worse as you head down the Hudson towards NYC from Albany.
I got nailed twice by deer ticks when I still lived in Dutchess County. Got Lyme titers drawn, just in case. They were negative (whew!)
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Well not to drag this thread off into tickdome but you lads shouldn't be pulling on those ticks removing them like that . It usually leaves part of the head attached to you and thats where the diseases get put into you often . Use some alcohol or anything to get them to release their grip then slowly remove them so as not to separate the head from the body attached to yourselves . If it never attached itself to me at one time or another then it doesn't live . LOL ;D ::)
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HaHaHaHa Trapper i beleive you! swimming around in beaver ponds i can only imagine the things you've had attach themseves to you lol
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Slipbob, if you keep your blood alcohol high enough they won't latch on in the first place! I know it might be hard but prevenative measures will pay off in the end. ;D
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Ah lads when the boogers get me they might be brown or whiteish in colour and after feasting you see them turn Blue as they bloat up with my blood . I think peroxide would help in the removal too . Use anything even gas or turpentine but don't separate the heads from the bodies .
If they get into your mustache just roll your tongue over it and they will stick to your tongue and make a nice snack . ;D Much preferred by trappers over the bottom feeding walleye . ;D
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Slipbob do you always go to work with your hands smelling like fish ::) ::) ::) Nice ones buddy. Looks like the bite is on. Is the sytem you are fishing heavy with perch also?
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Nice walleyes slipbob. With the water temperatures at my walleye lake being so low I don't know if the walleyes will be biting now. Historically they are not at this late in the year. I am going pike fishing tomorrow but next week just maaaaaaaaaaybe I will head up to the walleye reservoir and give it a shot; I'm pretty sure they will be schooling away from where the freezing alpine kannah creek water gets pumped in... at least I have a location ::)
Aren't getting tired of walleye filets are you slipbob ;)
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You are a walleye god!!! Hey and back on the tick thing. It is not wise to smother the tick in anything!!! that tend to make them dig deeper. The doc says to pop'em out like a zit then check to make sure the head is still attached. I have had many of the nasties on me during hunting and have removed them that way wit out repercusions. However if there is any swelling go see a doc (happened to my wife cuz she is alergic to any bug bites)
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another nice catch for only 1.5 hrs fishing,looks like the actions starting to heat up there.
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been tardy answering this one...and like trapper said...dont want to turn this into a tick thread...BTW Slipbob....nice eyes and equally nice perch.....deer ticks are not the same...only similarity is they love near beer blood... ;D ;D...can't stand the little boogers either...see any pics this summer of me in shorts???...gotta watch them things....lyme disease, arthritis, rheumatism are all directly linked to the darn things....although trapper is correct, i have never had any trouble just yanking the bejeebers out...prolly cause it soooooo fast, they dont have time to hang on.....lol.....Grump ;D ;D
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Got about 45 minutes in on your lake before dusk tonight and hit one about 16. Actually had to come home early and cook some other fish caught the other day as I got the nod as chef tonight. There was a bit of an algae bloom along shore which I found to be a bit odd.
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Awesome Eye's dude!! Is there room in the boat for another?> ;D
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I can't remember last year being like that but hey I can't remember what the heck I did yesterday.
Um, I'll go out on a limb here Slipbob...I think you went fishing....
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Slipbob, do you catch the same numbers of walleye through the ice at your hot spots? Every day when I check all my fishing message boards I anticipate seeing the daily chronicles of the walleye catches. Still waiting to see that bragging size walleye to be posted. Good luck.
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You must realize though that nearly all of my walleye fishing is done from shore on a pretty large body of water so without a boat I just can't produce many fish during the summer because they are unreachable from shore in a big lake so I am at a serious disadvantage.
Slipbob, I think if you had a boat the 'eyes would have a serious disadvantage.
Can't wait to see more pics.
8)
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nice stringer of eyes ya got there slip bob :thumbup_smilie:
the fish look a little healthier now - they must be eatin good now with the falling temps.
wish i had a shore fishing spot like that around here,i usualy fish from shore for eyes the first few weeks after the season opens in the spring every year and only caught a limit twice -mostly just pick up a fish or 2 an evening -MUST BE NICE
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Nice fish SB. Keep it up. Lots of great open water fishing left.
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Looks like some good eatin' there SB!! Nice catch! Hey, since this is the last week of archery season here in PA I most likely won't get out fishing so I'm leaving it up to you to catch my share too OK? ;D
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Beauties, MMMM :bowdown:
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Man Slipbob, you are making me wanna go for a road trip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You might have a young man following you to your hole some night!!!!!! Thsoe fisha re making me hungry!!!!
FISH ON
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YYYYEEEEEEEEHHHHAAAAAA
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8) how many walleyes are in that secret ;) lake ;) of yours sb,very nice..
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another nice catch slipbob :clapping:
better take it easy on them walleyes or you'll have none left to pull up through the ice this winter ;)
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I got ya covered buddy. I'm off work for the next 5 days so I'm planning on doing some walleye fishing and I'll make sure I get some on your behalf. I'm not too psyched up about this new moon coming Friday but the bite should still be pretty good because the water temps are prime right now and I have been seeing some huge schools of baitfish in my spots which means only one thing. Dinner time for some walleyes and I'll be right there to set up the table for em. ;D
I figured you'd be up to the task! ;) If that darn buck would have come 5 yards closer tonight I'd be done hunting and onto some more fishing myself. Good luck!!
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Great stuff Slipbob. I don't know how you do it. I thought that fishing with Dynamite was illegal ;D ;D ;D ;D
Rocket>
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your slippin a bit slipbob :P
after a week with no pics posted i was expecting to see a few full stringers ;D
nice fish anyhow :clapping:
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Nice pics. Anyone fishing the " big chill" is ok, whether you limit out or not.
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Nice fish Slipbob!! I think this week is setting up to be great. Mid November with a warm up to mid 50 deg days and the first quarter moon at the end of the week. Sounds like prime conditions to me! I'm back to work tommorow but hope to get out after em' toward the end of the week. The fish in this neck of the woods seem to be transitioning to their winter hangouts as well.
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Maybe you aren't slippin, it could just be that the population of walleye in your secret place is slippin.
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Hey I was just courious Slipbob, do those walleye or any fish in your area have high levels of murcury in them? Here in Maine we get acid rain from our neighbors to the west of us, and our fish have murcury in them from it. There are warnings in the law books about eating fresh water fish. The general guideline is about 1 to 2 meals of fish a month max. I think your every other night of fish exceeds that. ;D . Do you have any problems with acid rain in your area?
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Maybe you aren't slippin, it could just be that the population of walleye in your secret place is slippin.
Not a chance. The lake has the unique problem of being underfished and the walleyes are there in huge numbers. Imagine a lake several miles long that has at most 5 or 10 guys over the course of two days fishing the whole place. Pretty sweet! Even lakes that have huge populations of certain fish have periods especially in early spring, summer and late fall when the shore fishing is just tough no matter how good you are. Now if you have or use a boat it's a whole different story. Catching fish with a boat when you can troll and use sonar is almost too easy. ;) I know a lot of so called walleye gurus who can catch limits consistantly while trolling with dowriggers and planer boards but once you stick em on the bank of their favorite walleye lake it's not so easy then. ;D
having a boat definitely makes all the difference for numbers in a lake or reservoir. shore fishing for walleyes an awful slow night is 2, but a fast night is only 6 or 7. It generally, at least for me, is a consistent 4 fish around 15" plus... very rarely is it any better or any worse. I could go any time of year except late fall and early spring, even in the dead of summer, and get 4 walleyes about that size. GO figure, as long as you can find good fishing spots there is no reason you shouldn't be able to catch fish in the dead of summer too, I do it in 100+ degree weather!
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can't wait for some real shanty time, and not just daydreamin. ;)
nice stringer, SB. tight lines.
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Slipbob,
Nice going on the fish yet again. Those are some tasty looking walleyes.
Jason
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c,mon slip bob ;) you mean to tell me you couldn,t catch 2 at a time on the same lure :P
nice stringer of fish :clapping:
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SB,
What the latest dealio on the Res? Boat is put away for the season so I'm shorebound now (unless I throw the canoe in somewhere).
Looks like a free weekend ahead for me for a change.
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They seem to find ways, eat big, eat less, get nice a fat for winter or to put on Slipbob's dinner table, LOL. Nice mess of eyes. come on, drop a few fillets off at my house. ;)
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Nice ones Slipbob!! You better get out for some Thanksgiving walleyes on the Susky while your in town with the folks. ;)
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another nice stringer of eye's there slipbob :bowdown: youv'e outdone me again :P those fish must be pretty darn hungry to choke down those bluegills like that.
looks like roasted stuffed walleye at slipbobs for thanksgiving ;)
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i never knew that walleye could eat perch that big. That a good eating size perch ;D
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nice :clapping: those fish are definitly looking a lot healthier this time of the year.
most of the eyes i'd catch in the spring (not many) were full of bluegills ,the gills would suspend just below the surface at night in the shallows and provide an easy target .
why don'y you take some action shots of the walleyes in the water while your reelin e'm in so we can catch a glimse of your secret walleye lure ;)
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thats some incredible fishing- 20 in an hour and a half. :thumbup_smilie: can't get much better than that.
did they shut down after 1 1/2 hrs - i would have stay'd 3 hrs and gone for 40 ;) or more
must be a timer photo- you didn't get the whole fish in the shot :P
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anything cool in there big bellies this time?
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bluegill must be prefered thanksginving food for those 'eyes u should try baiting ur hooks with tums ;) then u could catch every walleye in the hole lake
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u make catching 2 big walleye sound like getting skunked ;D
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All these pictures of fish, but where is a picture of the lure/jig you are catching them on???????????
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All these pictures of fish, but where is a picture of the lure/jig you are catching them on???????????
That my friend is top secret info and I can't be showing pics of that. 8) That's the first way to lose out on a good thing you worked hard to find. Seriously though, I have said this before, but I got guys who know where I fish and if I start showing pics of what I am catching these fish on I'm gonna go to my spots and have some guy fishing with the lures I use. That's stuff I don't need. ;) I don't use any live bait at all to catch these fish it's all artificials and I'm not going to make it that easy for people. You gotta do your own homework like I did.
nice catch sb :thumbup_smilie:
as hungry as those eyes are it wouldn't be to hard to figure e'm out
with a small assortment of shallow running stickbaits and a couple curlytail jigs i'm sure i'd be able to put a few on the stringer too. locations a lot more important though-- i wouldn't be giving out my hotspot either.
hope we get a few more weeks at least of mild weather- winters long and i aint done with those big trout yet :P
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Hi Slipbob - I'm amazed you're still catching walleye, I thought you'd have eaten most of the population by now!! :laugh: Congratulations on a successful summer, or should I say, open water season, you did well. I like seeing pictures of happy fishermen, so keep up the posting next year. I don't know if you get ice in your area, but if you do, switch over to Iceshanty.com, and let us see what you get on the hard water. Best regards!
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I remember when i was little and all i ate were peanut butter sandwiches......... my mom told me that i would turn into a peanut cuz i ate them so much...........if the is true slipbob do u have some unusual slits in ur throat and perhaps a dorsal fin..........or a tail scaly skin???? ;D
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lol so thats how u get all those walleyes at nite ??? ;D
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nice stringer of cold water eyes ,
looks like you know how to adapt to the changing conditions and still pull in a few when the fishing gets tough.
2 weeks without fishing :-\ i lets hope for some fishable ice by newyears day at least- even with wool socks and 5mm neoprene my feet are freezing standing waist deep in the frigid flows and the fish arn't as hard fighting now- i'm about ready for some ice now myself :o
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This might be it for the chronicles this year and the last post of fish pics. I need to go back and add it up to see what I caught including all the ones I released. Thanks for checking out the chronicles and if I happen to make it out one more time in 2004 I'll let ya know. ;D
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Thanks for the show, Slipbob.
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wow, 300, that is a great # to aim for. only if I could catch a third of that in eyes, it would be a record for eyes in a year, h*ll, a sixth would be great, 50 eyes, never know, there's next year, right.
Fish on! slipbob