Good morning folks:
I ran over to the Hudson by lock 6 to do some shore fishing just above a power dam. I was tossing around a Spook searching for smallies. Caught a few, then had one that seemed like it needed vision correction. It flailed and flopped all over the place, but kept missing the bait. It seemed to love the bubble trail more than the bait. Anyway, after a couple of follow-up casts, he finally found the promised land. Felt weird on the line, just lazy. Got it to the shore and it was a darn walleye about 18' long! WHAT?!?! I've been fishing for 40 years and have never even heard of an 'eye on topwater, and surely not in mid-summer. How bizarre. I'm curious, have you guys ever seen this happen? Tight lines!