my best 'eye of the year so far!!!

[wildman]

hey dudes!!!!!
thought i'd share...
cheers,  gw

[jibbs]

nice fish.........she will be good to eat.........

[wildman]

hey jibbs,
yup, she would have been tasty!!
she was a obvious active spawner though, so i release her to spawn again!!
kept a smaller male for dinner and HE WAS super-delicious!!!!!!!
cheers,  gw

[corny13]

Nice Eye, how long was she?  Fisheries biologist claim that most females over 27" though dont spawn anymore... why they usually make slots between 17"-26" to protect the active spawners... but I agree I release the big ones just to hopefully catch again someday and the smaller ones are a lot more tasty!

[wildman]

hey corny.
very interesting!!
do you have a link with the active spawner size info???
i'd like to read this...i've always thought there was a limit to spawner's age...
ps. she was about 30".
cheers,  gw.

[miket.]

thats a real nice walleye there wildman, how much did she way? she looks real big for a walleye!

[lv2huntandfish]

where is your tournament card?

[corny13]

Fotunately not in his hand!!!!   Ill ask my buddy the biologist next time I see him for a refernce to his quote he told me....

[bart]

Beautiful Walleye!

[wildman]

hey guys.
thanks for the kudos!!!
according to boca-grip she was 8.5lbs!!!
fairly skinny!!!
i've got fish that length later in the year that were well into the double digits.
this is why i assumed she was actively spawning...
it was spring and she was healthy and tough...not a scratch on 'er!!!
ps. too stupid to bring my tourney card that day 
cheers,  gw

[miket.]

nice job wildman. its still a good size for a walleye.

[flagnut]

wow  nice walleye.How long?

[XII Outdoors]

awesome fish congrats

[maggot]

Nice Walleye 

[Vtgooseman]

Great fish.