New MN record walleye????

  • lenny_jamison
    Bay City , WI
    Posts: 4001
    January 19, 2005 at 10:56 pm #1245450

    There is a report on another fishing site(walleye central) of an 18.3 LBS. walleye taken from Lake of the Woods. Does anyone know anything about this? There is not a pic of the fish and the post does not have a name of the person who supposedly caught this fish. Until I see something official I would have to assume that this is BS.

    amwatson
    Holmen,WI
    Posts: 5130
    January 19, 2005 at 11:05 pm #337492

    I will try and find the pic that I have seen. All I know is it was supposedly caught by a preacher on LOW. The eye was HUGE from the pic I saw. I know I can find it, but I cannot seem to paste anything on this website

    tom_gursky
    Michigan's Upper Peninsula(Iron Mountain)
    Posts: 4749
    January 19, 2005 at 11:26 pm #337498

    HOLY MOSES!!!

    carpking
    Janesville, WI.
    Posts: 859
    January 19, 2005 at 11:38 pm #337501

    Its BS…this same story has been floating around in WI too about a new record caught by a preacher and its with the same picture!

    jay55447
    Plymouth MN.
    Posts: 1031
    January 19, 2005 at 11:59 pm #337508

    The way the story reads it was caught in can., Whats funny is they mesured the lenght in cm. and the girth in inches. This sounds funny to me. If it is a record its a canadian record acording to that news letter. If the fish is real its still a pig

    Steve Root
    South St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 5797
    January 20, 2005 at 12:08 am #337510

    That looks like a tremendous fish, but I doubt it weighs 18 lbs unless the guy holding it is Andre the Giant.

    eyejacker
    Hudson, Wisconsin
    Posts: 1890
    January 20, 2005 at 12:20 am #337517

    Definitely an eyelagator!!

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 60016
    January 20, 2005 at 3:49 am #337552

    Don’t matter to me where it was caught…I would become religious if I had something like that on the end of my line!

    jldii
    Posts: 2294
    January 20, 2005 at 5:07 am #337264

    That fish was caught on Tobin Lake in Saskatchwan Canada. It was caught earlier this month. It might be a new world “ice” record if it was caught with a rod and reel.

    There are stories saying it was caught on Mille Lacs, Wisconsin, and LOTW. All are untrue, it came from Tobin!!

    Bill Cadwell
    Rochester, Minnesota
    Posts: 12615
    January 20, 2005 at 12:58 pm #337577

    Still its a very nice fish. One of those once in a life time fish. Will be interesting to find out more about it. New record on ice?

    Thanks, Bill

    eyejacker
    Hudson, Wisconsin
    Posts: 1890
    January 20, 2005 at 1:09 pm #337580

    I would like to think I will catch one like that in my life time! Hope springs eternal!

    jldii
    Posts: 2294
    January 20, 2005 at 4:03 pm #337617

    Quote:

    I would like to think I will catch one like that in my life time! Hope springs eternal!

    I’m pretty sure we all do!

    walleyefisher
    Posts: 1
    January 24, 2005 at 1:41 am #338209

    I think the fish you guys are talking about was caught @ Tobin Lake, Saskatchewan. The walleye was 18.3 LBS and was caught by the local RC priest. This is the new Saskatchewan record and it may be the largest walleye to come through the ice.

    Jack Naylor
    Apple Valley, MN
    Posts: 5668
    January 24, 2005 at 5:19 am #338241

    Zamer,
    I could not get your link to work, but the link that AmWatson has with the Walleye picture works just fine.
    WOW WHAT A FISH.
    Jack….

    Jack Naylor
    Apple Valley, MN
    Posts: 5668
    January 24, 2005 at 5:22 am #338242

    welcome WalleyeFisher, welcome to THE site, where are you from, come back anytime. You will find that WE are all pretty easy to get along with. Jack..

    Chris
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 1394
    January 24, 2005 at 7:13 am #338250

    My Good Lord! What a fish! Anyone want to take a trip to Tobin next weekend? All he had to do was say his prayers….never works for me

    Gianni
    Cedar Rapids, IA
    Posts: 2063
    January 24, 2005 at 11:45 am #338262

    I thought walleyes didn’t get to that size in the North because our ‘growing season’ was too short, and that’s why the 17+ lb fish here in the US are all stocked fish in places like Dale Hallow.

    True that genetic freaks come from all over, but it’s certainly an unusual fish that far North! Anyone got some input?

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