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fishfinder
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 Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 12:11 am Post subject: Housy WTF |
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Sea Duck and I hit the Housy tonight from outgoing and I really didnt want to play the dragging bottom game tonight so I threw plugs. Got a striper just under kep and then................. about a 6lb 22" approx Large mouth Bass. Yes, you read it right! I was pulling the trebles out when something dawned on me, theres no stripes and its green and my hand fits in its mouth a little too easy!
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bowhunter095
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 12:34 am Post subject: |
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| Why does that fish look so much like a walleye? |
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Michael
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 1:12 am Post subject: |
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| Nice walleye Wade! |
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fishfinder
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 8:18 am Post subject: |
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Ive never xaught a walleye but do they have huge mouthe like a large mouth bass? Maybe its the picture because 2 other guys said the same exact thing but it had no teeth. Sea Duck recognized it as a large mouth also but it was dark out and we were trying to get a quick pick and release it.
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 9:01 am Post subject: |
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I would have to say that's a walleye.
wish I could see the head.
That thing is a beast !!!
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 9:05 am Post subject: |
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That's one heck of a walleye, Wade! You're lucky you had a glove on! 
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bowhunter095
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 9:25 am Post subject: |
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| The bottom of its tail has a little white on it, that's what tipped it off for me. |
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Jayman
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 9:32 am Post subject: |
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You guys kill me..... Go out and drop some serious coin on a fancy reel , but don't know how to properly identify a species that is very popular among anglers  smfh |
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Sea Duck
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 10:10 am Post subject: |
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I'm no expert Wade. That fish was fat fat ,fat and you did have your hand down its throat. but from the pics of both I went through just now, the length of the dorsal fin is pretty much a clincher. It was a walleye.
I released a weakfish a couple of years ago. It dawned on me what it was about three minutes after.
Perhaps you can lip a nice bluefish for us this summer too!
Oh... and REALLY!
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Jeff
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 10:41 am Post subject: |
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| Pretty sure I saw both of you guys heading out just as I was heading in. That's a monster of a walleye, nice !! |
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PECo
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 1:03 pm Post subject: |
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| bowhunter095 wrote: | | The bottom of its tail has a little white on it, that's what tipped it off for me. |
Ditto. The anal fin, too.
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fishfinder
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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Im certainly no expert and dont fish fresh water. I was just in a tackle store that had a wall mount walleye and unless that walleye forgot to put its dentures in there is no way in hell it was a walleye!!!! The fish I xsyght last night had no teeth. As for jayman......... I target 2 fish species only and dont study fish identity books and it was what I said it was or my fingers would say otherwise. The walleye that was mounted wasnt even as big as the fish I caught last night and those teeth were huge!
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| fishfinder wrote: | | Im certainly no expert and dont fish fresh water. I was just in a tackle store that had a wall mount walleye and unless that walleye forgot to put its dentures in there is no way in hell it was a walleye!!!! The fish I xsyght last night had no teeth. As for jayman......... I target 2 fish species only and dont study fish identity books and it was what I said it was or my fingers would say otherwise. The walleye that was mounted wasnt even as big as the fish I caught last night and those teeth were huge! |
Maybe someone released a zander.
| Quote: | | The zander (Stizostedion lucioperca) also known as the Pike-perch is the largest member of the Perch family (Percidae). the Zander is not a pike/perch hybrid, but is a separate species. Well I'm not going to boor you with the long old story about some old guy ho brought them over from Europe and put them in a lake at the Abby and then there was a flood and they got into are water ways. They come from Europe where they can go 30lb but are UK record is 19.5lb but any zander over 6lb is a good fish and anything over 10lb+ is a specimen. The Zander grow a bit bigger than there cousins the Walleye. I have been told by people that have fished for walleye and zander that they look, smell and taste the same and the only difference is the Zander has a white tip to the bottom of its tail. It is a great fish to hunt and can be a real challenge. http://www.jims-pikeing.freehomepage.com/zander-my.htm |
Or the walleye's dentures fell out?
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:46 pm Post subject: |
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And by the way, yes I have an expensive reel. Ive had cheaper 1's and I just dont make the time to rip them apart as after 3 weeks every reel (5 different) squealed due to water intrusion. As for everything else I own its pretty much the cheapest stuff $35 plug bag, 115 rod, 199 waders. Most of that cheaper stuff has a very good warranty and thats what matters to me.
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That reel is a fine piece of art! 
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