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Got a few walleye tonight

Posted By: Hutchy

Got a few walleye tonight - 10/06/21 01:54 AM

Biggest was 26 1/2". Not in thick yet, but still a good couple hrs.


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Posted By: Hutchy

Re: Got a few walleye tonight - 10/06/21 02:00 AM

Not sure what the marks are. Hope it's not something serious. Was on all fish
Posted By: Boco

Re: Got a few walleye tonight - 10/06/21 02:02 AM

Lamprey?
Seen scars like that on some here.just fillet them out on the eaters.
Nice pickerel just the same.
Posted By: Hutchy

Re: Got a few walleye tonight - 10/06/21 02:23 AM

Originally Posted by Boco
Lamprey?
Seen scars like that on some here.just fillet them out on the eaters.
Nice pickerel just the same.


I don't think lamprey. Look at the marks on the fish in the first pic. Marks are symmetrical on both sides of the fish
Posted By: sweetwilliam

Re: Got a few walleye tonight - 10/06/21 02:27 AM

Those are lamprey marks. I have seen thousands on the fishing boats.
Posted By: sweetwilliam

Re: Got a few walleye tonight - 10/06/21 02:29 AM

Huchy did you throw the big ones back 😳
Posted By: Hutchy

Re: Got a few walleye tonight - 10/06/21 02:58 AM

Originally Posted by sweetwilliam
Those are lamprey marks. I have seen thousands on the fishing boats.

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This was symmetrical, both sides of the fish.

Lamprey are round , no? Never seen a single lamprey in 25 years of fishing here
Posted By: Hutchy

Re: Got a few walleye tonight - 10/06/21 03:00 AM

Originally Posted by sweetwilliam
Huchy did you throw the big ones back 😳


Yes, the big ones go back. We never get them below 22" night Trolling. The limit is one fish over 22 per person.

The struggle is finding a nice 23".

We took home a 23 and a 24 tonight. Nothing over 25 gets kept. When the fish move in thick, lots in the 28-32" class.
Posted By: bblwi

Re: Got a few walleye tonight - 10/06/21 03:33 AM

Not all the injuries or marks look the same so there may be multiple factors, strange that it is every fish you caught however. Nice walleyes. Would large predators like Great Lakes muskies be moving in with the schools of eyes?

Bryce
Posted By: k9-hunter

Re: Got a few walleye tonight - 10/06/21 03:43 AM

muskie defintely follow the schools of perch and walleyes the longer the schools hangout in an area the muskie become more and larger
Posted By: Hutchy

Re: Got a few walleye tonight - 10/06/21 09:50 AM

Originally Posted by bblwi
Not all the injuries or marks look the same so there may be multiple factors, strange that it is every fish you caught however. Nice walleyes. Would large predators like Great Lakes muskies be moving in with the schools of eyes?

Bryce


Many. Caught lots of musky this year. Usually their teeth pattern is more consistent though.
Posted By: Hutchy

Re: Got a few walleye tonight - 10/06/21 09:51 AM

Originally Posted by k9-hunter
muskie defintely follow the schools of perch and walleyes the longer the schools hangout in an area the muskie become more and larger



I'm counting on this fact this fall.


Although I've come close, I gotta break 50" this year!
Posted By: jbyrd63

Re: Got a few walleye tonight - 10/06/21 11:47 AM

Looks like a fungus that we had show up on bass here few years back
Posted By: BernieB.

Re: Got a few walleye tonight - 10/06/21 12:02 PM

Don't make me come down there!
Posted By: 330-Trapper

Re: Got a few walleye tonight - 10/06/21 01:01 PM

Originally Posted by BernieB.
Don't make me come down there!

SI whistle
Posted By: Hutchy

Re: Got a few walleye tonight - 10/06/21 01:11 PM

Originally Posted by BernieB.
Don't make me come down there!

grin
Posted By: John-Chagnon

Re: Got a few walleye tonight - 10/06/21 01:12 PM

Nice fish. Lamprey for the most part hit Salmon and Lake Trout in neck of Lake Huron. Put will attach to most fish. Hutchy when do the big ones start running?
Posted By: Hutchy

Re: Got a few walleye tonight - 10/06/21 02:49 PM

Originally Posted by John-Chagnon
Nice fish. Lamprey for the most part hit Salmon and Lake Trout in neck of Lake Huron. Put will attach to most fish. Hutchy when do the big ones start running?



Should be a few around now, buy more toward the end of Oct

Haven't seen any lamprey on Lake trout here.

Saw one on a musky on nipissing. That was odd.
Posted By: John-Chagnon

Re: Got a few walleye tonight - 10/06/21 02:55 PM

Nice make sure to share pics if bigger than those ones.
Posted By: Hutchy

Re: Got a few walleye tonight - 10/06/21 03:03 PM

Originally Posted by John-Chagnon
Nice make sure to share pics if bigger than those ones.


Sure will. Double headered a 29" and 31.5" last year. Tangled coming in, and had to scoop both at once with the net lol
Posted By: John-Chagnon

Re: Got a few walleye tonight - 10/06/21 03:16 PM

Brother in Laws first while this summer. Most of ours under that size

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Posted By: Leftlane

Re: Got a few walleye tonight - 10/06/21 04:31 PM

Ok Hutchy the social influencer (LOL) I get holding the fish closer to the camera to make them look big but how does a guy tucvk his feet underneath of himself and make them look like they are size 17?

Folks, we may have solved all the winter big foot sightings in the north woods
whistle
Posted By: Hutchy

Re: Got a few walleye tonight - 10/06/21 04:57 PM

No idea. Fish were 23 and 24". Now that you say that, it looks really funny. Lol.
You know what they say about trappers with big feet lol.
Posted By: Hutchy

Re: Got a few walleye tonight - 10/06/21 04:59 PM

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They look kinda more normal in this one

I think wide angle might stretch the foreground. My boat isn't that wide.
Posted By: Leftlane

Re: Got a few walleye tonight - 10/06/21 04:59 PM

Well they are fine lookin fish I will give ya that. It's been a few years since I had a good walleye supper and your makin me miss em.
Posted By: Hutchy

Re: Got a few walleye tonight - 10/06/21 05:05 PM

Originally Posted by Leftlane
Well they are fine lookin fish I will give ya that. It's been a few years since I had a good walleye supper and your makin me miss em.


My aunt passed, and we are having a celebration of life in a few weeks.

I'm in charge of the fish fry, so I guess I gotta catch more.

Cmon up to ontario and we'll catch ya some
Posted By: Leftlane

Re: Got a few walleye tonight - 10/06/21 05:14 PM

If I was just a little bit closer I would have no problem with paying my respects and making you take the boat out an extra evening just to keep my plate full!
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