What a beauty! Did you let her go to make more?
Congrats, very nice eye
Wow, that’s great! I guess I have about 800 more casts to go. I have a hard time doing all the casts when there are cats to catch. I’m glad you had the patience to be rewarded.
**Nice. Don’t let the pseudo-ecologists beat you up about keeping a spawning female. Contrary to what some might tell you, they are still good eating and removing a few is not going to upset the walleye balance in Utah Lake. However, a lot of us still release most of the fat females “just because” it seems like the right thing to do. **
Walleyes don’t live more than 1/2 or 1/3 as long as catfish…and they grow bigger faster. Your fish is probably only about 4 or 5 years old and the flesh should be prime…with no accumulation of PCBs or any other nasty stuff. I have eaten a lot of big walleyes and have never found any to be less than fantastic. And there are a lot more big spawning females than many might believe. Just because few anglers catch them does not mean they are not plentiful. The carp nets often contain quite a few of the big girls. But when they get bigger they eat bigger meals than most anglers show them…with their wimpy jigs. Although I have caught quite a few large ones on small jigs during the post spawn feedup time.
Nice! That is one big mama! I would have kept it too. I love to eat fish and a big walleye would be great on the table.
Walleye are the best eating freshwater fish around. Enjoy the feast!!
Way to go Hook_sets!! Rick has been freezing his dorsal posterior off in South Dakota, fighting 2ft of ice!! You are one up on him for the year, don’t think he has a walleye yet!! nice fish!!
Yep, your time for gloating is short !! Have a happy Easter !!
Congrats on the nice eye, were you using any bait on your jigs?