Super User everythingthatswims Posted October 16, 2015 Super User Posted October 16, 2015 With the water starting to cool, I'm throwing baits with trebles a little more than usual......I plan on seeing quite a few of these this fall and winter! Too bad they fight like a wet sock... They make up for it on the table! 2 Quote
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted October 16, 2015 Super User Posted October 16, 2015 Nice waldo and good eating. If you catch them a little bigger they fight more like a dry sock. 5 Quote
Super User Scott F Posted October 16, 2015 Super User Posted October 16, 2015 The big ones though, are not good eats. Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted October 16, 2015 Super User Posted October 16, 2015 Nice one. Cue the Hot Fat. A-Jay Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted October 20, 2015 Global Moderator Posted October 20, 2015 I don't get the bad rap walleye get for being poor fighters. They're not smallmouth or trout, but a 18+ inch walleye gives a good fight, at least the ones I catch around here do. I look forward to those telltale heavy headshakes every jerkbait season. 1 Quote
Super User everythingthatswims Posted October 20, 2015 Author Super User Posted October 20, 2015 I don't get the bad rap walleye get for being poor fighters. They're not smallmouth or trout, but a 18+ inch walleye gives a good fight, at least the ones I catch around here do. I look forward to those telltale heavy headshakes every jerkbait season. My fish was 18" and I caught it on a drop shot rod with 6lb test, 30 second fight at the most and I just slid it onto the bank, didn't have to grab it. Maybe since it choked the jerkbait it didn't pull very hard, it's the same way with bass for me, they can't swim well with their mouth wedged open. Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted October 21, 2015 Global Moderator Posted October 21, 2015 My fish was 18" and I caught it on a drop shot rod with 6lb test, 30 second fight at the most and I just slid it onto the bank, didn't have to grab it. Maybe since it choked the jerkbait it didn't pull very hard, it's the same way with bass for me, they can't swim well with their mouth wedged open. Maybe. The ones I catch every spring rip drag on my jerkbait rod and will even straighten trebles if I'm not careful. Quote
Super User everythingthatswims Posted October 21, 2015 Author Super User Posted October 21, 2015 Got another after school 2 Quote
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted October 22, 2015 Super User Posted October 22, 2015 Nice color on that one. Looks real healthy. That is a good eating size. Quote
Super User everythingthatswims Posted October 24, 2015 Author Super User Posted October 24, 2015 Nice color on that one. Looks real healthy. That is a good eating size. They brought back stocking the river I fish two years ago so there aren't many keepers yet. That fish was just under 19". We have an 18" minimum size limit in VA. They used to stock "back in the day" and people caught many 5-8lb walleyes. I'm looking forward to it! I haven't researched it but I don't think we have many self sustaining populations of 'eyes in Virginia. Quote
cbass12 Posted November 4, 2015 Posted November 4, 2015 I don't get the bad rap walleye get for being poor fighters. They're not smallmouth or trout, but a 18+ inch walleye gives a good fight, at least the ones I catch around here do. I look forward to those telltale heavy headshakes every jerkbait season. I'm going to have to agree with this. We catch them while fishing for smallies and they put up a pretty good fight. They also hit VERY hard. Quote
Super User Darren. Posted November 4, 2015 Super User Posted November 4, 2015 Good wallies! 4 years ago the VGDIF stocked 30,000 walleye fingerlings in Harwood's Mill Reservoir for the purpose of bringing in another sport fish to Hampton Roads. Haven't caught any yet, but I know of others who have. Just wish they'd be able to stock smallies down here!! Quote
Snakehead Whisperer Posted November 4, 2015 Posted November 4, 2015 In my experience, it seems like the deeper that I catch walleye the weaker they fight. 1 Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted November 8, 2015 Global Moderator Posted November 8, 2015 In my experience, it seems like the deeper that I catch walleye the weaker they fight. I was thinking about this the other day. I never fish for them in deeper water like most guys seem to do. I always come across them by accident and always in water less than 15' deep, usually closer to 5'. Maybe those fish that are up shallow and active are just more apt to pulling a bit harder than the ones offshore in a more neutral mood. I've caught several this past week fishing for smallmouth and all of them hit and pulled very well. 1 Quote
Super User everythingthatswims Posted November 11, 2015 Author Super User Posted November 11, 2015 Mine have all been in less than 5' haha. Maybe it's a forage related thing Quote
jighead56 Posted November 18, 2024 Posted November 18, 2024 A few of the water ststem Reservoirs that are stocked in the Tidewater Va area used to be stocked to cut back the perch population. I've caught the on the top and at the bottom of sharp ledges. Back in the day I'd troll Shad Raps in the creek channels 7'-9' However boring it was always a successful method. My PB was a 7.13. One that stares at me everyday when I get up in the morning. I don't kill them anymore. Just pictures now. Quote
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