[GroundhogCK]

Any other fellow Rossers have a walleye addiction too? Here's pictures from a few adventures in the last couple years:

Erie 2005

Erie 2006

And a few average 'eyes on an average day from my local stompin' grounds, Winnebago:

 

[Guest]

Those are some nice pics, GroundhogCK!! :grin:

 

[semobow]

Man I can almost taste them. Walleye are my favorite fish to eat.

 

[GroundhogCK]

If any of you guys ever make it to the Winnebago / Buttes des Mortes / Poygan area in Wisconsin during the months of April through August, give me some advance notice and and I'll be happy to take you out walleye fishing... I can usually put us on 'em.

 

[BizzleBigBuckBungalow®™]

Nice pics. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Guest]

nice pics, I havent gone Walleye fishing yet...a shame too cause I am told Milford lake here is an awesome haven for em.

 

[GroundhogCK]

Never fished it, but I know Milford has a couple great tournaments every year, and it's also home to one of the very finest, state-of-the-art walleye hatcheries in the nation... they pound out something like 60 million walleye/sauger/saugeye fry a year -- huge numbers!

Glad you guys like the pics... The one I'm holding in the fuzzy '05 Erie pic on the bottom left corner is at the taxidermist waiting to go on my wall... I should have it back in spring. It was 29.5" 9 lbs. 13 oz. I'm still looking for that elusive 30" 10 pounder to hang next to it.

I've also got one from Lake Poygan (which is in my back yard, literally) waiting to go on the wall that is 27.5" -- a very nice fish for the Wolf/Fox River system.

Any of you guys end up taking me on my offer, I can't guarantee big fish, but we can certainly send you home with some eaters most days.

 

[Guest]

yep, last year at the PWT tourney, I saw a old school buddy from home in WA, Bobby Crow.
I grew up with his big brother and knew him when he was a lil kid.....never knew he was a pro till he walked across the stage at the tourney.

Never fished it, but I know Milford has a couple great tournaments every year, and it's also home to one of the very finest, state-of-the-art walleye hatcheries in the nation... they pound out something like 60 million walleye/sauger/saugeye fry a year -- huge numbers!

Glad you guys like the pics... The one I'm holding in the fuzzy '05 Erie pic on the bottom left corner is at the taxidermist waiting to go on my wall... I should have it back in spring. It was 29.5" 9 lbs. 13 oz. I'm still looking for that elusive 30" 10 pounder to hang next to it.

I've also got one from Lake Poygan (which is in my back yard, literally) waiting to go on the wall that is 27.5" -- a very nice fish for the Fox River system.

Any of you guys end up taking me on my offer, I can't guarantee big fish, but we can certainly send you home with some eaters most days.

 

[GroundhogCK]

yep, last year at the PWT tourney, I saw a old school buddy from home in WA, Bobby Crow.
I grew up with his big brother and knew him when he was a lil kid.....never knew he was a pro till he walked across the stage at the tourney.

It's always cool when the local boys do well on their home water... that's the way it should be!

 

[GroundhogCK]

Groundhog.... What the airfare? Looks like a blast!

From Oregon? Flying in to Appleton is closest (and most expensive), flying in to Chicago is cheapest (and the farthest drive), and flying in to Milwaukee is the middle ground (though still not cheap, and still almost 2 hours drive to my place)...

I don't know what airfare runs these days, as I only fly about once a year on average. I'd be guessing for sure.

The most predictable fishing is in May and June... River jigging bite starts in April and usually gets really good at end of April/early May, and usually stays hot well into June. The reef jigging and slip bobbering bite usually picks up early to mid May, and stays hot through July (though better in June). The troll bite usually starts in late May and really gets hot through June and July.

So when you'd want to be here also depends on what tactics you like using the most... Some guys love to jig and hate to troll. Other guys live and die by the troll bite, and even look down on other presentations. I look forward to the transitions almost as much as the changing of the seasons, and have always felt the best fisherman are those who are the most versatile. Except fishing that darn shallow water mud/weed bite - to me that's the only truly frustrating and patience-trying method of walleye fishing.

 

[bloodtrail1]

Do like walleye fishing!
I have made a few trips thru the years to LacSeul in Canada. Never caught any monsters while up there, but did catch alot of real nice walleyes....Quite a few in the slot size(18"-21") that were really nice fish!
I did catch a 8.5#, 28.5" Walleye thru the ice thats on the wall. Caught it in lake Monona here in Madison, Wi

 

[Ozdog]

I'm a Lake Erie walleye fisherman. My fishing partner and I average about 250 Marbles a season.

 

[GroundhogCK]

Well, I haven't been doing much hunting lately (I don't have a turkey tag until middle of May), but I've been doing plenty of walleye fishing... Here's pics from a few of the more memorable trips this year... so far.

From our first outing of the season at DePere (in March) -- we only had 76 walleyes in 5 hours of fishing! Here's a couple of the biggest fish:

My buddy John w/ a nice one from the Fox River in Eureka (gotta love an 80 degree March day in Wisconsin):

From our trip to Green Bay this past week -- we had 130+ walleyes in 3 days:

Here we had a quadruple... 4 boards went back at the same time!!!

A perfect ending to a great trip:

 

[Guest]

Whats the lil flags???????
Do you set lines for them like jug'n?

 

[RWP]

Whats the lil flags???????
Do you set lines for them like jug'n?

Planner boards, oh Milford walleye can't wait for the fathers day tourny. Got $800.0 for large fish last year, kick myshelf in the a$$ for forgetting not to get in to a pot. That would have been anouther 6. O'well.
:grin:
RwP

 

[Guest]

I have never caught a big Walleye..........of course my lil boat ia way too small for Milford so I havent done any serious Walleye fishing yet.

 

[GroundhogCK]

Those are planer boards for trolling crankbaits and harnesses... They take the lines out away from the boat and allow you to run multiple lines off each side of the boat. They clip right on the line from the rod, so it's basically an in-line version of the mast/ski system guys have been trolling with for years. This has become a very popular tactic for the old marble eyes around here. Guys also use them to troll for Salmon, Trout, Pike, Musky, etc.

Here's the most popular company that makes them:
http://www.offshoretackle.com/

For me, trolling isn't as fun as getting them jigging or slip bobbering, but it's an undeniably superior tactic for big fish, and covering a lot of water when fish are spread out.

 

[Guest]

Cool......
One day I will have a nice boat to try all that neat stuff.
For now, I got my lil pond hopper or do most of my fishing from the banks.
Milford lake does have some nice Walleyes, I hear some guys I work with that catch soe nice ones when they go out, hopefully next year I can hop on board with em.

 

[djsasha]

A "small" (6.5 kg = 14.5 lbs) Serbian walleye :grin:

 

[Guest]

WOW....nice fish.