a state record officially.........

[JBMasterAngler]

I caught a limit of 2 pound bluegills the other day. The last bluegill I caught was 4 ounces over the state record, but I already had my limit so I had to throw it back. I had a camera, but was too lazy to dig it out of my pocket

[waterbound]

Is there any reason he would make something like this up? Even if the facts he was told are a little exaggerated a big fish was probably caught. It was his nephew that caught the fish so it doesn't do him any good to lie about how big it was. He just wanted to share a story about what happened and I know that personally I'd be happy to have anything to do with catching a big walleye.

[icehousebob]

I had the same thing happen to me. But I was lucky enough to get a picture taken first. The picture alone weighs eight pounds.

[BrdHunter01]

Not a chance!.... I'd be digging the guts out of that garbage to at least get some sort of a picture

[IceProwler]

Maybe the tape measure was upside down and it was 36 centimeters....seems more likely to me.

[cbrooks]

Could you at least tell us if the fillets tasted good. Give us some small details besides the eyeballs were the size of golfballs.

[JohnMickish]

Eyes the size of golf balls. Thats another thing that raises the flag. I've got more than a few Walleyes in the 27-30" range and the eyes have never been bigger than a dime.

[Dave S]

Eyes the size of golf balls.

Marty Feldman reincarnated?

[traveler]

or the chick from "Glee"??

[Chef]

It was a CARP...

[Gordie]

Originally Posted By: mnfishinguy

Eyes the size of golf balls.

Marty Feldman reincarnated?

mine had eyes as big as bicylce reflectors

[gwiff100]

too dark for the cell phone camera? How old is this cell phone? (i know just think 10-15 years ago they barely exsisted) but if you have a camera phone doesn't it have flash?

[TurnUpTheFishing]

If I caught the state record walleye the last thing I would do is let my buddy go parading around with it, without me! Lets see pics of the carcass...

There are a lot of things that dont add up in the story. You cant be too suprised people dont believe this second hand story with zero evidence.

[Scupper]

when u're xcited, u tend to forget things n u make mistakes.

I feel your statement there says it all...

[SM1]

Renegade Zander.

[rcatcherman]

I know one thing for sure, I have witnessed many 7 to 8 pounders where the people swore they were 12 to 14 pounders. I just put it to never really catching a real big walleye. Most people I fish with will never see a fish over 7 or 8 because I've also seen there lite tackle.

[Surface Tension]

With a fish that size there must be some leftovers.

I want some and don't tell me the cat ate them.

[mooneyes]

If you look inside your 2009-2010 fishing reg book it will show you the difference between Walleyes and Carp!

hope he smoked it atleast.

[jwmiller33]

this is a very interesting story.... did he not at least get a picture of the head/guts from after it was fileted?? i dont doubt that he caught a big walleye, but how big is the real question...

if you had a picture of the head, and could verify that the eyes were as large as golfballs, that would do wonders in solidifying your story

[JBMasterAngler]

Does the possibility of a state record walleye even exist in a metro lake? I would think they'd need a steady diet of shad, cisco, or smelt to attain such a size. So with the exception of the rivers, I just don't believe a walleye that big can come from around here. I will end by saying, if this fish existing, it topped at 10 pounds, not an ounce more! Definitely still the fish of a lifetime!

[JeffB]

When you stretch the eyes that much it makes me wonder how much the fish was stretched. I might have bought the story if he said ears like a jack rabbit.

[buckx37x]

come on guys it wasnt a carp it was a whale.

[Quackaddict9]

Not a chance!.... I'd be digging the guts out of that garbage to at least get some sort of a picture

my thoughts excatly! So where are the pics of the skin, head after being filleted?

[Quackaddict9]

and the Golfball Eyes too!

[BEEFEATER]

Maybe manubo karuto caught it