How big was she?...Monster Lake Winnipeg Greenback Walleye

[Northlander]

Mike tel your dad congrats from me. Thats a pig! Im guessing about a 22" girth and pushing 13 to 14#. How was the bite besides the big one? I have to get up there one year.

[Jeremy airjer W]

regardless of the measurements its a fish of a life time and the story will live for generations! Nice catch!!!

[Mike Stark]

Mike tel your dad congrats from me. Thats a pig! Im guessing about a 22" girth and pushing 13 to 14#. How was the bite besides the big one? I have to get up there one year.

The bite was a little slow for us. We did not get big numbers of fish. We had a few fish in the 20's and we dropped a fish at the hole that would have been in the mid 20's. Mother nature threw some wrenches at us this trip. We only had one day out of 4 that we could really run and gun with out freezing are butts off. It was usually cold and windy. We left early on the third day due to white out conditions. A snow storm came in and starting dumping snow. The wind was blowing about 30mph. There was ZERO visibility. Luckily the H2Oc was working. I relied 100% on it to get back to the landing. You could not see two feet in front of you. There are also a lot of cracks and ridges to navigate out there. It was by far the craziest thing I have done. Snowmobiling across Lake Winnipeg in a complete white out.

[Vitreus]

This is the fish I dream about at night. One of the fattest eyes I've seen. He's a champ for CPRing too.

[marshmallow]

AWESOME .. That Walleye Should Be Wearing A Hat And Smokin' A Cigar ..

[Mike Stark]

There are more of these pigs swimming around Lake Winnipeg. There are even bigger pigs swimming around Lake Winnipeg. It is an amazing fishery. Probably THE top producer of trophy walleye.

Give Stu Mckay or Lee Nolden a call to find out more.

We stayed at Cats on the Red with Stu. He knows that lake better than most. He will make sure to put you on fish.

[DTro]

We stayed at Cats on the Red with Stu. He knows that lake better than most. He will make sure to put you on fish.

I might suggest a back up plan for lodging if staying at COTR. It's not a good feeling to get all the way up there and not have a place to stay.

caveat emptor

[Gordie]

Congrats to your dad for his monster EYE it is deffinatly a hog

[cam white]

and the great thing is this fish was released as well. No need to keep a pig like this. From my experience, she's right around 14 pounds. Great job, glad you guys had a great time up here.... It was pretty bad getting of the lake in that snow wasn't it??

[Mike Stark]

and the great thing is this fish was released as well. No need to keep a pig like this. From my experience, she's right around 14 pounds. Great job, glad you guys had a great time up here.... It was pretty bad getting of the lake in that snow wasn't it??

Yea, getting off the lake that day was crazy. That was my first experience snowmobiling in white out conditions and on Lake Winnipeg of all places.

Were you out on the west side?

[cam white]

yep, out of balsam bay. Went north west, about a mile and a half. Didn't get into huge numbers, but a solid limit, a few thrown back. biggest was 6 pounds. That lake can be really dangerous when a front comes through like that.... it's a small ocean, and conditions can get real bad. fast.

[TrophyEyes]

I would say somewhere in the 14-15 lbs range as well. I have a 33 1/2" that was about 19 that we projected in the mid 14 lbs. range and my guess is that fish is pushing 21 or 22 inches around. Nice fish. Either way, it is something to beat for the rest of your life. My new bar is 35" or a state record, not to be too picky.

[eman]

I caught one 28.5" with 19" girth that was 11.5 lbs. It looked exactly like that one as far as the belly (almost bloated and very tight). Based on that...I don't think 14-15 is out of the question at all.

[chaffmj]

What can I say that hasn't already been said. Nice eye. Tell your Dad congrats and if he is at the Bash I'll tell him myself.