Walleyes of 2007

[Team Otter]

Thanks for sharing but please try to leave the kitchen pictures in the kitchen.

[Smeds]

Here's a few from this year's Rainy River trip. Gotta love those fatties!

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[Kyle Sandberg]

Looks like your fishing anong the ice bergs. Nice pics and fish. Great job.

[Tim_Anderson]

Here's a few 28 to 31"ers from a recent rainy river trip:

[Team Otter]

Nice looking fish guys. I think that was a pretty common theme up there those last few days of the early season.

[sachem longrifle]

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All I can say is, "wow!!" What did you use for bait? I usually go in the fall but it looks like next year I will also be making a spring trip

[Dark Cloud]

Our eye opener was sat. My dad abd I had a good weekend. We fished 3 diff water systems and landed about 80 eyes over 15 inches. Heres a pict of the best one. A nice 25.5 incher...

[Team Otter]

Beautiful fish and photo. That setting is just too cool. Thanks for sharing.

[hanson]

This fish was a total accident on Saturday evening. Fishing flathead cats on the Minnesota River, she decided my 7" bullhead on a 10/0 Gamakatsu hook looked very appetizing. Its worth noting this is my 3rd trophy eye (in 2 years) I've caught cattin' while fishing bullheads. Mmmmm... bullheads.

27" Minnesota River Walleye (quickly photo'd and released)

[Team Otter]

Atta boy Chris. It looked as though your "fun meter" was pegged.

[Lowblazah]

This was actually caught in late 06, but I'm a little new to this forum and wanted to share.

28" Spring Lake Walleye (biggest walleye I have caught in the metro)

[ozzie]

nice fish!!! what's the glove for??

[Lowblazah]

I guess the best answer I can come up with is I'm a huge sally?!?!?!

haha We were actually Pike fishing...so I was expecting some teeth when I hooked this guy.

[Team Otter]

Great looking fish. Nice and dark; must have come from the weeds.

[Team Otter]

A handful of photos of some of our better fish from the weekend. Yet another awesome opener on Mille Lacs.

[toddb]

Here are two from the opener on LOTW

28.5" Fish on a trolled #7 shad rap

a 29.75" fish also on a trolled shad rap.

Hopefully I haven't used up all my luck on the first trip of the year.

later,

toddb

[Team Otter]

Nice lookin' fish but easy on the gill plate.

[Curly]

Todd- I saw the post on the LOW forum, now this one, you just can't win can you....

[dakotakid31]

i dont see anything wrong with they way you hadled that eye. atleast you didnt get to close to the gills. maybe you should pay $400 for a "guide" to teach you how to hold a fish..lmao. why is it team otter i always see you making snide little remarks? one thing to have an opinion but keep the attack remarks to yourself. see that little thing i wrote about "guides" thats to prove my point. tell the guy nice fish and good job. end of story.

[Curly]

Well put dakota!!

[toddb]

Otter,

What? The king of the vertical hold should not speak one word about ones handling of fish. Practice what you preach son.

[Dano_the_jigasaurus]

I think the vertical hold would be way worse for the fish as they have very little organ support and when they aren't horizontal their organs slide at the mercy of gravity. Secondly a vertical hold puts your hand close to the gills. A little torque on the gill plate won't hurt the fish, and it ensures your hand will be farther away from the fragile gill.

just my.02 cents

Dan

[toddb]

My flared gill hold wasn't intentional, It just happened to be that way when I pulled her out of the net. To tell you the truth I was more worried about getting a couple quick pics and getting her back in the water. I didn't even notice that I had the fish reversed until I viewed the pics later.

later,

toddb

[snapcrackpop]

Dakotakid31

You forgot to insult the Moderator title too.

I viewed TO comment as a friendly reminder/tip he wasn't jumping on anyone.

Nice fish guys!

[Corey Bechtold]

How do you get the hooks out? Let the fish flop around on the floor of the boat, lay down and operate? If caution is used while holding the fish vertical the fish should be fine. Just don't wrench on the gill plates exposing the gills. Pinch your fingers in the cheek between the plates (on the fleschy skin) and you shouldn't harm the fish.

Relax everybody, we don't want to harm these fish and truely believe in handling these fish with care.

Good luck,

Corey Bechtold