10 lbs. 4oz. Crappie?

[trophyhunter]

I had a week off from work and planned on going to Mille lacs for a couple of days. With all the slow reports I opted to go to a small lake in the Brainerd area and fish crappies. I got up there Friday and was fishing by 3:30p.m.. I set up in 34 ft. of water fishing 10 ft. off the bottom. By 3:40 I had my first 11 inch crappie. Ten minutes later another one..10 inches. Life was good! Then on my vexilar I saw a nice red line about 2 ft. below my bait. I picked up my bait about 6 to 8 inches, jiggled and set back down. The red line rose slowly until it became one with my bait. WHAM! My cork went down. When I set the hook I knew this was no crappie. This fish was pulling my 4 lb. test line off my crappie rod with ease. I figured I had hooked into a 5 to 7 lb. northern. After roughly 5 minutes I finally saw it..my bobber stop. I'm getting closer I thought. Then a couple of minutes later I saw her swim by the hole. With the thickness across the back I knew this was bigger than 5 to 7 lbs. Finally when I got her head up the hole and grabbed her by the gill I was holding a 10lbs, 4oz. Walleye. While I have been blessed with catching a lot of nice walleyes,with these circumstances, this is one I will never forget!

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"A trophy is in the eye of the beholder"

[Jim W]

Congrats! What a fish and description, thanks for sharing! At first I thought I was going to read another fairy tale!

Keep the rods bendin'!!!

Jim W

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[Guest]

Congrats Trophyhunter, thats a nicer eye. You will never forget that day, and the fish will get bigger over time
Hope you can improve on that

My biggest eye is 28 inches through the ice on a tipup. What a rush, forget bunjee jumping, hook into one of these bad boys with a mini fishing rod/reel.

morriscode

[Deitz Dittrich]

Very nice fish congrats!

[Guest]

Thanks for sharing and congrats! I have not been able to get out much recently so it is nice to be able to live through others posts!

[Guest]

Congrats, nice fish. A nice prize on 4lb test line.

Good Fishin, Matt.

[Zimm]

Nice catch!!! Did you take it home for the wall, or CPR (Replica)? The fish of a lifetime. Must have been a rush. Zimm

[Crawlerman]

Good Job! Get a picture of it to Jim or Rick here.. I'm getting sick of staring at that deer on the front page that's been there for the last two months!

[Tully]

Very cool! I have yet to catch a big walleye through the ice. I have a big enough problem getting the 2 pounders out without losing them at the hole.
MJ5 it is good to see you around. You must have been getting in a lot of time on the ice.
Tully

[trophyhunter]

Here is the picture:

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"A trophy is in the eye of the beholder"

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[IcePro]

Good Job!

When you saw the fish on the locator could you tell the size and species of fish. (Just having fun.)

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[Cyberfish]

><}}}("< ---Whoooo SON! what a hawg!

[Poutmaster]

Nice Fish Eric! I now know the true identity of the Trophy Hunter!

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Love them 'Pout!

[fiskyknut]

Sweet- I need to set up some kinda pic page myself! Appears you like the Rainy river too!

Regards....Fisky

[Guest]

Man the look on your face...Priceless!! thanks for putting that link up.

morriscode

[Guest]

Wow, Great looking fish!

Bet that was a blast on 4 lb line!

PCG

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[Mykal]

Nice 'eye. brother, Nice 'eye.......

[Guest]

Hey that is a nice fish. My biggest eye ever was only 26". Nice catch!

Hey PCG, you're getting hard to follow

thanks, Westlin

[Crawlerman]

Nice! Yeah.. My grandpa caught one that was just shy of 8 last year on the St. Croix.. and I thought THAT was huge! I've only gotten a 26" myself as well, which is what, about 5-6 lbs? Nowhere near THAT big

[Guest]

AWESOME!!!!! Good job! The "D-man" and I are jealous.

[JAR JAR]

PRICELESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"JUST DO IT"

Jar Jar

[CANOPY SAM]

A dandy "trophy" for the TrophyHunter! What a beautiful fish. Congratulations and nice work on such a light rig!

[Guest]

Eric, Great job on the 4#. I can tell you fish a bit (ok,A lot) Not very often someone on the ice can do what you did regarding the # of your fish, Set drag up, then down, then up......You get my drift... I have a 10# Mille lacs on the wall and for all the walleyes I have caught in my lifetime, they are rare.I am impressed!!!! Keep up the good work! Perchsearcher-Work at the craft..
P.S. I had the chance to catch mine on 6# on open water.Nooooo.Comparison.Good Job!!!!!!!

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