Ugliest Eye Ever??

[Fred_Bear]

Obviously not a recent catch (07 summer), but I was looking through some pics and could this possibly be the ugliest 29" walleye ever caught? It has actually been mistaken for a pike at fist glance by more than one of my friends.

Oh and the fish had some mental problems also... It was caught mid-day on a 100 degree July day while trolling spoons for pike in 6 ft of water.

[muc33]

wow, like a stretch limo, they just look wierd to me.

The front looks like the real thing, and the back does too..... what is that goofy part in the middle?

Very cool pic

[Team Otter]

 Originally Posted By: Fred_Bear

Oh and the fish had some mental problems also... It was caught mid-day on a 100 degree July day while trolling spoons for pike in 6 ft of water.

Nothing mental about that. That's deep water in the summer.

[solbes]

Pike-eye??? Wall-ern???

Thanks for posting the pic. Some kind of weird hybrid there.

[mvanotterloo]

Interesting Picture. At first glance it did look like a pike but futher review, yes I have word from the replay officials it is a walleye, a really weird eye

[PerchJerker]

 Originally Posted By: solbes

Wall-ern???

I like that name

I hope I never catch one, but I like the name.

[Team Otter]

Or a Northern Walleye. That would apply to, I guess.

Thanks for sharing the photo.

[Dave S]

It looks more like a moray eel than a walleye.

[HUNTFISH69]

Definatley an interesting looking eye, must have been a double of triple take when you pulled that one in!

[Bassboy1645]

hmm....definetly nothing mental about 6 foot of water in 100 degrees of july heat. I do it alot or shallower myself. but its soo incredibly skinny...Any ideas on the status of that fishery??? the fish looks juts like it is starving! are the other fish like that??

[Fred_Bear]

The lake is shallow (max depth is < 20 ft) and very dark, full of panfish and pike, and I've never heard of anyone fishing for or even catching a walleye in it.

[Bassboy1645]

hmm interesting...that dosent say much though..many of the lakes in minnesota are big and shallow some much like your discription. Not to say that it is not a superb walleye lake. Maybe you found a "sleeper"

[LMITOUT]

Looks like a Mille Lacs walleye from a few years ago. Torpedo

[ZEEK1223]

biggest walleye of my life came out of a lake that no one ever fishes for walleye. At my buddies cabin. were were taking a night cruise in the pontoon. First time we ever fished the lake at night. caught a 24in and a monster 30in. both released

[bimbo]

dont they get skinny from spawing. once all the eggs are gone

[eyepatrol]

Yes, they do. I've caught a fish much like this in the Grand Rapids area a number of years back. 29" post-spawn walleye that was just a rail.

[troyfideldy]

Looks like a river walleye. I have caught walleyes during mid in the heat of the summer. Tough but it can be done.

[Quetico]

That looks just like a 28.5" eye I caught of the dock at Father Hennepin State Park on Isle Bay about 8 or 10 years ago. It was mid summer shallow water with weeds. It weighted out at only 6.5 pounds because it was so long and thin.

[TrophyEyes]

I have caught some skinny walleyes, but that is the super model of walleyes. That is not due to post spawn, especially if it was 100 degrees. That fish is just starving. Are all the Pike hammer handles in that lake too? My guess is that they are in desperate need of some bait fish. Juvenile walleyes, may be the bottom of the food chain if adults are that scarce.

[UncleKes]

Maybe a big gator got after an innocent female walleye and this is the result. Or could it be some sort of Saugeye that had a pituitary problem? Anyway? That one sure tops anything I ever caught! What lake did you catch ii in? Remind me to avoid the place if critters like that are the result! I don't want to eat anything from there? No point in taking a chance on having 3 eyed kids, you know?

[CrappieFshr651]

Just lookin at that picture of that walleye, and [PoorWordUsage]?? That looks like a walleye that bred with a northern or somethin. Or like it got all of its insides squeezed out, no body to it at all

[icefishing21]

im with crappiefshr! that is definatley the weirdest looking walleye ive ever seen. i really does look like the body of a northern and the color of a walleye. strange looking guy!

[liveaqua]

It is likely the fish was starving. The water temperature in 6' of water on a 100 degree day would make bath water seem cold.

At these temps. a fish must feed constantly to make up for the energy it expends. I t is not uncommon to see this in a shallow water fish. Did you check the stomach contents?

That shallow it was probably feeding on sunfish. Not very good nourishment for a walleye.

[Rainman]

That thing is, well, what can I say, UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGLLLY.

[boatfixer]

Ummmmm...who was his mama messin' with.