Largest walleye I have ever caught and seen

[Mallet]

Last sunday a freind and I went to a hole in the Red Deer river that we know of, we usually always catch walleye there. Around 7 o'clock in the evening I pulled a walleye that weighed more than 15 pounds on my cheap scale and I didn't have my tape measure with me but it came from the ground to the top of my pocket and I am 6' tall. The video of the release is here on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJDFVJ1IK0M. A couple photos of it as well are in my photos! I figured I would share this.

[Mutter87]

Please post a picture or a screen shot from the video.

[Mallet]

Please post a picture or a screen shot from the video.

http://www.facebook.com/Josh.F69?ref=tn_tnmn#!/photo.php?fbid=10152089615680133&set=a.10150204319800133.438508.820000132&type=3&theater

I don't know how else to post pictures on this site try to check my facebook, i have lots of photos of it.

[Hellraiser]

Nice Fish...........But Not a Chance that is 15+ pounds!

[hal53]

Beauty of a Walleye.....think u need a new scale and tape measure though....

[LCCFisherman]

36" lol

[flyguyd]

Great lookin walleye

But if its 15+ pounds ,im 8 ft tall

[Mallet]

my scale is still sitting in the same spot the day I got it and its just above 15lbs, and the 36 is a guess for sure due to not having a tape measure, but we took a photo of it beside my leg with its fin on the ground just to have an idea and it came to my pocket, after we released it we went home and measured from the bottom of my foot to the top of my pocket and it was 36" so roughly we thought it was that length knowing thats huge for a wally. Again it was an incredibly beautiful fish and thought I would share it with people.

[pickrel pat]

Get something you know its weight. And weigh it.

[blackpheasant]

my scale is still sitting in the same spot the day I got it and its just above 15lbs, and the 36 is a guess for sure due to not having a tape measure, but we took a photo of it beside my leg with its fin on the ground just to have an idea and it came to my pocket, after we released it we went home and measured from the bottom of my foot to the top of my pocket and it was 36" so roughly we thought it was that length knowing thats huge for a wally. Again it was an incredibly beautiful fish and thought I would share it with people.

Glad you posted it, the Red Deer has some huge walleye, its a pig of a wally congrats!! and thanks for sharing..

[YeeHaw]

not a 15 pounder, but definitely a nice walleye. Congrats

[Forest Techer]

Awesome fish and beauty release! Thanks for sharing.

[BeeGuy]

Doesnt really matter if it's 15 or not, that's a mean lookin fish!

Pushing 30" for sure, maybe more.

Cool

[Mallet]

I really wish I had a tape and nicer scale at the time but I didn't unfortunitly. The memory and the photos will always stay with me, its was again a gorgeous fish strong to! Thank you for all comments and opinions, and again I felt this was just something to share. Cheers to all Outdoorsmen!

[New Hunter Okotoks]

Congrats on one heck of a fish. Nice release; that fish had lots left in her when she swam away.

Thank You for sharing.

[blackpheasant]

I really wish I had a tape and nicer scale at the time but I didn't unfortunitly. The memory and the photos will always stay with me, its was again a gorgeous fish strong to! Thank you for all comments and opinions, and again I felt this was just something to share. Cheers to all Outdoorsmen!

Cheers!!

[BuckCuller]

Very nice looking eye it's getting a little harder to land the big ones with the barbless rule, but it's nicer for releasing them.

[bloopbloob]

Thanks for sharing! Nice fish for sure, but i'd have to say it looks closer to being around 6lbs... :shark:

[Mallet]

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae34/gimmieurmoney/IMG_0863.jpg
6lbs?

[Mallet]

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae34/gimmieurmoney/IMG_0862.jpg

[Mallet]

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae34/gimmieurmoney/IMG_0855.jpg

[whitetailman]

Nice fish but you have to be on glue to think its 15 pounds

[BuckCuller]

Just a guess from similar eyes that I have caught on the river before I would estimate it at 30" and 7.5- 8 lbs. A good trophy size in my books.

[Comstar]

I don't think it would be to far off 15 pounds, starring at the 11 pounder on my wall it looks bigger, nice fish and great video.

[BeeGuy]

Wow.

30" might be pretty conservative

BEAST MODE!

[Gust]

Looking at his fingers and giving 4 inches for the finger spread, 36 looks reasonable,,, gorgeous fish even if it were smaller,, you were there and the witness therefore yiur word is good in my books.

[Jack&7]

I gotta say that fish is definitely more than 6 pounds! My dad caught one of similar size (rough guess) back in MB and it was 13 pounds.

Tough to say without measurements (girth especially), but in the end, who cares? You caught and released a dandy walleye. Thanks for the pics.

[ganderblaster]

Wow nice fish! Definitely would be over 10lbs.

[WayneChristie]

nice eye! looks not too far off the one I caught on the long weekend.
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy156/rollinghillbilly/DSCF2486.jpg
I weighed it but I didnt take any measurements, wanted to get it back in the water before I decided to eat it :bad_boys_20:

[Alberta Bigbore]

Nice eye!! Id say pushing 7-9

[WayneChristie]

Nice eye!! Id say pushing 7-9

Id have to agree, I weighed mine on my crappy digital that usually is a bit low, and it said 8 1/2

[BuckCuller]

Wow.

30" might be pretty conservative

BEAST MODE!

Yes your right 30 might be a little conservative but I don't like to stretch the tape unless the fish gets away then the stories come out. Lol.

[ReconWilly]

Alpha.

[Bound2Fish]

Thats a nice 9lb walleye

[Chris84]

Regardless of what it weighs, that is a nice fish!! Good job!

[OneGirlWolfPack]

That's awesome! Congrats on a nice catch! :sHa_shakeshout:

[Kurt505]

Nice walleye for sure, but the largest walleye I've caught was 86cm and fat but I don't think it was 15lbs. I'd say your around the 10-12lb mark with that one.

[ishootbambi]

more examples in this thread of why people dont post pictures here. sigh.....

op....beauty fish. that a heck of a walleye, and a lifetime memory. thank you for sharing, and just ignore the pinhead comments you didnt ask for.

[Alberta Redneck]

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58921

I bet that fish is close to 8lbs, here is a 10lb'er

[NSR Monger]

nice walleye, all 3 of them!!! (urs, christie's and rednecks) Caught a pretty big one the other day as well, roughly 30", very fun to catch!!!

Not being a smart a55 on this question, lip holders are new to me, why do people use them???

Also does holding a "15lb" fish only by the lip like that (with lip holders) do any damage to the fish??

[Lefty-Canuck]

Great fish!

For reference this one weighed 9lbs 4 oz.

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j426/loki610/P7120103.jpg

LC

[Lambo]

Nice fish! Congrats! Great to see you released the big one so I can catch it this weekend!:) BTW, the walleye in my avatar was 32" 10lb 9oz.

[EZM]

Remember - the way you take the photo determines what size it looks like. After seeing alot of guys holding thier fish toward the camera (or maybe thier hands are bigger than mickey mouse's and 20" wide) - you never know really.

Alberta rednecks fish looks like twice the size of this 15lber - but who knows, maybe he's only 4'-11" and his hands are like that guys on the burger king commercial.

I'd agree it looks closer to 8-9lbs to me - but who knows really .....

I've got a hilarious photo of a 3lb laker that looks like a 10lber ..... we were jerking around with the camera and it was amazing what a camera angle, and a little trickery will do.

Learned this one from a few members on the forum.

Nice fish anyways - congrats to all of you.

[Speckle55]

here is a pic of a 15# + Walleye

on your video the answer was stated ...very nice Eye:sHa_shakeshout:

David:)

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[Kurt505]

Here's one I caught 10-12 years ago, 86cm or just under 34". Any idea how much it weighed? I never weigh fish.
http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac13/Kurt505Hunter/87FFDB78-A358-46E4-8C51-F338AC235CC3-1619-000001565E1BF555.jpg

[Nait Hadya]

well done. looks every bit of 36". largest i ever caught was a 26" spawned out female that topped the scales at just over 6 lbs. best thing to do would be to get down there and catch her again...lol no need to measure and weight her,it's a great fish.

[VOYNO08]

Thanks for sharing! Nice fish for sure, but i'd have to say it looks closer to being around 6lbs... :shark:

six pounds on the moon!