great Thursday

[WayneChristie]

hit the river today, started off with one sucker, then the wind blew in hard. another guy came down to the same area and was tossing lures and hitting all sorts of walleye and some pike, so I was switching back and forth between bait and lures, since I had taken almost all my lures out of the truck a couple weeks ago, I dont use them during the summer. tossed lures when the wind was howling and kicking up the river, and put bait out when it was calmer. ended the day with 1 sucker, 5 pike up to 8 pounds, and 11 walleye. one eye was 22 inches and the best was 24. the rest were assorted sizes under 22 but they all actually sort of put up a fight on a light rod. kept the 22 for dinner. man was it good!
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22 on the stick and the 24 just caught, one cast later
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy156/rollinghillbilly/119_3140_zps079719a3.jpg
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:burp:
not bad for 65 pound braid and no leader :)

[the local angler]

right on man great catch.

[spinN'flyfish]

nice fish and dinner and looks like you had a great day on the water..... and a delicious fruit of your labour

[fishunt]

nice pics; I must get out before freeze up. ps nice snake pics in last edition.:free-scared-smileys

[Fishslayer99]

Wayne,

Nice fish! looks like they are certainly on the fall feed, the way they inhaled those lures. Nothing beats a good Walleye fry (maybe a ling fry). All in all sure beats a day at work!!! Thanks for the pics.

[WayneChristie]

nice pics; I must get out before freeze up. ps nice snake pics in last edition.:free-scared-smileys

that was a great article. I was just in one of the pics, Arachnodisiac took all those great pictures . my pics are in a couple posts in the general forum. sure going to miss the dinos and the rattlers this winter. hopefully the ice fishing will be as good as open water this season

[FreshAirGetter]

If you ever retire being a fisherman, can you come be my chef? :-)

[RavYak]

Nice stringer lol

[Sloughsharkjigger]

Nice fillets complete with loins Wayne.... cheeks are the candy man!! We need a fish with 9 of those things.:)

Nice touch on the avatar by the way!

[Fishfinder]

5# box of Mandarins for $3.96, mmm mandarin oranges.:love:

Oh, and great post Wayne. Looks delicious!