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Old 09-02-2018, 07:03 PM
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Default Walleye of a Lifetime...

I was lucky enough to hook up with this big girl Wednesday afternoon. Biggest Walleye I've ever seen in my life by a very wide margin.


I'm not very good at uploading pictures and my internet connection is very poor but I'll give it a shot.
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Old 09-02-2018, 07:57 PM
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Very nice! Just need the name of the lake and bait used to verify the post/pic.

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Old 09-02-2018, 07:59 PM
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Beautiful fish, congrats!
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Old 09-02-2018, 08:35 PM
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Lake Diefenbaker, SW Saskatchewan. Crankbait, I think it's a Cotton Cordell.
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Old 09-02-2018, 08:38 PM
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Beauty of a fish, congrats!
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Old 09-02-2018, 08:49 PM
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I was lucky enough to hook up with this big girl Wednesday afternoon. Biggest Walleye I've ever seen in my life by a very wide margin.I'm not very good at uploading pictures and my internet connection is very poor but I'll give it a shot.
Sooo... only one?
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Old 09-02-2018, 08:52 PM
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Sooo... only one?
Pardon?

Only one what?

I only caught one Walleye Wednesday, some big Pike but just the one 'eye.
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Old 09-02-2018, 09:31 PM
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Great Wally ..... ones that size are few and far between. Did you get a weight?
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Old 09-02-2018, 09:53 PM
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Congrats on a awesome walleye
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Old 09-03-2018, 06:13 AM
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Great fish!!
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Old 09-03-2018, 09:23 AM
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That is a very nice eye, funny if your lucky to bring one in like that how you just can't believe it,
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Old 09-03-2018, 09:48 AM
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That's a tank! Got to love pulling crank baits for the big ones

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Lake Diefenbaker, SW Saskatchewan. Crankbait, I think it's a Cotton Cordell.
The Dief and crankbaits, I have heard many a story on big eyes being pulled out of their.

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Old 09-04-2018, 09:14 AM
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.......there are NO (well at least, very few) fish in lake dief. stay away, 'cause you'll just be wasting your time.

............i'll repeat; NO good fishing in lake dief.
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Old 09-05-2018, 08:27 AM
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I think everyone on here knows how good Dief is

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Old 09-05-2018, 10:55 PM
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Nice Fish!

That's huge
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Old 09-06-2018, 06:02 AM
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I think everyone on here knows how good Dief is

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Sad part is we could have had our own Dief, but we voted against the boundary dam. Breaks my heart to think of a fishery that good right outside of Med. Hat. What could have been.
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Old 09-08-2018, 06:41 PM
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I was lucky enough to hook up with this big girl Wednesday afternoon. Biggest Walleye I've ever seen in my life by a very wide margin.


I'm not very good at uploading pictures and my internet connection is very poor but I'll give it a shot.
Any dimensions?
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Old 09-09-2018, 07:23 PM
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Any dimensions?


Sadly no...

Pictures is all I have.
Somehow my Scale/tape dissapeared from the boat between the last two outings.
That's the only regret I have about a wonderful experience.

I have a guesstimate in mind and those that were with me.

I'd welcome to hear anyone elses guess.
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Old 09-09-2018, 07:41 PM
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30 inches - 13 lbs. Nice Fish !
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Old 09-16-2018, 12:11 PM
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This is only for fun and speculation because I don't have any accurate measurements. But I would swear to it that that fish is significantly more than 30"
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Old 09-16-2018, 12:32 PM
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Wow what a fish! Nice! I would say easily over 30” as well probably pushing the 36” length unless you have really tiny hands hah. Weight I would have no clue. Is it catch and release in that lake?
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Old 09-16-2018, 05:03 PM
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No it's not.

In SK, there is a limit of 4 Walleye total, with only 1 allowed to exceed 55 cm.


I swear that fish to be in the 36" range as well.


Weight? I have no idea, I've never caught a Walleye anywhere near that size to know what one would weigh.
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Old 09-16-2018, 05:46 PM
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I caught one once that was 86cm out of pinehurst and that’s just shy of 34”. Your walleye looks like it’s at least 34”, I never did weigh mine but I was guessing mine was 13-14lb for sure.

Great fish though, hopefully next time you bring a tape, with a walleye that big you should have scribed some marks in your boat and measured it later.
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Old 09-17-2018, 09:58 AM
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I caught one once that was 86cm out of pinehurst and that’s just shy of 34”. Your walleye looks like it’s at least 34”, I never did weigh mine but I was guessing mine was 13-14lb for sure.

Great fish though, hopefully next time you bring a tape, with a walleye that big you should have scribed some marks in your boat and measured it later.
I don't think SHE would appreciate marks scribed into the gelcoat of HER boat.

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Old 09-17-2018, 02:23 PM
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I don't think SHE would appreciate marks scribed into the gelcoat of HER boat.

Well....... sometimes you gotta beg forgiveness rather than ask permission.

This would qualify.
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Old 09-17-2018, 02:27 PM
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Big fish! Seems to be held out a little far, I'm guessing about 32 inches. 36+ fish are quite rare, and this one doesn't jump out at me as an unusually large, large walleye. Once in a lifetime fish, nonetheless
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Old 10-13-2018, 07:09 PM
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I'll post this picture of a good Pike that I caught in a different location on a different day for comparison.

This fish I do have measurements on.

So I will be curious to see how closely someone might be able to guess the size of this fish.
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Old 10-13-2018, 07:27 PM
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I'll post this picture of a good Pike that I caught in a different location on a different day for comparison.

This fish I do have measurements on.

So I will be curious to see how closely someone might be able to guess the size of this fish.
40” 19 lbs
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Old 10-13-2018, 07:33 PM
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I'll play! 16lbs!
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