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What do you guys think? Does a Walleye this long really weigh that much?

http://www.wvdnr.gov/2005news/05news003.shtm

Many Minnesotans are saying "no way... maybe 12." What are your thoughts?
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From my eyes it looks like it's a stretch, but I guess anythings possible. None the less it's a nice walleye!
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[size 2] [font "comic sans ms"] Well the guy doesn't look like he's a very big guy himself, so it could be possible. But I got one question, where is the guy's BFT sticker and tape measure?

Take care,
David
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DDR, well let's see here.


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Take care,
David
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here is one caught by one of our members on the michigan board in the 18-20 pound class. [center][/center] [center] [/center] [center]Stormy[/center] [center]April 2004[/center] [center] [/center] [center]not only do thay get to 18 pounds, here in michigan they get up in to the 30 pound class.[/center] [center][sly](Harvard Grads wouldnt ya know)[sly][/center]
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Both of them are really nice looking fish. I would not complain if they were on the end of my line.
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It could be.....one must factor in the size of the man, camera angle, girth of the fish we can't see, and how far out he is loding that walleye. Several years ago I caught a 16 inch crappie that I could tell people weighed 4 and they would reply "Is that it" Just depends on the pic. (I would post a pic of it, but i have since lost it)

Catch em up
Brian
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I will go ya one better... LOL
check out this passage.

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A version of this article appeared in a "National Enquirer" type portion of Western Angler magazine. Though the same page had a photo of an astronaut lip-locking a bass on the moon, many people thought the story was true -- it's not. But this could be the best exaggerated walleye story ever told!

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New World Record Walleye Denied Record Status
( Garibaldi, Oregon )
On September 16, Western Angler Senior Editor, Ron Boggs nearly doubled the existing world record with a 47 pound walleye! The size and circumstances of the catch ranks it among the most unusual in modern angling history. Normally, world fishing records are broken by onces or maybe a couple of pounds. Never before has a fish eclipsed an old record by nearly double. But due to a technicality, the old walleye record of 25 pounds will stand.
Because walleye are freshwater fish, walleye records are only registered for freshwater catches. Boggs' unbelievable lunker was caught in saltwater, thus ruling it invalid for consideration in the freshwater walleye books.
"I went to the coast to catch surf perch and just enjoy the sunny weather with my wife Pam. We were out on the bay dunking sandworms on light tackle when the fish hit. We know immediately it was something big...probably a lingcod or sturgeon -- or so we thought."
"It took almost half an hour to get the fish close enough to see it," he recalls. "I did a double-take when I first saw it. Even after Pam netted it I couldn't believe it was a walleye. It was so humongous I had to help her get the overloaded net into the boat. I was shaking so hard I couldn't drive the boat. Pam drove us in to the scale at Greg's Marina, and I about passed out when the needle registered 47 pounds."
"I've dreamed of catching a state record walleye for 10 years. Who would've thought I'd ever see a world record sized fish. Too bad it doesn't count [ in the record books ]."
Many species of fish adapt to both fresh and salt water, but walleye have never been observed to survive in the saltcheck. A marine biologist at the scene speculated that the leviathan fish originated in the Columbia River which empties into the Pacific 50 miles to the North. "It probably caught a fresh water current from the river," the biologist reasoned. "Once the fresh water dissipated, the fish was stuck in the saltwater. It had to either adapt or die. I can't explain why." he shrugged, "but somehow this fish managed to adapt. The Pacific coast is an abundant foraging area, so this walleye probably grew at an accelerated pace."
When asked if other saltwater walleyes were possibly swimming in Oregon or Washington coastal waters, our source hypothesized, "If this one could survive, then others probably have too. The mouth of the Columbia River is the only place in the world where walleyes have access to the Pacific Ocean. They've only been in the lower river for about 25 years. Who know what's happened in that time? Nobody has ever studied the possibility of walleyes trickling into the Pacific."
Boggs doesn't care how the fish managed to exist, but says he's planning future coastal walleye fishing trips. "I hope this wasn't just a fluke. Maybe the record keepers will have to establish a new category for saltwater walleye? If that's the case," he s, "then I've got a headstart on other record seekers."
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[center][#000000]Record Walleyes[/#000000][/center] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Alabama [/size][/font][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]10 lbs 14 oz[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]1980[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Weiss Lake[/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Arizona[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]16 lbs 1.76 oz[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]11/18/02[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Show Low Lake - Gregg Munck[/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Arkansas[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]22 lbs 11 oz***[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]1982[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Greers Ferry[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font][/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Colorado[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]18 lbs 13 oz[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]1997[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Standley Lake[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font][/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Connecticut[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]14 lbs 8 oz[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]1941[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Candlewood Lake[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font][/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Georgia[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]11 lbs 6 oz[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]1995[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Richard B. Russell Lake[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font][/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Idaho[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]16 lbs 2 oz[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]1996[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Salmon Falls Creek Res.[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font][/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Illinois[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]14 lbs[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]1961[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Kankakee River[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Indiana[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]14 lbs 4 oz *[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]1977[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Tippecanoe River[/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Iowa[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]14 lbs 7.75 oz[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]1986[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Des Moines River[/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Kansas[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]13 lbs 10.56 oz[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]1996[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Wilson Res.[/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Kentucky[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]21 lbs 8 oz[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]1958[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Lake Cumberland[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font][/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Maryland[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]14lbs 4oz[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]1998[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Jennings Randolph [/size][/font][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Reservoir[/size][/font] [/left] [left] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Massachusetts[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]11 lbs[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]1975[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Quabbin Reservoir[/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Michigan[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]17.19 lbs[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]1951[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Pine River[/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Minnesota[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]17 lbs 8 oz[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]1979[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Seagull River[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font][/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Mississippi[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]9 lbs 10 oz[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]1985[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Tennessee River[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font][/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Montana[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]16 lbs 10 oz[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]2000[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Fort Peck[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Nebraska[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]16 lbs 2 oz[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]1971[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Lake McConaughy[/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Nevada[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]14 lbs 14 oz[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]1992[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Rye Patch Res.[/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]New Hampshire[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]12 lbs 8.8 oz[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]1992[/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Connecticut River[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]New Jersey[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]13 obs 9 oz[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]1993[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Delaware River[/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]New Mexico[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]16 lbs 9 oz[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]1989[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Clayton Lake[/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]New York[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]16 lbs 7.36 oz[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]1994[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Kinzua Res.[/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]North Carolina[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]13 lbs 8 oz[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]1986 [/size][/font][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Lake Chatuge[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font][/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]North Dakota[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]15 lbs. 12 oz[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]1959[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Wood Lake[/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Ohio[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]16 lbs 3 oz[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]1999[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Lake Erie[/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Oklahoma[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]12 lbs 10 oz[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]1995[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Altus-Lugert Lake[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font][/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Oregon[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]19 lbs 15.3 oz[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]1990[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Columbia River[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font][/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Pennsylvania[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]17 lbs 9oz[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]1980[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Allegheny Reservoir[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font][/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]South Carolina[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]10 lbs[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]1994[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Richard B. Russell Lake[/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]South Dakota[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]16 lbs 2 oz[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]2002[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Lake Francis Case[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font][/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Tennessee[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]25 lbs **[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]1960[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Old Hickory Reservoir[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font][/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Texas[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]11 lbs 14.08 oz[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]1990[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Lake Meredith[/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Utah[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]15 lbs 9 oz[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]1991[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Provo River[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Vermont[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]13 lbs 4 oz[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]1993[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Lower Clyde River[/size][/font] [/left] [left] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Virginia[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]17.82 lbs[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]2003[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Kanawha Falls[/size][/font] [/left] [left] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Washington[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]18 lbs 14.4 oz[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]2002[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Columbia River - [url "http://www.walleyecentral.com/fish_washington_record.shtml"]Click for picture[/url][/size][/font] [/left] [left] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]West Virginia[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]17 lbs 2.5 oz[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]1990[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Gauley River[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font][/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2][/size][/font] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Wisconsin[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]18 lbs[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]1933[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]High Lake[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Wyoming[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]17 lbs 6.72 oz[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]1991[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Boysen Res.[/size][/font] [/left] [left] [/left] [left][font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Saskatchewan[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]18.06 lbs[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]1997[/size][/font] [font "verdana,arial,helvetica"][size 2]Tobin Lake[/size][/font]

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[/left] [left]note, if the michigan record is corect and the walleye in stormy's hand is as heavy as thought (full of eggs and not in season) then stormy must have caught the state record and released it.[/left] [left] [/left] [left]I dont think stormy will tell where he landed this one [][/left]
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Dont know hard to tell, if you knew how wide the guys hand was you could make a rough estimate of the legenth of the fish, but it is a really nice fish, i would release it and make a mount from the pic, it would be a wall hanger for sure
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