My, My...A Walleye Willard 6-8-22 (with video)

[stocktondunkley]

Congrats Pat, always nice to catch a dead stick, I mean a walleye...  at least you got good tugs with the kitties and tasty vitals from the eye... Successful trip for sure... Later J

Thanks.  However, it always amazes me that so many people think of walleyes as poor fighters.  Sure, when you hook one while washing lures at mach 3 you take the starch out of them before they can show much.  But most of the eyes I catch are caught either at low speed bottom bouncing or while casting jigs.  And most of those put up as good of a fight as any other fish.  And some of the big mamas at Utah Lake can really beat you up.  But the main thing I really like about casting for them is feeling the solid CHOMP when they slam their toothy jaws shut on whatever I am fishing.  Ya just don't get that while fast trolling. 

Tasty "vitals"?  I'm pretty sure you meant "victuals".  But then your victuals usually pass through your vitals so what the heck?

Better than that is when you feel that very light tap, wait just a second after you know shes got in her mouth and set the hook, those big momas do not like to come in and when they roll you see the big swirl of water from there tail and you know that hook can pop out of that rock hard mouth any second,  that a adrenaline RUSH,

I have had it both ways. Some walleye I hook into on the Bear River just roll right on into the net. I do remember a time when I hooked into a big 30” and it sure fought hard! I thought I had a carp on the line….ended up being around 10 pounds too. Anyways, eating them is the main reason I look for the eyes.