06-18-2023, 06:29 PM
(06-18-2023, 12:58 PM)wiperhunter2 Wrote: That will happen at times even if you do cut off that part of the crawler that hangs way too far beyond the hook. We lose fish like that on every trip and sometime it happens even on a lure. Sometimes eyes just don't comment and take the whole thing, different from the wipers, they usually get hooked every time because they are more aggressive, IMO. Those smaller wipers are likely the ones that were planted last year after the DWR heard complaints about there not being as many wipers in there. Wipers are so bony that you don't get much meat off a 12 incher, IMO they need to be 15 to 18 inches before you get much meat off them.
I feel the same way about walleye. I don't think you get enough meat off those under 16" to justify taking them. I talked to another angler at the cleaning station last trip and told him I'd released a couple of small walleye. He joked that releasing walleye was a sin. I told him that next year those fish will be 18", and releasing them is better for the fishery.
Single main, no kicker. 