07-31-2005, 11:53 AM
[cool][#0000ff]Actually, the bait pulled off the hook during the fight. But, when I saw the puny condition of that poor snaky fish, I took pity on it and shoved a large whole chub minnow down its throat, before releasing it.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I know you are going to find the next part difficult to believe, but I am a fellow fisherman, so I know that nobody is going to challenge the truth of this. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You see, that silly anorexic fish did not boogie when I tenderly released it back into the water. It swam several feet away, staying near the surface and just followed me around. It watched where I made my next cast and then dove down and swam toward my bait. Within seconds of putting my rod in the holder, there was that silly fish, holding my head-hooked minnow crossways in its mouth, right in front of my tube.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]People in a boat nearby must of thought I was deranged when I started laughing. That desperate walleye had actually reasoned that I was a source of food, and that I would not harm it. So, I DID remove the hook from the bait, still held firmly in the wallie's jaws. Once the hook was out, the fish turned the minnow around and gulped it head first. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Just to see how many minnows that starving fish would eat, I emptied my remaining minnows into its open mouth, one by one. Each disappeared after a couple of chomps and a gulp. Kinda like feeding Flipper at Sea World.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]When I was out of minnows (I only brought a dozen), I tried feeding Wallie a piece of carp meat. I would never have thought it possible, but that ungrateful fish actually spit the carp meat right back in my face. (I know, walleyes don't have lips to pucker with, but it makes a good story.)[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Realizing that the feed was over, the now well fed walleye burped (go with me on this one), turned around and disappeared back into the murky water of Utah Lake. Only then did I realize that I had missed a great "photo op". My digital camera remained unused, hanging around my neck, during this whole ordeal. I am truly sorry that I was so caught up in the unusual behavior of that fish that I completely forgot to shoot any pics.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You DO believe me, don't you?[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I know you are going to find the next part difficult to believe, but I am a fellow fisherman, so I know that nobody is going to challenge the truth of this. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You see, that silly anorexic fish did not boogie when I tenderly released it back into the water. It swam several feet away, staying near the surface and just followed me around. It watched where I made my next cast and then dove down and swam toward my bait. Within seconds of putting my rod in the holder, there was that silly fish, holding my head-hooked minnow crossways in its mouth, right in front of my tube.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]People in a boat nearby must of thought I was deranged when I started laughing. That desperate walleye had actually reasoned that I was a source of food, and that I would not harm it. So, I DID remove the hook from the bait, still held firmly in the wallie's jaws. Once the hook was out, the fish turned the minnow around and gulped it head first. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Just to see how many minnows that starving fish would eat, I emptied my remaining minnows into its open mouth, one by one. Each disappeared after a couple of chomps and a gulp. Kinda like feeding Flipper at Sea World.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]When I was out of minnows (I only brought a dozen), I tried feeding Wallie a piece of carp meat. I would never have thought it possible, but that ungrateful fish actually spit the carp meat right back in my face. (I know, walleyes don't have lips to pucker with, but it makes a good story.)[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Realizing that the feed was over, the now well fed walleye burped (go with me on this one), turned around and disappeared back into the murky water of Utah Lake. Only then did I realize that I had missed a great "photo op". My digital camera remained unused, hanging around my neck, during this whole ordeal. I am truly sorry that I was so caught up in the unusual behavior of that fish that I completely forgot to shoot any pics.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You DO believe me, don't you?[/#0000ff]
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