02-24-2009, 03:12 PM
I copied and pasted a report of one I caught back on 6/16/06. It is still the biggest I have ever caught.
Three of us hit the Bear at about 7:30 and launched at the Corrine access. Headed downriver and and started throwing carp meat, chub meat and nightcrawlers. We caught lots of small cats under 10 inches and ended up only taking home two that were about 14" a piece. Just slow for the larger kitties. Although just after 12:00 a.m. I set the hook on a larger fish on carpmeat. It felt pretty good and took a little drag on the first run. I when I finally got it up to the surface my jaw dropped, along with the other two in the boat. It turned out to be a 26" walleye that tipped the scales at just over 6 lbs. I was stunned. In all the years we have fished the river, none of us have caught a walleye. I know they are caught periodically out of Cutler, but Corrine is a long way down the river from Cutler. Has anyone else heard of people catching walleye out of the Bear?
As you can see, I asked the same question almost 3 years ago. The DWR did a shock survey I think in 2007 from Cutler dam downstream. They found a good, self sustaining population of walleye in the upper section closer to Cutler dam. I just don't think anyone targets them.
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Three of us hit the Bear at about 7:30 and launched at the Corrine access. Headed downriver and and started throwing carp meat, chub meat and nightcrawlers. We caught lots of small cats under 10 inches and ended up only taking home two that were about 14" a piece. Just slow for the larger kitties. Although just after 12:00 a.m. I set the hook on a larger fish on carpmeat. It felt pretty good and took a little drag on the first run. I when I finally got it up to the surface my jaw dropped, along with the other two in the boat. It turned out to be a 26" walleye that tipped the scales at just over 6 lbs. I was stunned. In all the years we have fished the river, none of us have caught a walleye. I know they are caught periodically out of Cutler, but Corrine is a long way down the river from Cutler. Has anyone else heard of people catching walleye out of the Bear?
As you can see, I asked the same question almost 3 years ago. The DWR did a shock survey I think in 2007 from Cutler dam downstream. They found a good, self sustaining population of walleye in the upper section closer to Cutler dam. I just don't think anyone targets them.
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