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06/23/2018 11:32PM   (Thread Older Than 3 Years)
On my trip this year at the end of May, I caught this 24” fat walleye on Hatchet Lake, on a fly rod. Full sink line with a jointed black woolly bugger. Was a shame I was solo as it was twice what I could eat myself.
 
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06/24/2018 05:14AM  
Nice fish and a great picture!
 
mastertangler
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06/24/2018 06:24AM  
What a great catch on a fly rod. Well done, terrific picture!
 
QueticoMike
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06/24/2018 07:38AM  
Nice one! Thanks for sharing!
 
06/24/2018 09:32AM  
Nice!!
 
06/24/2018 10:48AM  
Congrats
 
halvorsonchristopher
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06/24/2018 12:55PM  
Good looking fish! I'm sure you managed to find others to eat!
 
carmike
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06/24/2018 02:05PM  
Nice fish...and even cooler on a fly rod!
 
missmolly
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06/24/2018 02:19PM  
What a beautiful fish! Love its golden flanks backdropped by the bluest sky and your shining smile.
 
06/24/2018 02:57PM  
From my perspective you did great. My personal best was 23 inches and it wasn't on a fly outfit.
 
06/24/2018 04:22PM  
what an awesome catch !!
 
06/24/2018 06:06PM  
Beautiful pic. I like it!
 
06/24/2018 07:22PM  
Nice walleye and wonderful picture. As a soloist, how many takes did you shoot to get your photo?
 
Hillbilly
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06/24/2018 08:25PM  
27" eastern wind blown Suzanette on a rapala taildancer in a heavy wind chop. Let er go to swim another day.
 
Hillbilly
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06/24/2018 08:27PM  
that is an absolute hog congrats. On the fly no less!
 
missmolly
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06/25/2018 06:00AM  
Hillbilly: " 27" eastern wind blown Suzanette on a rapala taildancer in a heavy wind chop. Let er go to swim another day."


Sweet petunias, that's a beautiful fish! The color is incredible. And thanks for releasing it!
 
missmolly
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06/25/2018 07:45AM  
nlong and hillbilly, those are two of the best fish photos I've seen on this site. I keep clicking on them! The colors are so vivid and there's so much to engage the eye in each.
 
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06/25/2018 07:58AM  
Niiiiiiice! Aren't big fish fun? :)
 
thegildedgopher
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06/25/2018 09:25AM  
missmolly: "nlong and hillbilly, those are two of the best fish photos I've seen on this site. I keep clicking on them! The colors are so vivid and there's so much to engage the eye in each. "
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X2, nice catches & photos!
 
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06/25/2018 10:00AM  
Beautiful catches, gentlemen, and great entries into the memory banks, I'm sure.
 
amhacker22
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06/26/2018 12:54PM  
Fantastic!

I'm curious about how you caught it. I just started fly fishing in the last month, so forgive my newb-ness.

Do you cast it, let it drop, and just slowly strip it in moving it along the bottom? Do you troll it? Are you working it suspended mostly?

No matter how you did it, GREAT FISH!!
 
06/26/2018 10:43PM  
Hillbilly: " 27" eastern wind blown Suzanette on a rapala taildancer in a heavy wind chop. Let er go to swim another day."


Love that lake. Nice fish!

T
 
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07/01/2018 08:33AM  
NICE!
 
07/02/2018 07:58AM  
amhacker22: "Fantastic!


I'm curious about how you caught it. I just started fly fishing in the last month, so forgive my newb-ness.


Do you cast it, let it drop, and just slowly strip it in moving it along the bottom? Do you troll it? Are you working it suspended mostly?


No matter how you did it, GREAT FISH!!"


I caught this one trolling with my 7wt rod as I was paddling to the spot I was going to fish. I caught plenty others with casting, counting out for the depth and the sink rate of the line, and then slowly retrieving. I was snagging bottom quite a few times, but was able to get it unhooked by paddling up past where I was snagged and got my streamer free. The only streamers I lost were to the toothy pike. I also lost a huge pike or walleye as I didn't get a good hookset. It hit so hard it ripped the line from my hands before I could grasp it harder to try to set the hook. Only had it on for about 8 seconds before I lost it. Whatever it was, it was huge.

I also brought my 9wt rod for pike fishing and used it on Kiana lake. I day tripped into Kiana one afternoon and caught 4 pike in the 20+ range and one 30". Was hoping for larger, but was still satisfied as it was my first time fishing that lake.
 
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