Walleye Bonaza

[GLF]

3 of us went walleye fishing Wednesday night on a local tributary to Lake Michigan. It was 38f with some rain mixed in. This was the leading edge of a cold front coming in. We fished from 6pm till 3am. We ended up with 13 walleye and missed at least 12 more. We trolled slow(1.4-1.7mph on gps) with an electric trolling motor, using #14 Rapala Husky jerk baits. Each of us had 1 rod in hand. We would pump the rod foreward, and move the rod back slowly(keeping the line tight) with the speed of the boat. Our reels are spooled with #14lb Berkley fireline. This combination gets our baits down around 9'. We worked sharp drop offs on large flats and kept the boat in 12-14' of water.

This is me with the first fish on the night. It tipped the scales at 6 1/2 lbs.
http://www.greatlakesfisherman.com/gallery/files/4/7/4/img_9308.jpg


Here I am with the big fish of the night, 11lbs 2oz walleye. I am having this fish mounted.
http://www.greatlakesfisherman.com/gallery/files/4/7/4/img_9312.jpg


This is my friend Terry with a 10lb 1oz walleye.
http://www.greatlakesfisherman.com/gallery/files/4/7/4/img_9316-2.jpg


Here is a picture of our catch for the night.
http://www.greatlakesfisherman.com/gallery/files/4/7/4/img_9317.jpg

This report did not get posted on my website. This would draw too much attention to the lake and would ruin the fishing.

[Gruvis]

Congrats on the catch there Mike 2 nice "lunkers"

[Flodström]

Congrats Mike and Terry. What a catch....a bonanza I would like to call it too :eek:

Seems to you had a lot of things to do when you where out fishing at this time, hehe :lol:

The 11 and 10 pounder was very nice fish, indeed.

Did you have had a bigger catch any time earlier, e.g. bigger fishes than those 11 and 10 pounders? How big could the grow those walleyes in your lake? Same as in Scandinavia (approx 30 lb)? :rolleyes:

[GLF]

The state record for Michigan is 17.19lbs. There was a walleye caught from Muskegon Lake a couple of years ago that weighed 15.56lbs. Its possible there is a state record walleye in Muskegon Lake.