Thursday, Big M

[Quillback]

Great report Quill and nice Sand Shark. Did it fight?

Like a wet sock.

[Ham]

Like a wet sock.

I keep reading that, but I don't get it. Drop on down to Bull and pull on a 26 incher for a while and honestly try to drop that wet sock line.

[Quillback]

I'm sure a 26" walleye can pull like a freight train. But for fighting ability, I'd rather hook a 26" carp, and imagine a 26" smallie! But for table fare, I'll take a walleye.

[rps]

I run a bit past Big M to reach here:

[Ham]

I certainly agree they don't pull like a smallie, but they let you know they aren't happy.

[Macsimus]

Like a wet sock.

Lol. I agree that gravel lizards fight but being from a place where the vast majority of anglers are insane on them, it's kind of fun to disrespect them a little. On the other hand as already noted, there is no finer shore lunch.

I remember watching an All American on Lake Hamilton quite a few years ago, maybe 2000 or 2001. Jeff Coble from North Carolina who eventually won the thing, had a camera guy in the boat and they were showing him reeling in a fish. Coble cranked the fish to the surface, saw that it was a walleye and turned to the camera and said, "yep...I thought so...felt just like a deesh rag." Totally unexpected and pretty hilarious at the time!

[dtrs5kprs]

Wet sock is generous. So happy that is our "bonus" fish, instead of extra bass or crappie. You know, the actual destination species for the lake.