Walleye Surprise!

[bwcballer10]

Had a little time after work on Friday so the girlfriend and I decided to head to the river for a little fishing. I ended up catching 3 walleye the last 40 minutes before dark, one of those being a 26 1/2 incher that weighed 7 and a half pounds. By far the biggest walleye I have ever caught. I was pretty surprised to catch that many out of one hole this time of year. My girlfriend also caught a couple of whites and a smallmouth that was about 3 pounds and was dragging another keeper walleye onto the bank when the jig popped out of his mouth. All the fish were caught on a shad colored swimming minnow on an 1/8 ounce head. I'm trying to upload a couple of pictures now but this is the first time I've done it so we'll see how it goes.

[bwcballer10]

The cutting board in that picture is right at 24 inches long (just to give it a little reference)

[bs1827]

Wow! Nice walleye! Sounds like a good smallie too. Haven't heard many people talk about pulling walleye out of Sac this time of year. Congrats! Were you fishing closer to the lake or farther upstream?

[bwcballer10]

Thanks bs. We were fishing WAY upstream from the lake so I was pretty shocked when I hooked the first one. I actually hooked the big one last so when I hooked him I knew that it was a possibility he was a really good walleye because they all felt the exact same way when they bit. I knew it was a really heavy fish, I was just hoping it wasn't a catfish. I went back Saturday afternoon and caught 2 more keeper walleye and a short out of the same hole. This is just crazy for me because the only walleye I catch are accidental ones during the spring white bass run.