SPOONWASHER Posted January 10, 2010 Posted January 10, 2010 So we headed out to a small lake (School Section) this morning in hopes of getting into some gills. Well that didn't happen, only got one tiny gill all morning. At about 12:30 we moved the shanty and got settled in again. After a couple minutes the Vexilar lit up!! So here I am thinking we got into a school of gills and moved my Firetiger Diamond Jig, # 14 size, tipped with a wax worm up to where the marks where. Jig jig, pause, slowly life, preasure, set the hook, zzzzzzz!!! Hmm maybe not gills anymore. I fought the fish for awhile thinking it was a Northern or maybe a big bass. Get it to the hole once and Dad said it was a Northern. Okay, I still want to get it in!!! It ran again and I fought it for awhile more, probably 5 minutes, and then when it got close I pulled it in hand over hand. Its head came up into the whole and its a big walleye! I put a death grip around its mid section and throw it up into the shanty, holy crap!!! Even better I caught it on the pole I made! 24 inches, 5 lbs 12 ounces. In the last pic the pole is 27 inches long and lined up with his nose, the first guide is 3 inches from the tip.
Adam Bomb Posted January 10, 2010 Posted January 10, 2010 Alright Justin...Darned nice fish, congratulations!
fishsniffer Posted January 10, 2010 Posted January 10, 2010 nice...i wish i liked being cold a little more:)
Nailer Posted January 10, 2010 Posted January 10, 2010 You da man. First that big buck, now this dandy Walleye. I can't wait to see whats next.
SPOONWASHER Posted January 10, 2010 Author Posted January 10, 2010 Haha thanks guys!! And Nailer, who knows, I guess I'm just one lucky kid! The thing is that this is a very small lake. Supposedly 3-4 years ago the DNR backed the truck up and opened the door and they were walleye on accident! I guess once they started dumping them they couldn't stop and they released 5,000 fish!! Regardless of how they got there I am pumped!
mattmishler Posted January 10, 2010 Posted January 10, 2010 VN. its allways a blast when somthing other than gills hit the wet noodle rod.
Priority1 Posted January 10, 2010 Posted January 10, 2010 GJ Justin. Fish always look better with a smiling kid in the pic. Nothing better than sharing our sport with a youngin.
N II Deep Posted January 10, 2010 Posted January 10, 2010 Walley in a shanty must be warmer than the back of Ken's boat.
SPOONWASHER Posted January 10, 2010 Author Posted January 10, 2010 Thanks everyone!! It sure was a blast, I was only using 2 or 4lb test and really had to baby him with the drag!
GLF Posted January 11, 2010 Posted January 11, 2010 Nice job Justin. I was suprised to hear that it was School Section lake.
DIRTY DOG Posted January 11, 2010 Posted January 11, 2010 AWSOME job justin, i almost went to school section this morning.
SPOONWASHER Posted January 11, 2010 Author Posted January 11, 2010 Nice job Justin. I was suprised to hear that it was School Section lake.Us too! We heard a rumor about the DNR dumping some in there by accident but never new if it was true!
SPOONWASHER Posted January 11, 2010 Author Posted January 11, 2010 AWSOME job justin, i almost went to school section this morning.The gill fishing was veryyy slow. Quite a few people went around the corner but I don't think they did any good. Have you heard anything good about any other lakes around here?
DIRTY DOG Posted January 11, 2010 Posted January 11, 2010 Nope , just a few up here around allegan. But some of them are still unsafe , like duck lk and base line.
SPOONWASHER Posted January 11, 2010 Author Posted January 11, 2010 Oh ok, last night we fished Cedar and only got a few gills. Had a tip up go but break the line:angry2: At first the ice on School Section looked not so good but it got better. Still have to be very careful out there!
phishtix Posted January 11, 2010 Posted January 11, 2010 Thats really cool! Congrats on a great fish! I love your dog too! Your story and pics just made my day. Thanks
Fishwhisperer Posted January 11, 2010 Posted January 11, 2010 Great job getting that Eye threw the ice. :cool:I have fished that lake allot and never knew it had Eye's in it. I will PM you w/ another lake, near by, that has been doing well with the Gills.
SPOONWASHER Posted January 12, 2010 Author Posted January 12, 2010 Thats really cool! Congrats on a great fish!I love your dog too! Your story and pics just made my day. Thanks Thank you!! And no problem:no:
ALLEYES Posted January 12, 2010 Posted January 12, 2010 Great fish ! You are quite the outdoorsman !!!
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