near record walleye

[musky hunter]

WOW! Beautiful fish. Congratulations on a great release.

[kato811]

im just curious how many of you have seen a 16 lb walleye or even a 14 lb one?

[gnfishn]

I was fortunate enough to witness up close the catching of what is the current Saskatchewan record walleye. That fish was 18.06 pounds. Looking at photos of both fish I gotta say I'm a little skeptical. ...but then I've never been to New Ulm! Plus it's real hard to judge fish size from pictures.

[FoolNFish]

I just gotta say...dat's wot too manee Schell's & kraut will do to yer, it'll screw up yor eyes so's ya cain't reed da scail rite!!!

[LocalGuide]

I have seen a 13lb walleye before. They are definitely a huge fish.

My personal best is a 29.5" eye that I caught when I was about 11. I still will never forget it, and it was CPR. I also didnt weight it either so I would figure it to be in the 9-10lb range (I dont think it would of been over 10lbs though).

I have seen about 7 (that I can think of right now) walleyes over 28" caught right in-front of me before. All the other ones I see are either pictures or mounts.

I believe that the walleye in that pic to be about 14 lbs, but I would say no more b/c I wasn't there and I didn't see that anyone else weighed it. Now I also know that Al did catch a 8lb smallie too. He said he didn't even think about keeping it since he releases almost everything he catches. Just goes to show why he didnt keep any of those fish.

Id say its just one of those things that the media blows out of proportions again.

[Granny]

The outdoor news ran another article on the fish. They say that when the guy measured the fish he held it up against the side of the boat where his tape was and not flat on the floor of his boat. They said measuring this fish laying flat "could" add 3"-4" to the fish.

Granny

[Mark Christianson]

I thought that article was just plain silly.

If the guy has measured fish before in that respect and knows that its not accurately measuring the fish, then why the heck report the length of the fish if you know its off by inches???

I smell something fishy about the claims around that fish, and its fishier smelling than before.

Still agree though, that its a beauty.