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37" walleye?

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matthothand Mentor

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Is that supposed to be the alleged 37 incher? If not how long was the one in the pic?

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Granny Mentor

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That one looks like the big eye caught in Canada by the Roman Catholic Priest about two months ago. There were rumors that it was caught all over MN.

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andy j Proficient

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Granny,

You are right, this is the one I saw posted a few months ago, this fish was caught in Canada.

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The subject that was on the email was "record walleye? 18# 36" that's from the lake of the woods "

Message inside was ..."18 lb - 36" Walleye caught in the past week or so between Rocky Point and Long Point at a place called Twin Islands. Apparently may be the biggest walleye ever caught on Lake of the Woods. What a hog! "

Not sure when it was dated though

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Northlander Grand Master

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That eye was not from LOW! It was caught in Canada by a Priest like Granny and Andy said. There were rumors it was caught all over the place.

Ely where are those pics of the eye you were talking of? Just another Northwoods legend? grin.gif

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Ill have to agree with you Northlander, just curious to see what other rumors are out there. Well see if this is the same rumor Ely is talking about.

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The picture posted above was caught on Lake Tobin in Saskatchewan by a priest. Pending world record walleye caught through the ice. The story ran in the Bemidji Pioneer. I believe it was 18.3 lbs and 36.5 inches long.

The lady that runs the resort where I work and she no longer has the picture on her e-mail of the rumored 37" walleye from Insula. She had printed the picture off on computer paper and it was since been water damaged, so the fish hardly shows up anymore. I think all the locals brushed it off up here because it was caught and released by a tourist who didn't have a great picture of it. I will definitely post the picture if anything else develops. Sorry for the run around.

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No problem I was just curious if it was one of those 32" eyes caught by someone who never caught one over 24" and it got blown out of proportion. Of course its a big fish and we all like even the big ones to be bigger! grin.gif

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