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Author:
bowhunter095
Date:
May 19, 2012
Subject:
Batterson 5/18
Message:
Last night my friend and I got back out on Batterson in search of our first ever walleye. We got on the water around 9:30. I trolled a perch color shad rap while my friend trolled a silver original floating rapala. After about 20 minutes I got a hit which I knew wasn't big and landed a dinky little rock bass :P Not even 5 minutes later I got another hit. This time my rod bent over and I knew i had a big fish. After fighting the fish for a minute I noticed that it wasn't coming to the surface so my heart started racing because I had heard that walleye tend to stay down. Then about a minute later I got the fish to my kayak and shined my light on it. IT WAS MY FIRST WALLEYE! It was 21 inches long and weighed 2 pounds 13 ounces. [img:7e0864a85c]https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/549412_427798403905168_100000250359607_1541072_1089549537_n.jpg[/img:7e0864a85c] We kept fishing until 11 but we weren't getting anything so we decided to troll the same shoreline back to the boat launch. Around 11:10 my friend got a hit and this fish was staying down to! He brought it to his kayak and sure enough, he got his first walleye! His was 18 inches, 2 pounds 7 ounces! [img:7e0864a85c]https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/534794_427798387238503_100000250359607_1541071_587928009_n.jpg[/img:7e0864a85c] I couldn't believe we got two keepers in one night! Anyway, we kept trolling back to the boat launch. My friend ended up getting a white perch and another little rockbass :P When we were about 100 yards away from the launch I got another big hit! I heard a big splash behind me and had a feeling it was a large mouth. This fish put up a good fight for a few minutes until I landed it. It ended up being a chunky 17 inch, 2 pound 7 ounce largemouth. Not the biggest i've caught but it sure put up a fight! I didn't get a picture of that fish though :? We got off the water around 11:45 with a total of 2 rock bass, 1 white perch, 1 large mouth and OUR FIRST WALLEYE! [img:7e0864a85c]https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/534338_427798313905177_100000250359607_1541069_618925117_n.jpg[/img:7e0864a85c]
Author:
Fishface
Date:
May 19, 2012
Message:
Nice job guys.
Author:
TurtleKiss
Date:
May 19, 2012
Message:
I was wondering who that was fishing along the opposite shoreline! Nice job on the walleye.
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