Aug. 7th - 28 Inch Blue Walleye

Post by **TheFishFinder** » Sun Aug 08, 2010 5:36 pm

Hit the water early this morning around 6:45 am. Was fishing with a Reed Runner with a trailer hook topped off with a white 4 inch twister. Fished along the bank till I got to two weed bed points forming a channel into a small bay off the river. That was the HOT spot! Started off by catching this nice Bass, then caught two Blue Walleye 10 minutes apart. The second one was a beast measuring 28 inches and weighing 6.8 lbs. I also missed another Walleye and a Bass. Wow! What a morning.....

17 inches

21 inches

28 inches & 6.8 lbs

Post by **troutnmuskiehunter** » Sun Aug 08, 2010 5:44 pm

Nice report.... I've caught many blue walleye in the past and those do not look anything like them

...especially that last pic

Post by **lapointeric** » Sun Aug 08, 2010 7:09 pm

Nicely done!

Here's how much I know about Blue Walleye, I thought I read that they were extinct.

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Post by **Seabass81** » Sun Aug 08, 2010 7:15 pm

Very nice Walleye but pretty sure its not a blue .

John

Post by **troutnmuskiehunter** » Sun Aug 08, 2010 7:16 pm

lapointeric wrote:Nicely done!

Here's how much I know about Blue Walleye, I thought I read that they were extinct.

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I was introduced to "blue walleye" by the one and only Daner 24yrs ago on a kick butt lake in Quebec.......

.......he should be able to post some pics of a true Blue Walleye

Post by **TheFishFinder** » Sun Aug 08, 2010 7:45 pm

TroutnMuskieHunter wrote:Nice report.... I've caught many blue walleye in the past and those do not look anything like them ...especially that last pic

Only reason I'm saying there blue walleye's is they were grey-ish / white colored. They weren't your gold-ish / black color ones that everybody catching. If there are not Blue walleye's what are they?

Post by **esox50** » Sun Aug 08, 2010 9:24 pm

Looks like a color morph. It's still just a regular walleye, merely not your classic gold colour likely caused by the turbid waters you were fishing.

Post by **Cyber** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 4:38 am

Those are just regular Wally's, a lot of places
on the Ottawa they're lightly coloured like that,
fish adapt to their environment.

BTW, 28" & 6 lbs. plus is a beauty indeed,
congrats on a productive outing.

Post by **Daner** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 6:46 am

I was introduced to "blue walleye" by the one and only Daner 24yrs ago on a kick butt lake in Quebec....... Very Happy .......he should be able to post some pics of a true Blue Walleye Wink

Here you go Guys.
They are out there but not caught too often. They pray on your brain, swim in your sleep and wait for the limited few fishermen. I am one, my brother is another, so is my little buddy Alex and of course my big buddy Steve!

Alex and his 1st Pickerel!
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A night's fishing result. Slow night!
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My bed and comforter!
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Lake XXX

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Post by **Big Jim** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 6:47 am

Hey Guy's, Cyber is right...the true Blue Walleye was from Lake Erie and has been non-existant since the 1930's...although there are places in Quebec that have some with a blue tinge to them...they are not "blue walleye"

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BIG JIM

Post by **troutnmuskiehunter** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 6:54 am

Daner wrote:
I was introduced to "blue walleye" by the one and only Daner 24yrs ago on a kick butt lake in Quebec....... Very Happy .......he should be able to post some pics of a true Blue Walleye Wink
Here you go Guys.
They are out there but not caught too often. They pray on your brain, swim in your sleep and wait for the limited few fishermen. I am one, my brother is another, so is my little buddy Alex and of course my big buddy Steve!

Alex and his 1st Pickerel!
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A night's fishing result. Slow night!
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My bed and comforter!
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Lake XXX

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Post by **Daner** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 6:58 am

Here you go Guys.
They are out there but not caught too often. They pray on your brain, swim in your sleep and wait for the limited few fishermen. I am one, my brother is another, so is my little buddy Alex and of course my big buddy Steve! Twisted Evil

Alex and his 1st Pickerel!

A slow night!

Lake XXX

Hey Guy's, Cyber is right...the true Blue Walleye was from Lake Erie and has been non-existent since the 1930's...although there are places in Quebec that have some with a blue tinge to them...they are not "blue walleye" Very Happy .

I beg to disagree!

Post by **Big Jim** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 7:17 am

Daner...you can disagree all you want dude ...just because they have a blue tinge to them does mot make them blue walleye...science is what makes them blue walleye...

BIG JIM

Post by **Daner** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 7:52 am

Again Jim, I disagree.

You can read and believe the reports all you want, but I have been catching them since 1970. And there is a difference between a yellow pickerel and a blue that I catch.
Isn't it funny how the Americans only speak of the Great Lakes, in the following article.
There are other waters in this world and certainly the governments cannot monitor them all!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_walleye

We all have our beliefs!

Post by **MLR** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 8:12 am

Interesting reading from a a while back in Ontario Out of Doors magazine.

http://www.ontariooutofdoors.com/fishin ... =86&a=read

Walleye making their own sunscreen?

Daner, do you have any pics of the blue walleye and the yellow walleye together? The articles I have read suggest that there will be a notable difference in the size of the eyes and the blue walleye eyes will be closer together.

Would be neat to see a local pic showing they both exist.