Took advantage of the little two day window of good weather we had and headed out in search of some Toothy ones. The only bait i could find was the white Norwegian mackerel like Tom mentioned in his post . I picked up a couple friends and we headed out , got to the water around 6:30 only to find everybody and their mom on the beach getting away from the heat , it was frustrating but WELL WORTH IT , we got away from the crowds and started casting small jigs and crocs to try and hook the small stuff that were boiling around . Believe it or not the first fish was a walleye perch and a toad , soooo on my hook he went
, half on mine (of course the head) half on my friends. The baits were soaking for an hour at least with not even a bump . Decided to recast everything and still try for bait , i casted the same walleye head out . After about another 30 minutes and stocking up on a few good baits (another walleye and macs) my rod got THUMPED BIG TIME , i threw everything down and picked my rod up , felt the fish just slowly swimming and buried the circle home , the area we are fishing is VERY Sketchy too much structure and grass so when we hook up its pretty much a tug of war with the reels locked down at maximum drag . So this beast took off at least 70 yards on 25lbs of drag , MAJOR shakes and tailslaps , very intense fight with multiple directional changes , it was EPIC , i love SOUPIES . After about 5-6 minutes of dragging this beast through a potential minefield and with a HUGE crowd behind me Sean grabs the tail and drags this 67" Soupie up on the sand for me ! Thanx Sean!
After a few pictures which all came out super weird , i released the beast ASAP . She puked out her stomach , which made me feel bad , but i really don't know what to do , or how to prevent this . Hopefully they survive ? she bit her stomach a few times ...
20 minutes later , after calming down (i was breathing weird lol ) I casted another walleye head out lol , a little smaller . Approximately 30 minutes later something picks it up and starts heading towards catalina , i set the hook and it starts running back now towards the beach , barely keeping up i gained tension , another 2-3 minutes she was on the sand as well, 50" walleye head hunting soupie.
Awesome night , it was VERY COOL pulling on these beauties , hopefully they are both doing well now !
Both fish were caught on an incoming High , full moon (or pretty darn close), and on Walleye head.
