Hi! everyone! I will try to post pictures but have never posted on the board so who knows what will happen.
What a weekend! My husband and I went to Picton on Saturday and stayed 2 nights at the Picton Harbour Inn and docked the boat only feet away from our room - Sweet! Was out on the water Saturday morning around 7 am (a little late because of the drive). We had our limit of nice size eater by Sunday am but don't get me wrong it wasn't easy - they made us work for them. So by noon on Sunday we thought we would go in for lunch and come back out after supper. By that time we had caught everything from perch to sheepies to pike and of course walleye.
We were back on the water by 5 pm on Sunday - we thought that we would try different things lures, speed, etc. to see if we could catch a monster. Well, it happened!!!
We were trolling along around 8pm thinking about packing it in for the day. Then all of a sudden the planer board went TOTALLY under. I grab the rod and thought that we had hooked the bottom or a branch or something - My hubby put the boat into neutral because I didn't want to break the line. Then it started to take line and the fight was on.
I had to play nice because I only had 8lb test on the rod with no leader and it was a monster. After a good fight up to that point my husband took the planer board off and got the net ready - just in case I won the fight!!! I was fighting and watching the water for a peek at the monster. I saw a dark shadow under the water and thought that it was a big pike like earlier in the day. Then we seen a flash of white and my husband said "My god, it's a walleye" The pressure was on even more because I wanted to landed it in the boat - keeping in mind I only had a 8lb test and no leader.
. Finally landed it in the boat what a MONSTER!!! It came in at just a little bit over 36" and our new Rapala scale read 7.90 kg (17.4lbs.) Unbelieveable!!!
After I took pictures of my husband with her we put her back in the water and revived her, I thanked her for the honor of the fight and catch, and watched her swim away. Whew!!! Something that I will never forget and will talk about for years.
We are going to Alaska in July and are going salmon fishing on the Kenai and King Crab fishing but I don't think anything will ever top this weekend!!! I hope everyone had a unforgettable weekend and did good. I will now try to post a picture but don't know if I can do it! Thanks to Mama Walleye for the weekend