Within minutes of deploying our trolling lines, Mark was hooked up with his first walleye and it was a good one. The first walleye over the side of the boat hit the tape at 26" and after a couple of quick pictures, back in the lake she went. For the rest of the afternoon, I don't think we went more than 15 minutes between hits. We didn't land them all and the biggest one got away before showing herself. Despite that it was one of the best afternoons of walleye fishing that I can ever remember. Our catch total for the afternoon was ten walleyes & saugers caught and three more lost before they got in the boat.
Mark had been saying all afternoon that he wouldn't mind taking one home for supper but none of the fish we were catching were under 20 inches long. On the final pass of the day, the last fish we caught measured 17" long and Mark did get to take one home. The average size of these walleyes we're catching right now is just awesome. The walleyes we caught measured 26, 23, 24-1/2, 21, 22 & 17 and the saugers measured 21, 21-1/2, 22 & 21-1/2" long.
