[tinyfisher]

Here's a couple from shortly after midnight, Jan 1, 2003. Lake Geneva.

Here's me with one around 6 lbs.


Here's my dad with one we never weighed, but went 31" with a 23" girth. We used an equation to estimate her at 13lb 13oz


And my favorite pic of the same fish...

[Marc]

Those are some nice eye's and that last picture is very cool!

[Bubbalouie]

Beautifull fish!

[RonG]

Wow! Now that's some great late season open water.

[tinyfisher]

Yeah, that was a night I'll remember for a long time. The fireworks were still going off and the bars were hoppin' when my dad got the big one. He get's to have all the fun though, I still haven't got one over 10lbs. I think he got 4 or 5 that winter. I hope I get to see a fish that big again in my lifetime.

PS Thanks for the avitar!

[Chas E.]

Very cool! Those are some absolute tanks!! Definatley some hard bark on your father & you, at that time of year!

Congrats, thanks for sharing!

Chas

[GETDANET1]

Great Pics. Great eyes. Great to see you out with your Dad! Great seeing that BIG Gal going back to make some future generations for Walleye Fin-addicts.

[tinyfisher]

GETDANET1 wrote:

Great Pics. Great eyes. Great to see you out with your Dad! Great seeing that BIG Gal going back to make some future generations for Walleye Fin-addicts.

I almost always go fishing with my dad, he owns the boat! And I'll be honest, that big girl got a nick while unhooking her, and bled a little. We had her in the livewell for about 30 minutes. She almost didn't fit! She stopped bleeding and appeared to be in great shape, so we let her swim. I hope she's still out there! Scary thing is this was before digital cameras, so we didn't know if we even got a good pic or not until we developed the film! You can see that I chopped the tail a little. That pic still lives on my parent's fridge.