First Walleye!!!

Well got called into work this mornin so that blew my morning trip. got in at 2:00 pm and was to tired to go this evening at first but loaded it all up and made the 45 min drive to white pond tried the walleye(kinda early in day I think) so switched to trollin for croppie deep on outside weed beds for bigger ones AND guess what I hooked into with a black and green tube jig? YEP WOOOOT! my first walleye 16" fat too. got im in the boat also learned you DONT thumb lip a walleye like you do a bass. band aids on my thumbs now. LOL I am officialy hooked on these fish! I will be lookin for more of these guys. thx for all the help and info. yea and dont have a knew camera yet that realy sucks.

awesome Mr. Jiggs, even trout have teeth that will smart you up pretty quick. Get a net (LOL)
eyes have never been a target fish for me except an occasional ice fishing trip, reason I could not offer any advice.
Keep at it and you'll be the walleye king here on fishusa !!!!

WTG Mr Jigs
 
 

you'ce been here for how long? and already caught more walleye than me?

 
Same here, i can count the number of eyes i have caught on one hand. I have tried but guess i don't know enough about them ???
 
 
BB
 
 

Mr. Jig you sure know how to tell a story and make me laugh. You reminded me of the first time I caught a pike. I caught it on a Rapala minnow with three sets of treble hooks. I used a very nice leatherman tool for pliers and I grabbed him like a bass on the bottom lip. Worked the pliers only to have the fish whip its entire body to get loose. I, very surprised, whipped my hand back and threw the leatherman in the river but not before cutting my hand nicely from a free hanging treble hook. Oh the memories. Talking about Walleye though, my sister caught her very first one the other day at the age of 29. Took her fishing and used the fish finder to locate the school before trolling in circles with a jig and worm. It was 15" on the dot and not that big so I am not sold on fishing for them from my boat yet, but I am sure as soon as won takes it deep for a fight and turns out to be over 20" or more, I will be sold.

Congrats on your walleye Mr Jigs.... yeah they are sure good eating eh?  I hope you dug out the cheeks and fried them up too... kinda like a scallop only better.   Mmmm 

Nice!!!! Kinda looks like a Sauger!!

Wow very nice bunch of eyes .....thats some good eating there.  Back, you seem to  know the NY hotspots very well, the NYC ressies, the cats, fingerlakes.  Hows a Joisey guy get all this NY action?  You sure get around brother! 

that be a 3/8 perch marabou hair jig mr jigs.. but although it dragged very well,, my friend had me two to one using black maras with silver tensil and esp. purple with red tensil.. surprisingly, shiners didn't get any off a slip dob.. not buying shiners no more..( i washed my minnow bucket good both before leaving and again before the next bait shop to help avoid transporting invasive zebra mussels that infests that gorgeous body of water.  One friend the first day caught a 10+ lb. channel and i forgot the camera! lol  we had a great week on south bay. gl on white pond.. i'm interested in walleye /crappie waters too. 

Well after that insperational pic of a great catch by 79 I couldnt wait for the weekend so took out today as soon as the last rain drop fell this morning..."dont mind the rain, just dont like the lightning dancing over head though, lol" got on about 11:30 yea not the best of times but had like 2 or 3 hrs at best before the next thunderclouds rolled in and was surprized to catch two 12 inch eyes right off, deep and slow. released them. and managed 6 or 7 small bass also returned but kept the 4 or 5 gills and 4 crappies. the bigger crappies seem to be staying deep on isolated weed beds. made it a few miles down the road when the lightning started marching across the sky. woot! 

Awsome pics! well I am definitely putting onieda on my list!