Mr.Jigs
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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.
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RE: First Walleye!!!
2009/05/31 09:51:48
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Sweet! Ya, they have some gnarly teeth. Where you using riggers or just slow trolling?
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RE: First Walleye!!!
2009/05/31 10:15:24
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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 !!!!
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RE: First Walleye!!!
2009/05/31 10:39:31
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lol, you'ce been here for how long? and already caught more walleye than me?
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RE: First Walleye!!!
2009/05/31 11:01:45
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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
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Mr.Jigs
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RE: First Walleye!!!
2009/06/01 20:42:37
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Thx all! yea Just trolling last cast, had a single jig about 40 ft behind the boat on slowest lev on trolling motor best guess about 2 ft above the 12 ft deep weeds I had a hard hit a little earlier took me straight to deep water then cut the line felt big walleye or pick? wont never know lol.I fillet that walleye and deep fried him golden brown, man if i knew they where this good I'd been fishin for them a lot sooner. it was great just climbed to #1 on my favorite fresh water fish.
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RE: First Walleye!!!
2009/06/02 18:12:19
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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.
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Mr.Jigs
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RE: First Walleye!!!
2009/06/02 18:22:44
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LOL, Rajin I bet we aren't the only two with teeth scars either! Gratz to your sister! way to go! Throwing your leatherman tool over board, that is funny, same as when I was 20 and huntin in the south I had a 357 mag pistol 7" barrel I carried in a western style holster when hunting cause of the thickets in down there. Thought I was the sh_t with that gun.....till a covey of quail flew out from under my feet one cold deadly quiet morning and startled, In a flash I drew my pistol quick draw and .....threw it about 40 feet out in front of me! after makeing sure no one was around i quietly walked over and picked it up only to hear a man who was sitting high in a tree stand above say" nice move quick draw mc graw and laugh his****off" never did know who he was. LOL
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RE: First Walleye!!!
2009/06/02 22:27:06
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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
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Mr.Jigs
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RE: First Walleye!!!
2009/06/04 20:02:18
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Cheeks? aw hell didnt know! will on next ones though, thanks for tip.
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RE: First Walleye!!!
2009/06/06 07:40:54
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Nice!!!! Kinda looks like a Sauger!!
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RE: First Walleye!!!
2009/06/14 16:23:57
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Mr jigs, we rarely go for walleye but this Oneida trip went perfect, we had the best drifts ..best action was on the jigs and worms heres me and the three others catch our limit one day. other days we caught fewer fish but, all days were excellent boat days. ![](http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo359/luke7908/walleye014.jpg) most were well over the size limit
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RE: First Walleye!!!
2009/06/15 09:34:18
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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!
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Mr.Jigs
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RE: First Walleye!!!
2009/06/15 09:51:04
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Awsome catch 79! is that a green headed hair jig? or a float cant tell very well. Great pics thx! I feel a sick day commin on fast now, lol where did I lay that rod now?
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RE: First Walleye!!!
2009/06/15 19:18:12
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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.
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RE: First Walleye!!!
2009/06/15 19:19:10
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thank you yank, it is still land of the free! ..i think? ..lol
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RE: First Walleye!!!
2009/06/15 21:09:37
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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!
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RE: First Walleye!!!
2009/06/21 08:00:37
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![](http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo359/luke7908/walleye024.jpg) wish i could just blink and be there again.. onieda has great eye fishing..and sunsets..peace all
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RE: First Walleye!!!
2009/06/21 15:45:39
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Awsome pics! well I am definitely putting onieda on my list!
A lure drawing the first strike of an early morning, the strong tug on the end of your line, the excitement of a leaping fish... that,s livin large!
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