I caught another nice smallie out of the river I live on........

Here is a short video of the catch
Great Miami River Smallmouth

Sweet! You are on 'em!

You rock, Mike! You sure catch fine fish.

Ah comon missmolly,
It's a nice size fish.
It is not a FINE FISH!
It's a BASS, a Rat with scales, a mutated sucker, a Carp with an ugly face, etc!!
Sheeeeesh! :)

Awesome smallie Mike.... Tough to beat smallies in rivers.

Nice fish. I caught two this past summer that size. One on Emerald Lake in Quetico and one in a "canoe only" area in North east Wisconsin.

Mike need directions to where you are. I live right next to the Crow River and you can just about walk across it, it's so shallow.
Seriously where do you live, is it Mn.
TGO it's a nice FISH.

JB

Nice fish Mike

Wow, nice fish.

quote jb in the wild: "Mike need directions to where you are. I live right next to the Crow River and you can just about walk across it, it's so shallow.
Seriously where do you live, is it Mn.
TGO it's a nice FISH.


JB"

I am in Ohio and the river I live on, the Great Miami River is now flooded due to 2 to 3 inches of rain in the last 24 hours. It is pouring right now. A 19 inch fish out of this river is huge. I have been fishing this river for 37 years and it took me 20 years before I caught my first 20 inch smallmouth. I have only caught maybe 6 in my life out of that river. Anything over 16 inches out of this river is very nice. I have been having a good fall with many 17 and 18 inchers. So you have long drive, if you wait a week before you start driving the river might be back down by then. After the first frost they start hitting topwater so keep an eye on the weather channel :)

quote The Great Outdoors: "Ah comon missmolly,
It's a nice size fish.
It is not a FINE FISH!
It's a BASS, a Rat with scales, a mutated sucker, a Carp with an ugly face, etc!!
Sheeeeesh! :)"

I think they look prettier than a walleye and they fight harder too, they just don't taste as good......Sheeeeesh :)

Nice fish.....

quote QueticoMike: "

quote The Great Outdoors: "Ah comon missmolly,
It's a nice size fish.
It is not a FINE FISH!
It's a BASS, a Rat with scales, a mutated sucker, a Carp with an ugly face, etc!!
Sheeeeesh! :)"

I think they look prettier than a walleye and they fight harder too, they just don't taste as good......Sheeeeesh :)"

Oh man, not another one!!
Looks like I'll need to rent a bus to haul you, missmolly, and AndySG to the Lobotomy Clinic!!
May have to make room for jb in the wild too, seems like I'm losing him to the dark side!! :)

quote The Great Outdoors: "

quote QueticoMike: "

quote The Great Outdoors: "Ah comon missmolly,
It's a nice size fish.
It is not a FINE FISH!
It's a BASS, a Rat with scales, a mutated sucker, a Carp with an ugly face, etc!!
Sheeeeesh! :)"

I think they look prettier than a walleye and they fight harder too, they just don't taste as good......Sheeeeesh :)"

Oh man, not another one!!
Looks like I'll need to rent a bus to haul you, missmolly, and AndySG to the Lobotomy Clinic!!
May have to make room for jb in the wild too, seems like I'm losing him to the dark side!! :)"

Take an 18-inch bass and tie a rope to its tail. Take an 18-walleye and tie the other end to its tail. Put 'em both in the water and give 'em both a whack. You'll see the walleye waterskiing.

Once upon a time critters were bigger. Bigger crocs. Bigger cats. Bigger elephants. I figger there were bigger bass too. It wouldn't take much more than a 100-pound smallie to account for continental drift.

quote The Great Outdoors: "

quote QueticoMike: "

quote The Great Outdoors: "Ah comon missmolly,
It's a nice size fish.
It is not a FINE FISH!
It's a BASS, a Rat with scales, a mutated sucker, a Carp with an ugly face, etc!!
Sheeeeesh! :)"

I think they look prettier than a walleye and they fight harder too, they just don't taste as good......Sheeeeesh :)"

Oh man, not another one!!
Looks like I'll need to rent a bus to haul you, missmolly, and AndySG to the Lobotomy Clinic!!
May have to make room for jb in the wild too, seems like I'm losing him to the dark side!! :)"

Don't worry I still like to catch walleye and eat them. I will also be using live bait here as soon as it gets cold. We don't have any walleye in my river but we do have saugeye and they taste just as good:)

quote The Great Outdoors: "

quote QueticoMike: "

quote The Great Outdoors: "Ah comon missmolly,
It's a nice size fish.
It is not a FINE FISH!
It's a BASS, a Rat with scales, a mutated sucker, a Carp with an ugly face, etc!!
Sheeeeesh! :)"

I think they look prettier than a walleye and they fight harder too, they just don't taste as good......Sheeeeesh :)"

Oh man, not another one!!
Looks like I'll need to rent a bus to haul you, missmolly, and AndySG to the Lobotomy Clinic!!
May have to make room for jb in the wild too, seems like I'm losing him to the dark side!! :)"

You know, TGO, that there's a thousand miles of walleyes and nearly no bass north of the BWCA. It's just too cold up north for bass. There are too many lakes to name and many of them teem with walleyes.

All those Canadian lakes north of the BWCA would be full of Bass if people had transplanted them in there like they did in Northern Minnesota.
It would take a bit longer, but you will always find some small lake or bay that gets warm enough for them to spawn!
That's why I pray for a cold June every year, to keep those vermin under control!!
Keep in mind, that the Bass were planted for people that didn't have the skill to catch Walleye, just like basketball was invented for those that couldn't skate!! :)

quote The Great Outdoors: "All those Canadian lakes north of the BWCA would be full of Bass if people had transplanted them in there like they did in Northern Minnesota.
It would take a bit longer, but you will always find some small lake or bay that gets warm enough for them to spawn!
That's why I pray for a cold June every year, to keep those vermin under control!!
Keep in mind, that the Bass were planted for people that didn't have the skill to catch Walleye, just like basketball was invented for those that couldn't skate!! :)"

I have the skills to catch any fish that swims and I have the pictures to prove it, it is that I prefer to catch smallmouth.:) I know I'm sick :))

quote The Great Outdoors: "All those Canadian lakes north of the BWCA would be full of Bass if people had transplanted them in there like they did in Northern Minnesota.
It would take a bit longer, but you will always find some small lake or bay that gets warm enough for them to spawn!
That's why I pray for a cold June every year, to keep those vermin under control!!
Keep in mind, that the Bass were planted for people that didn't have the skill to catch Walleye, just like basketball was invented for those that couldn't skate!! :)"

I bet Lac Seul is the limit, latitude-wise.

If you're for stasis, you should go into the fossil record to ascertain what used to swim in your parts. Then you can rail about those relative newcomers, the walleye.

quote QueticoMike: "

quote The Great Outdoors: "All those Canadian lakes north of the BWCA would be full of Bass if people had transplanted them in there like they did in Northern Minnesota.
It would take a bit longer, but you will always find some small lake or bay that gets warm enough for them to spawn!
That's why I pray for a cold June every year, to keep those vermin under control!!
Keep in mind, that the Bass were planted for people that didn't have the skill to catch Walleye, just like basketball was invented for those that couldn't skate!! :)"

I have the skills to catch any fish that swims and I have the pictures to prove it, it is that I prefer to catch smallmouth.:) I know I'm sick :))"

I like catching big walleyes and I do by accident each summer, as I rarely target them. I sometimes catch walleyes on the surface and they hit my surface lures fairly frequently, but they don't have big enough maws for me to consistently hook them. Are they harder to catch than bass? I don't think so. When they co-school and I'm bait fishing, I catch them about 50/50.

quote QueticoMike: "

quote The Great Outdoors: "All those Canadian lakes north of the BWCA would be full of Bass if people had transplanted them in there like they did in Northern Minnesota.
It would take a bit longer, but you will always find some small lake or bay that gets warm enough for them to spawn!
That's why I pray for a cold June every year, to keep those vermin under control!!
Keep in mind, that the Bass were planted for people that didn't have the skill to catch Walleye, just like basketball was invented for those that couldn't skate!! :)"

I have the skills to catch any fish that swims and I have the pictures to prove it, it is that I prefer to catch smallmouth.:) I know I'm sick :))"

I like catching big walleyes and I do by accident each summer, as I rarely target them. I sometimes catch walleyes on the surface and they hit my surface lures fairly frequently, but they don't have big enough maws for me to consistently hook them. Are they harder to catch than bass? I don't think so. When they co-school and I'm bait fishing, I catch them about 50/50.

Walleye and bass are just cute little bait fish for my Esox!

TGO, I'll be happy to help reduce the Ely area small mouth population. Please find out where they are congregating and on my next trip up, you can point me in the right direction. In fact, I'll bring a group of my demented bass loving friends. We are all drooling for a tasty dinner of "Rats With Scales."

P.S. We promise to release any flavorless walleye caught by accident.

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Nice, Mike!
I know how difficult it can be here in Ohio!

Steve

quote missmolly: "

quote The Great Outdoors: "

quote QueticoMike: "

quote The Great Outdoors: "Ah comon missmolly,
It's a nice size fish.
It is not a FINE FISH!
It's a BASS, a Rat with scales, a mutated sucker, a Carp with an ugly face, etc!!
Sheeeeesh! :)"

I think they look prettier than a walleye and they fight harder too, they just don't taste as good......Sheeeeesh :)"

Oh man, not another one!!
Looks like I'll need to rent a bus to haul you, missmolly, and AndySG to the Lobotomy Clinic!!
May have to make room for jb in the wild too, seems like I'm losing him to the dark side!! :)"

Take an 18-inch bass and tie a rope to its tail. Take an 18-walleye and tie the other end to its tail. Put 'em both in the water and give 'em both a whack. You'll see the walleye waterskiing.


Once upon a time critters were bigger. Bigger crocs. Bigger cats. Bigger elephants. I figger there were bigger bass too. It wouldn't take much more than a 100-pound smallie to account for continental drift. "

THat's the problem with you bass people you have no idea how to compare different species of fish. Comparing the fight of a "baby" 18" walleye to a "granddad" 18" smally is ridiculous in both age and weight. An 18" smally would be closer to a 25" walleye for a truer comparison based on maturity and weight.

T

quote timatkn: "

quote missmolly: "

quote The Great Outdoors: "

quote QueticoMike: "

quote The Great Outdoors: "Ah comon missmolly,
It's a nice size fish.
It is not a FINE FISH!
It's a BASS, a Rat with scales, a mutated sucker, a Carp with an ugly face, etc!!
Sheeeeesh! :)"

I think they look prettier than a walleye and they fight harder too, they just don't taste as good......Sheeeeesh :)"

Oh man, not another one!!
Looks like I'll need to rent a bus to haul you, missmolly, and AndySG to the Lobotomy Clinic!!
May have to make room for jb in the wild too, seems like I'm losing him to the dark side!! :)"

Take an 18-inch bass and tie a rope to its tail. Take an 18-walleye and tie the other end to its tail. Put 'em both in the water and give 'em both a whack. You'll see the walleye waterskiing.



Once upon a time critters were bigger. Bigger crocs. Bigger cats. Bigger elephants. I figger there were bigger bass too. It wouldn't take much more than a 100-pound smallie to account for continental drift. "

THat's the problem with you bass people you have no idea how to compare different species of fish. Comparing the fight of a "baby" 18" walleye to a "granddad" 18" smally is ridiculous in both age and weight. An 18" smally would be closer to a 25" walleye for a truer comparison based on maturity and weight.


T"

I know, hun. I was talkin' smack. Tellin' whoppers. I like walleyes. I like them a lot. I might be fishing a lake next summer that has no bass. I won't know until I'm there, but if it's a typical walleye and pike lake, I'll be happy.

quote AndySG: "TGO, I'll be happy to help reduce the Ely area small mouth population. Please find out where they are congregating and on my next trip up, you can point me in the right direction. In fact, I'll bring a group of my demented bass loving friends. We are all drooling for a tasty dinner of "Rats With Scales."


P.S. We promise to release any flavorless walleye caught by accident.


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AndySG,
Go to most any lake in the Ely area to exterminate them.
Burntside Lake in particular, is loaded with those "things."
Bring as many friends as you want, and take about 15-20 thousand of them out and feed the Sea Gulls!!
If you take out 50,000 of the scaled Rodents, I'll personally lead the campaign to have you made Governor of the State for one month, in appreciation of your public service!!!!
If missmolly helps, she can be First Lady and ride with you in the ticker tape parade :)

quote The Great Outdoors: "

quote AndySG: "TGO, I'll be happy to help reduce the Ely area small mouth population. Please find out where they are congregating and on my next trip up, you can point me in the right direction. In fact, I'll bring a group of my demented bass loving friends. We are all drooling for a tasty dinner of "Rats With Scales."



P.S. We promise to release any flavorless walleye caught by accident.



:-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) "

AndySG,
Go to most any lake in the Ely area to exterminate them.
Burntside Lake in particular, is loaded with those "things."
Bring as many friends as you want, and take about 15-20 thousand of them out and feed the Sea Gulls!!
If you take out 50,000 of the scaled Rodents, I'll personally lead the campaign to have you made Governor of the State for one month, in appreciation of your public service!!!!
If missmolly helps, she can be First Lady and ride with you in the ticker tape parade :)"

I catch bass while fishing for walleyes. I release more than 99% of what I catch, but I once had a guy get sore at me in Escanaba, Michigan.

"Catch any walleyes?" he asked.

"About 60," I admitted.

"Damn poacher," he said.

Now, he was a meat fisher, so he assumed I had kept 60. I had kept zero and didn't even intend to catch the 60, but I had to catch them to reach the bass.

Anyone that fishes primarily for Bass does not have the ability to catch 60 Walleyes in a lifetime, let alone, one day!! :)

quote The Great Outdoors: "Anyone that fishes primarily for Bass does not have the ability to catch 60 Walleyes in a lifetime, let alone, one day!! :)"

Okay, I lied.

I caught 70.

missmolly,
As a Bass person, you couldn't catch more than 1 walleye per trip without a gill net, and have me believe it.
Unless you came back reincarnated as an Otter, then you'd have a chance! :)

quote The Great Outdoors: "missmolly,
As a Bass person, you couldn't catch more than 1 walleye per trip without a gill net, and have me believe it.
Unless you came back reincarnated as an Otter, then you'd have a chance! :)"

I was using a gill net. Have you ever fished Little Bay de Noc? Lots of walleyes. It's weird. It's very developed, but there are still lots of fish there and big fish too.