Popped the cherry

[Gern186]

I was fishing on the pond in the back yard last evening for bluegill, and pulled my first ever walleye through the ice......he was about 22 inches long. Caught him on a small glow jig tipped with a wax worm right at sunset.

Now I know why there were no bluegill around, never caught any!

 

[Diablo54]

CongrAts! How thick was the ice?


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[Gern186]

CongrAts! How thick was the ice?


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It was only about 3-4 inches thick, there is about 6" of snow on top of it and that's keeping it from getting thicker.

 

[Curran]

Goooood eatin' :smiley_cook:

 

[jagermeister]

Wow that's an awesome catch, Chad! I'm hoping to bring my first ice walleye up on monday... heading over to New London Reservoir.

 

[Mike]

Did you stock the pond with walleye?

 

[Gern186]

Did you stock the pond with walleye?

Well, yeah......sort of.

I transplanted them from the warreye run.lol

I put 25 of them in the pond over a 3 year span....the smallest being about 19"

 

[cotty16]

Well, yeah......sort of.

I transplanted them from the warreye run.lol

I put 25 of them in the pond over a 3 year span....the smallest being about 19"

Wonder how many made it? And I wonder if they're reproducing.

Nice catch!

 

[Diablo54]

Wonder how many made it? And I wonder if they're reproducing.

Nice catch!

Dont quote me on this but i think i was told that walleye can not reproduce in a pond.


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[Mike]

I thought so gern.

 

[Gern186]

Wonder how many made it? And I wonder if they're reproducing.

Nice catch!

Unless an all male class of fish can reproduce, then no they are not reproducing.....lol

To my knowledge all the fish I put in there were Jacks.


All of the fish made it, but I have lost a couple due to swallowed hooks.

 

[Thunderflight]

How big is your pond? Don't walleye need a bigger body of water?

 

[Mike]

Unless an all male class of fish can reproduce, then no they are not reproducing.....lol

To my knowledge all the fish I put in there were Jacks.


All of the fish made it, but I have lost a couple due to swallowed hooks.

We'll work on that in the spring (hard female).

 

[Gern186]

How big is your pond? Don't walleye need a bigger body of water?

It's 3/4 acre. They have been in there 4 years now and are doing fine. There are plenty of bluegill and I stock fathead minnows every spring. It was just an experiment to start with, but now its turned into a project to see what different types of bait they can be caught on.

A 4-6" bluegill hooked through the back works real good suspended under a bobber about 4'. Also, all the regular live baits such as worms and minnows will work. I even caught one at night one time fishing for catfish on a piece of hot dog!