We decided to go fishing yesterday. The high there was predicted to be 106. But, we decided to go and get off the lake early. With this disease ongoing the lake is closed 3 days a week and only open from 7:00 am to 5:00pm. So there is really no escaping the heat. It is just hot and hotter.
Anyway we get on the lake at 7 and I hit an area with some rocky points and a little brush on them. Thought I might catch a few crappie and or at least a few white bass moving through. Hit this point and the helix lit up with shad. I could see a few crappie around one bush. After catching a few white bass, I had something heavy hit my jig. Now this is the same lake my wife caught a state record walleye in back in 1985. Yea we are aged. The walleye was 32.5 inches long and weighed 15 lbs 10 ounces.

Back to the story. Whatever it was that hit my jig was big, and it moved away from the point into deeper water. Don't know how I got so lucky. I tired it out and it came up to the surface right at the boat. Then decided to move from the front to the back all the while giving us a great look at it. It was a huge walleye. As big or bigger than wife's state record. It was too big for the net and wife couldn't get the net positioned near the head. So she grabs the line to guide the heard into the net. I yell don't grab the line and pop, It was gone. Wife is heartbroken and I am shocked. All is well now though, except she keeps saying she is sorry, very, very sorry. Perhaps it is time to mention a new boat?
But, seriously, it was a huge walleye!