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Sportcraft makes a sweet rig. Wonder why they dont make the 25 in an inboard?? Very nice boat just the same. Good luck with sale. Will make someone a very mean fish chasing machine.

Thank you... It was a team effort and I definitely played more of a supporting role.

Enjoyed Great company, picture perfect weather once the rain cleared, and picked away at the eyes. A one man limit of eyes and several ambitious rock bass. The pot of gold was a bonus.

This rainbow presented itself before shoving off to chase eyes on the river for a few hours yesterday evening. It was the brightest and most vivid rainbow I have ever seen. What a treat.

That was my thought too.... But the fish I caught had fairly large zebras in its gut. Some of them seemed too large to be ingested by a gobitron. I dont believe they were all in the gobies... But then again, what the heck do I kno, lol.

Nice work!! Good stuff.

Good stuff Kevin!! Great memories being made there.

Incidentally, as Im sure all of you probably know.... (I didnt until I read a neat biology white paper on walleye) the suction method of striking that walleye employ, is why us anglers experience the infamous short strike..... If our terminal gear is too heavy to be easily taken into the walleyes mouth during the gill flare they short strike. As a relative newbie to walleye fishing, thought this info was pretty cool.

Kevin, nice limit. I caught an eye earlier this season that had 2 large gobies in its stomach and a lot of Zebra muscles, as well. At first I thought maybe they were in the gobies but I quickly realized some of the zebras were likely too big to be eaten whole by a gobie. I guessed ( after doing some reading) that the zebras may be in the stomach due to feeding on the gobies holding to bottom. When a walleye feeds it flares its gill plates and inhales a column of water sucking its prey into its mouth.... I suspect this garners the gobie and some zebra muscles simultaneously. In instances where the gobie manages to evade the strike, I bet the walleye occasionally gets a mouth or throat full of zebras.... Just a theory based on how eyes predate.

No doubt about it.... They put up a great fight. Bowfin get a bad repp but they are a really neat fish.

Nice fish!! Great narrative too.... Congrats. Love to see the mount.

Is that from Chernobyl? Lol.

Really nice Northern! I wonder if the chains have more opportunity to gain traction due to the recent stress/decline the northern fishery has experienced in this part of the river??

That 5th wheel camper is a little hard to troll. Not a lot of flash either, lol.