PKNNH Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 This walleye right here is the first official swimbait fish of my fishing career! Decided to get into the swimbait game as it looked fun and oh man it is! Was fishing a dam with some friends and they were joking around with me talking about how nothing would even come close to my lure since it was so big. After chucking and winding for thirty minutes or so I feel a small pull and set the hook. I bring this guy in and begin to lose my mind and kept shouting at them "You saw that right? Tell me you saw that!". I was literally shaking from the excitement (and the fact that I was freezing). Seriously looking forward to catching more. So much fun. Sorry for the awkward pictures, I was quite far from my friends and too busy freaking out to get any good photos. Really wanted to make sure that I got it with the hook in its mouth to show my dad (who is not a believer in big baits) that the fish really did eat the lure. Thanks for reading! Tight lines yev14, A_Deanbaiter, FishDr and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porkmeatballs Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 Awesome! Keep on chucking and you'll catch more! PKNNH and yev14 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishDr Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 Walleye, especially big walleye, will engulf swimbaits. Welcome to the dark side of walleye fishing! yev14, Londonmitch and PKNNH 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 What a way to start it all off...no going back now! PKNNH 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_Deanbaiter Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 I was fishing a river last summer, the river is known for its salmon fishing so it was packed. Anyway, we had floated down in the boat for a mile or so and I had so many guys bashing me for fishing a swimbait in good salmon waters. Jokes on them I caught my limit of walleye on a shine glide while they were breaking off and fighting each other for those half dead salmon. PKNNH and yev14 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKNNH Posted April 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 14 hours ago, FishDr said: Walleye, especially big walleye, will engulf swimbaits. Welcome to the dark side of walleye fishing! Good to see another person throwing swimbaits in CO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronzegator Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 Been trying to get a walleye on big baits, great work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishDr Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 6 hours ago, PKNNH said: Good to see another person throwing swimbaits in CO! There are a few of us around — most of us keep a pretty low profile — that way you don’t get whacked by an errant fly rod. I’ve been throwing swimbaits since about ‘06 and going after walleye with them since ‘09. If you’re out fishing for ‘eyes one night and you hear what sounds like bricks been thrown in the water every 30-50 seconds, it might be me. PKNNH, yev14 and Rogervang 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogervang Posted April 16, 2019 Report Share Posted April 16, 2019 Good stuff man, swimbaiting for walleye is definitely on my bucket list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDBayBassMan Posted April 16, 2019 Report Share Posted April 16, 2019 That's a good one. I've always wanted to catch one of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassing305 Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 Nice walleye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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