Niki814 Posted August 14, 2020 Report Share Posted August 14, 2020 Went on a note mission for bass an got a suprise!! This walleye hit like a ton of bricks an actually fought nice. Most walleye feel like reeling in a wet paper bag. An these little baitfish were all over the beach area and any place that had gravel. They had the water bubbling there was so many of them. FishDr and yev14 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbass Posted August 14, 2020 Report Share Posted August 14, 2020 Nice Niki814 and SDBayBassMan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebeardedbassman Posted August 14, 2020 Report Share Posted August 14, 2020 That's nuts. Nice eye!! Niki814 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishDr Posted August 14, 2020 Report Share Posted August 14, 2020 Congrats on the wakebait walleye! Looks like your lake has a healthy population of emerald shiners. That’s a prime forage source for sure. yev14 and Niki814 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yev14 Posted August 14, 2020 Report Share Posted August 14, 2020 Well done - great catch! I wonder if there were Perch feeding on those little Emerald Shiners and the Walleye were feeding on the Perch. If that was the case that 3:16 Perch would be a great choice. May be a Perch colored Hudd would work too. Nah...probably not :) Niki814 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briant N. Posted August 14, 2020 Report Share Posted August 14, 2020 Hehe im gonna be that guy: Those baitfish are called ‘inland silversides’. Super common baitfish in the US. I plan on making small swimbaits that imitate various small baitfish like those one of these days. Jealous of that hog walleye btw Niki814 and FishDr 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niki814 Posted August 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2020 2 hours ago, Briant N. said: Hehe im gonna be that guy: Those baitfish are called ‘inland silversides’. Super common baitfish in the US. I plan on making small swimbaits that imitate various small baitfish like those one of these days. Jealous of that hog walleye btw If you make some let me know plz. The walleye feed on them like crazy. An I need a good fish fry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigpoppabass Posted August 15, 2020 Report Share Posted August 15, 2020 Perfect eating size. Nice one. Niki814 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishDr Posted August 16, 2020 Report Share Posted August 16, 2020 On 8/14/2020 at 5:01 PM, Briant N. said: Hehe im gonna be that guy: Those baitfish are called ‘inland silversides’. Super common baitfish in the US. I plan on making small swimbaits that imitate various small baitfish like those one of these days. Jealous of that hog walleye btw I think you might be right - for some reason I was thinking the fish came out of a CO lake...not sure why, other than the fact that I live in CO. We don't have inland silversides here, but we do have emerald shiners. Either way, small silvery baitfish that bigger fish like to eat! I wonder how a bigger swimbait painted like a school of small fish (Sebile-style) would work? Niki814 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimbaitingthe229 Posted August 23, 2020 Report Share Posted August 23, 2020 Nice walleye, how was the fight with it ? Niki814 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niki814 Posted August 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 On 8/22/2020 at 8:30 PM, swimbaitingthe229 said: Nice walleye, how was the fight with it ? Surprisingly it was pretty good. It wasnt like reeling in a wet paper bag.lol swimbaitingthe229 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niki814 Posted August 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 On 8/16/2020 at 12:42 PM, FishDr said: I think you might be right - for some reason I was thinking the fish came out of a CO lake...not sure why, other than the fact that I live in CO. We don't have inland silversides here, but we do have emerald shiners. Either way, small silvery baitfish that bigger fish like to eat! I wonder how a bigger swimbait painted like a school of small fish (Sebile-style) would work? I was thinking the same thing. Like a bait ball glide would be cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimbaitingthe229 Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 7 hours ago, Niki814 said: Surprisingly it was pretty good. It wasnt like reeling in a wet paper bag.lol Sounds like a good time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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