Winter walleye; mission accomplished

[ALS Mako]

Hit the river today in search of the elusive winter walleye. Hit up a spot that I reconed last time I was out. This spot gave up some perch and a couple of smallies. Well, today the water was down about a foot since I was last out and the Eddie's I like were ice covered. No perch and smallies today but I did get what I wanted. Fishing the seam water was able to connect with a nice 20 class walleye. Fished a couple more spots but no one home. Might have to give up on the river until the spring thaw as I'm sure the coming cold weather will lock up all my spots.

[ALS Mako]

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[ALS Mako]

Try again

[AndyS]

Cool !! There are chunks of ice going down the river up by Narrowsburg NY, that will shut down your ability to fish the river rather quickly.

[Hookmanski]

Nice eye!!

[FASTEDDIE29]

Well done brother! Way to find something to play with! Love the gold coloring on this fish! Beautiful!!!:D

[thmyorke1]

That thing is golden :D nice catch.

[Rapidfflow0]

Nice Fish!!

[Lard Almighty]

Great fish! So satisfying to catch what you set out to catch, and a nice one to boot!

[JimmyL]

right on, man. winter smallies too. nice day for sure

[JDTuna]

Very nice dude!

[dakota560]

Beautiful fish and great colors. Tough sledding from shore this time of year, perseverance pays off. Congrats on a sweet catch.

[Jigman13]

Nice fish man. Gotta be tough this time of year. It's interesting how much different they look vs the ones I catch in the other river. And that color! Looks like the best bar of gold I've ever seen!

Never ate one. Are they as tasty as a lot of guys say they are? Esp coming out of frigid water...

[ALS Mako]

Nice fish man. Gotta be tough this time of year. It's interesting how much different they look vs the ones I catch in the other river. And that color! Looks like the best bar of gold I've ever seen!

Never ate one. Are they as tasty as a lot of guys say they are? Esp coming out of frigid water...

They are one of the best eating fish around. I don't eat many freshwater fish species. But walleye is tops on the list of the few I do eat. And don't forget the cheeks!