15lb L. Simcoe Walleye!! - Pics

[Slayingm]

Was out on Simcoe this past w/e working some of my GPS laker/Whitefish spots and got a real surprize..... my new PB Walleye estimated at 15lb or more. My previous best was a 13.5lb fish taken from Quinte and few years back and it was definately dwarfed by this gut busting eye laiden female Walleye. 3 other anglers came over to see the fish and figured it was at least 15lbs of more as they have taken a 12lb fish before and said it was so much smaller then this one. I released her after a couple of quick pics and still can't believe I was able to pull her out of the hole!! I was working the bottom slowly with a jig in approx. 50ft of water.
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Take care and good luck out there..... Greg.

[STEINFISHSKI]

Great fish! Congrats!

[sticknstring]

Nice fish :D

[jim sasser]

very nice...your a better man than me,that one would of went on the wall....

[fishonbb]

What a porker!:yikes: Congrats on that one! That would be fun through the ice.

[doublell]

well done all the way around.

[Gone Fishing]

Well done Sir! What a great fish! :)

[SPITFIRE]

fantastic fish!

[kbkrause]

Nice!

[laker24]

thats an awsome catch!!!:yikes:

[chuckinduck]

Good lord, you really did free willy. I salute you for releasing a monster like that. Thats almost as impressive as the fish, but definately great pics....and something that'll last a lifetime.

[steelhead-hunter]

now that is one fine walleye

[lookin for the gills]

very nice fish:fish:

[tedshunter]

WOW,that is one nice Walleye for sure.I commend you for letting her go so someone else can have the chance to catch her again another day.But like the other guy said that one would be on my wall only because I would never catch another one like that in my lifetime.Thanks for the awsome pics and congrats on the HOG:D

[sarge300]

Wow im jealous, nice fish :cool:

[mwp]

Man what a catch!!! That had to be awesome pulling that up throught the ice,congrats!!

[C20chris]

:shocked::shocked::shocked::shocked:

[SpinFly]

Congrats on that have seen some pretty huge ones caught on the Tibb. and saginaw river but not that big thru the ice that's flippin gorgeous.Awesome release thou kudos to you.

[Matt3ddsteel]

Beautiful fish! Congrats.

[fishindude644]

That fish is a moby. WOW! wtg on the c & r

[DarkBlue]

There I go again drooling all over my keyboard. Someone get me a towell please.

[Johnny G]

just as amazing as the size of the fish is the fact of how healthy it looks!!! i've seen 10 and 12 pound fish that look like they would not have made it another year. i wonder how many of those jumbo simcoe perchies he's been eatin?!

[mkroulik]

I like the 3rd picture it looks like that fat pig has a double chin.

Mike

[Slick fishing]

Sweet!!!

[jimhx720]

That is one nice fish!

[BUSTNDUX]

WOW! :yikes: That is one heck of a fish! Congrats!

[thumbgoodfisherman]

Slayinm, beautiful fish!!!!!!!! Where did you pick her up between thor and georgina? I don't know if you remember but a couple of years ago I asked you if anybody caught walleye on Simcoe. In Feb 2001 I caught a monster walleye that weighed 14#+ that sat around for 2 days before I got home to weigh it. I caught mine in about 35fow. Congrats on a great fish.

TGF

[Beck]

WHAT A TOAD!!!!! good job!

[Fishingman81]

:fish:Wow very nice fish!!!

[KI Jim]

WOW:yikes:. Well done! Nice fish! Congratulations!

Jim

[XXXdisel77]

Congrats on a very fine catch! Now that's what a 15 lb. eye looks like. We had a rumor going around here that a guy got a 15 lb. eye out of a local lake, when I went and saw the pictures it was only 5 lbs. Yours could have eaten his whole. I would have had to put that one on my wall too, what kept your from doing that is what I want to know? It is awesome that another angler will get the chance at that fish one day, but I'm not so sure they will make the same decision you did. I do however commend you on your sportsmanship.

[BIG "D"]

Great fish!!!!!

[melnik]

Beauty. Nice release. Thanks to you, she'll be spawning out another bunch just like her soon.

[dobes]

Hope I catch it sometime . I will not be that nice to it . It will be hangin right above me in my living room . Good job though .

Would anyone else let this fish go ?

[double trouble]

hey, all these replies and not one person has commented on the lure. it looks like a custom lure along the lines of either a fiskas balance or a meegs.i haven't seen one like it before.

http://meegsonline.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=6&zenid=fc8f724b296835ee4e3e2817cd56a510

[fishinmachine2]

hey, all these replies and not one person has commented on the lure. it looks like a custom lure along the lines of either a fiskas balance or a meegs.i haven't seen one like it before.

http://meegsonline.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=6&zenid=fc8f724b296835ee4e3e2817cd56a510



I was thinking the samething!! I bet those would work awesome on the Bay!! GREAT fish!! Thats a BRUTE!! I know there arent that many eyes in Simcoe but the ones that are in there are big!!

Scott

[woodie slayer]

wow what a pig.did you measure it? i got a 34 1/2 inch that weighed 14 pound 3 ounces that i had mounted a few years ago.

[GOTCHA]

Way to go, awsome fish. ;)

[MUSHY1]

Im glad to see Simcoe Wallters are coming back......You would think that lake would hold a good amount of them.......Deep, Cold etc.......

Mushy

[springdale]

Hey Man Great Walleye. My question is what is that jig called. I havent seen one like it in Michigan.

[MUSHY1]

It looks like a Humped-Backed Creeper, made up there.....

Mushy

[tdf]

A beauty! Way to let her go to spawn.

d

[Bob D]

Stunning in both size and beauty. Reminds of those mounts at Franks in Linwood.

[WALLEYEvision]

Awesome fish!

[sarge300]

Hope I catch it sometime . I will not be that nice to it . It will be hangin right above me in my living room . Good job though .

Would anyone else let this fish go ?

Yea i probably would let it go unless it was a state record fish then i would have hard time releasing ;)

[MDH]

What a catch! I think someone else asked the question, but did you get a chance to measure that bad boy? I would freak out if I landed one that big! :yikes:

[Minnowman09]

wow ive never seen one that big before, nice job

[michbowhunter819]

Great eye also great pics.

[jb10]

Nice fish Greg! Very nice surprise I am sure.

[wally-eye]

Sweet, fish of a lifetime.............:coolgleam

[seips]

Awesome fish man. The third picture, The up close one is by far the best picture of a fish I have ever seen.Clarity, color just an awesome picture. That is one pretty fish!!!!!!!

[Oldgrandman]

Wow missed this yesterday, great photos and dandy fish you got there man! I too liked the closeup on the head

[Young Blood]

Wow, was she a fighter or just a hog.... either way nice fish, shed have been in the fry-pan the next if I'd caught her. Props for puttin her back tho

[MUSHY1]

Wow, was she a fighter or just a hog.... either way nice fish, shed have been in the fry-pan the next if I'd caught her. Props for puttin her back tho

Dude, you would be GLOWING if you ate a fish that big......Either put it on the wall or throw it back......Definitely not a good EATER.....

Mushy

[springdale]

Okay guys, back to the jig. I havent found it yet. I've checked the bait shops in Northern Michigan & on Cabelas web.Even Google cant find it. The humpback Creeper is the clostest thing but it doesnt look the same. I use all Rapala's anyway but now its personal.:mad:

[Slayingm]

Slayinm, beautiful fish!!!!!!!! Where did you pick her up between thor and georgina? I don't know if you remember but a couple of years ago I asked you if anybody caught walleye on Simcoe. In Feb 2001 I caught a monster walleye that weighed 14#+ that sat around for 2 days before I got home to weigh it. I caught mine in about 35fow. Congrats on a great fish.

TGF

TGF, I guide on Simcoe and other local lake year-round and have spent 1000's of hrs on the big lake and only ever caught 3 nice Walleye... all incidental while targetting other species. I took this one in 48' between Georgina and Thorah working one of my subtle depth points for Lakers. The other 3 guys that witnessed the fish figured (as I do ) that it weighted closer to 17 or 18lbs....considerably bigger then my 13.5lb BOQ fish.... no comparison at all. If you go to the Talbot in April you can see all kinds of big Walleye's in the teens spawning so there are certainly lots more out there!..... Greg.

[Slayingm]

Congrats on a very fine catch! Now that's what a 15 lb. eye looks like. We had a rumor going around here that a guy got a 15 lb. eye out of a local lake, when I went and saw the pictures it was only 5 lbs. Yours could have eaten his whole. I would have had to put that one on my wall too, what kept your from doing that is what I want to know? It is awesome that another angler will get the chance at that fish one day, but I'm not so sure they will make the same decision you did. I do however commend you on your sportsmanship.

XXXdisel77, Well.... I have a 13.5lb Walleye on the Wall and although this fish was closer to 17lbs I just wanted to get her back in the water asap.... I figure she had 4 to 5lbs of eggs in her and would make me sick to kill a fish like that..... Had I had a tape I would have measured her and could have got a replica done..... oh well..... I have the pics and the memories.... Greg.

[Slayingm]

Okay guys, back to the jig. I havent found it yet. I've checked the bait shops in Northern Michigan & on Cabelas web.Even Google cant find it. The humpback Creeper is the clostest thing but it doesnt look the same. I use all Rapala's anyway but now its personal.:mad:

Guys.... the lure is the new (for 2008) Foxee Minnow humpback by Blue Fox.... this is one of 2 colours I designed for them. The smallest version of the same colour is awesome on Jumbo's!!.....

Good luck out there.... Greg.