state record

[Capt Juls]

Here's the guide service the fish was caught with... http://www.mikessportfishing.com/ You can see the pic on there also. Apparently the guide said the whole thing is getting blown out of proportion and the fish isn't a state record. The gentleman the caught it is John Gillespie who hosts a show called Waters and Woods...still a toad though...

Greg

Oh, I can only imagine how much John was yelling "What a SLOB! What a SLOB"! (At least he couldn't yell, "Get the Frabil" on the ice).

Curious to know it's official weight too. I'm sure it's been weighed on a certified scale...who knows the weight? We're dying to know.

[Capt Juls]

According to John G's Facebook page....he's holding this pic, and claims, "My biggest walleye ever through the ice! Caught at 12:55 EST. 11lbs+!!"

So, if this is the same fish, then it's not a state record.

EDIT: But, now he just came back and said in response to a question I posted on his FB page about the fish...
"We have an official weight, but you'll have to tune in to the show. It aires this weekend. I will update Facebook as well after the show airs. Thanks for watching!"

Sigh....Unfortunately, we don't get his show over here in Ohio.

[Bggeary]

Hey Juls, what channel? Date/time?

[Capt Juls]

Hey Juls, what channel? Date/time?

http://www.gillespiefishing.com/where-we-air/

[Bggeary]

Thank you Juls.

[freddie]

Rant: I hate it when guys hold their fish like bass fisherman do.. arms fully extended out in front of their body to make fish look huge. I see pictures like that and automatically the picture loses credibility.

I give my bass buddies **** for the way they take deceiving pictures like that. Hold the fish closer to your body, let us get an accurate idea of its size. Let its size do the talking. I'm not saying that anyone involved with this fish was trying to be deceptive at all, but just by the perspective of the camera to fish to person, it was impossible to judge the size.

Still a very very nice fish obviously, but if it had been held differently then there wouldn't be all this gossip about it being a record. I heard Fin Feather Fur in Ashland has that picture with the caption "new state record"..

I have a picture of a friend of mine holding a 32" 11.5# that she caught, and even holding it by her side, it looks huge, because it is. Wish I'd had her hold it out with her arms fully extended just for a goofball picture now

[MBLMIKE]

any one doing ice charters out there for walleye

[Capt Juls]

Here's the portion of John's show where they caught the fish in question...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvd1qzKd8_E

MBLMIKE,
The guide that John is fishing with is Captain Mike Patterson...you can contact him here:
http://mikessportfishing.com/

I don't ice fish, so I don't know which captains do or don't...sorry.

[Steuben1]

I think the save that Mike made at the hole was as nice as the fish! That thing came unbuttoned at the hole, great save!

[EYE TAMER]

Oh, I can only imagine how much John was yelling "What a SLOB! What a SLOB"! (At least he couldn't yell, "Get the Frabil" on the ice).

Curious to know it's official weight too. I'm sure it's been weighed on a certified scale...who knows the weight? We're dying to know.

I think if that fish was 37 inches it would weigh in at more than 11lbs.+. I had a 31 inch that weighed in at 11.5 lbs. That HOG makes mine look small. Glad I booked a trip with Mike's Sportfishing the first Saturday in Feb. Maybe he can put me on some nice fish!