The night the moon brought up a handful of walleye 6/18-6/19
 

Went back to my vampire lair last night from 1130 to 2 am. Much warmer night--no smoke on the water... Glad I returned as I had my best walleye night to-date on the river.

First 15 mins I banged a sweet 24" fish on a shallow running plug. Shortly after that a 20" fish. About 20 min later a smaller fish at 18". Wow... fastest river walleye limit to-date! Kept fishing...

Plug bite diminished and switched to soft plastics. Had micro to small stripers taking it on the edge of some riffles... and a nice white perch. Prob had 5 stripers and the whitey.

Moved a bit and kept lobbing the swim shad in shallow fast stuff. Got slammed by my feet. Little tussle and slid another 24" fish across my wet boots. Cool... Def a fun night! These bigger eyes are pulling pretty good. Very very aggressive. Same area I keep at it. Get whacked again. Popsicle sized walleye. Good to see the size variation. Thing was all of 10" lol. Nice easy release and the lil bugger splashes me. Good for him--love the vigor!

Lastly, I'm fishing the same exact spot still, barely moving my feet from the last 2 walleye. At the top of a riffle I keep seeing wakes like something is ambushing prey trapped in the current. I loft an underhand cast about 2-3 ft ahead of it and kinda let the river do the work. Ping! Shit... line tight and not moving. Another swim shad donated to the fish gods. Wait... this rock is moving, slowly but moving. I reel down and lean the f*ck back into it and the fish explodes up river. She felt HEAVY and was actually dumping a good amount of line. Turns and shoots down river, through some rapids and hunkers down in a pool. I slowly worked her in, got her shallow and grabbed her tail. Whoa... this is a huge river walleye.

Get to my bag, whip out the tape and lay her down. 28" on the nose beating my personal best by a half inch. Snapped some pics and spent about 5 mins with her in some fast stuff reviving her optimally. With a huge swish of her tail she drenched me and disappeared into the turbid waters of the river. Pretty f'n good fathers day.

6 walleye, a bunch of dink stripers and the white perch. Here's some porn. I'm going to the track now while I have a seemingly hot/lucky hand lol

Re: The night the moon brought up a handful of walleye 6/18-6/19
 

That's an EPIC river session Jiggerman! Doesn't get much better! Congrats on the PB Walleye! Awesome river limit!!!!!!:D

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Re: The night the moon brought up a handful of walleye 6/18-6/19
 

Epic trip! Congrats on the personal best.

Re: The night the moon brought up a handful of walleye 6/18-6/19
 

Great looking river fish !!

Re: The night the moon brought up a handful of walleye 6/18-6/19
 

Great report. Congrats on the PB.

Re: The night the moon brought up a handful of walleye 6/18-6/19
 

Awesome!! Nice work, congrats on the pb!!

Re: The night the moon brought up a handful of walleye 6/18-6/19
 

outstanding night those don't happen often,congrats on the pb walleye.can i interest you in some garlic.if you keep this up you might start sleeping hanging upside down during the day

Re: The night the moon brought up a handful of walleye 6/18-6/19
 

that's pretty sick you get your next pb eye on the same day exactly one year later...congrats!

Re: The night the moon brought up a handful of walleye 6/18-6/19
 

6 walleye plus some bycatch is a crazy night...but having one of them that beastly on top of it all? WOW!! Way to go!!!

Re: The night the moon brought up a handful of walleye 6/18-6/19
 

Thanks guys. It was a good night for sure.

Re: The night the moon brought up a handful of walleye 6/18-6/19
 

:eek::eek::eek::eek:

Re: The night the moon brought up a handful of walleye 6/18-6/19
 

Awesome night for the Jigman!!!!

Re: The night the moon brought up a handful of walleye 6/18-6/19
 

28 is a slammer. Nice to know they are growing them big in the river, congrats man.

Re: The night the moon brought up a handful of walleye 6/18-6/19
 

Great report Jigman....congrats on your new PB.

Re: The night the moon brought up a handful of walleye 6/18-6/19
 

awesome Jeremy, you def put your nite time in at your spot, thats a beauty of an eyeball anywhere, esp Jersey. Nicely done my friend....

Re: The night the moon brought up a handful of walleye 6/18-6/19
 

Congrats on the Waldo pb Jigman. You are as hardcore as they come. Great job as always.

Re: The night the moon brought up a handful of walleye 6/18-6/19
 

Looks like chrisper has a run for his money with skillful angler lol

Re: The night the moon brought up a handful of walleye 6/18-6/19
 

Maybe if he glues a little half inch tag to the end of its tail!

Re: The night the moon brought up a handful of walleye 6/18-6/19
 

Yea, she was short of Chris' mark. But I don't need no stinking certificate lol...

(Chrisper, I want that certificate...)

Re: The night the moon brought up a handful of walleye 6/18-6/19
 

And again, I appreciate the kind words fellas. It's rewarding after putting in countless hours at night when I should be sleeping so I'm not shot to shit at work or when playing with my kids lol... You only get one shot at life, right?

Re: The night the moon brought up a handful of walleye 6/18-6/19
 

Who cares about the paper. I heard the njf&w clerk gives all the winners hjs!

Re: The night the moon brought up a handful of walleye 6/18-6/19
 

Jesus lol... I'm not submitting anything this year then haha