Freak Catch

10 hours ago, Dwight Hottle said:

 

 

 

The OP guessed the length of a fish he weighed but didn't measure. I provided the table of average lengths equaling weights to confirm his guess. I made up the table of length to weight conversion based on my own extensive experience catching walleye for the last forty some years in Ontario, Quebec & Lake Erie waters. Like you said prespawn fish will differ substantially from post spawn fish in girth & weight. Also any conversion table based on length only will only provide an estimate of weight. My longest walleye ever caught measured 33.5 " long but only weighed 12.25 lbs. I have caught a 29" walleye that also broke 12 lbs. On average the above walleye conversion table is fairly accurate based on all the fish I have measured & weighed.    

33.5 is an awesome walleye, that fish could have easily been pushing 14-15lbs prespawn. The numbers you said were a pretty good guess but I just wanted to bring up the point that walleye vary a huge amount. Not saying that your numbers are wrong because their obviously just an estimate, it’s just that walleye vary a huge amount depending on where their from.