It’s a monster!

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.upi.com/amp/Odd_News/2021/11/16/Pennsylvania-state-record-walleye/4631637087350/

Wow! 

10 minutes ago, Bankbeater said:

Wow! 

Really!  I’m betting that all of the little fishes in that river are still celebrating!

Wow! I knew the Yock had some nice walleyes but that’s gigantic! 

Holy-moly!

 

And the guy who caught it was hungry… https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/angler-almost-ate-record-breaking-18lb-fish-caught-in-pennsylvania-river/ar-AAQRrtM?li=BBnb7Kz

 

 

16 hours ago, OldManLure said:

And the guy who caught it was hungry… https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/angler-almost-ate-record-breaking-18lb-fish-caught-in-pennsylvania-river/ar-AAQRrtM?li=BBnb7Kz

 

 

 

Already posted here just down the page.  

 

Good for him and a monster catch, but that would not be good meat to eat even if it wasn't frozen. Pretty fleshy stuff when they get big not to mention the likelihood of mercury... I'd pass ~ 

10 minutes ago, FryDog62 said:

Good for him and a monster catch, but that would not be good meat to eat even if it wasn't frozen. Pretty fleshy stuff when they get big not to mention the likelihood of mercury... I'd pass ~ 

Shoot……….  I’ve disproved the big fish don’t taste good theory enough times……… then again I’ve never caught a 10 lb walleye much less an 18. Big fish just have a lot more delicious meat. I think you have to kill the fish for it to be a record anyway 

 

but I guarantee I could make a giant walleye taste great as long as people didn’t know how big it was before they tasted it 

1 hour ago, FryDog62 said:

the likelihood of mercury

 

More of a factor on why I avoid eating old/big fish than the taste. I do eat meat/fish from the grocery store which probably isn't the best either so maybe that makes me a hypocrite, but still. 

Great catch! That is a hell of a fish.

9 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

 I think you have to kill the fish for it to be a record anyway 

That probably depends on the state. I know our state record blue cat was caught not too long ago and was released alive after being weighed on certified scales. 

 

I don't think I have it in me to kill a fish that size just to have my name on a list that very few people even read. 

He looks like someone who would eat it.