Caught wind of a couple different RIDICULOUS walters recently plucked outta North and South Dakota. Will do some follow up on ’em, but here’s what I know so far:

Heard chatter of a possible new ND state-record walleye caught by Neal Leier on the Missouri River near Fox Island this morning. Allegedly confirmed by the NDGF at 15 lbs 13 oz, beating the previous controversial record by just 1 oz:

They get bigger….

SoDak GFP caught (and released) a 17-lb egg wagon during their spring spawning operation in the Grand River area of Lake Oahe. Said their crews met the goal of 130-mil eggs taken statewide…looks like all of which could fit inside this mammoth:

Wonder where those carp bought their walleye costumes?!

That statement is crazy ’nuff on its own, but then throw in the fact we were fishing off floating rafts anchored on the Wolf River…basically a “floating fish house” [mind-blown emoji]. Full TargetWalleye.com write-up here, few excerpts below:

For sure an experience I’ll never forget — luckily I got it all on video. #VlogLife

David Shmyr Jr. gave the post-spawn ‘eyes a beat-down running Bagley Minnow Bs 50-80′ behind Off Shore Tackle Planer Boards. Said they were trolling a long rock bar at 1.2-1.8 mph and that most of the better fish came on purples:

Mega alert! Lucas King cracked this 12.8-lb (31.5″) rock melon pitching a hair jig in 6′ near a boulder-to-sand transition. Wowza:

Joe Stolski hit up Leech Lake for the MN “fishing opener” last weekend and cracked this lean, mean, spottail-shiner-eatin’ machine…pitchin’ jigs in 7-10′. #BroomTail

Kelsey Bloedorn with her Okuma Inspira — awesome reel for the dough (’bout 70 bones). Believe that’s a Livetarget Rainbow Smelt Jerkbait givin’ out free lip piercings:

Brett Andrews stuck this ghost-white walter out of the Devils Lake, ND area. Crazy the different color patterns these fish can have…even in the same system:

Burboteer Jason Rylander was passing through Brainerd and hopped in my Lund 1825 Pro Guide to kill a few hours. He first-casted this 28-incher pitching a “purple/white tail” AuthentX Pulse-R on the back of a 5/16-oz “pearl white” H20 Precision Jig…fishing in 11-13′ on a gravel-to-sand transition:

#PracticingKarateInTheGarage #Bromance

Kendall Brehm came across a toothy situation near Devils Lake. Not sure what’s going on, but thinking pike have a strange way of showing they love each other:

Knowing Kendall, she probably wasn’t just out for a stroll when she stumbled ‘cross that scene. She’s an avid fish-head and doesn’t go anywhere without having an emergency rod/reel: