Five minutes into the morning, Taylor Peck hooked onto what he thought was a carp… ‘Cept instead of swimming in circles, it stayed down with big ol’ headshakes:

Dang! Plucked her outta the Qu’Appelle chain of lakes AKA “Calling Lakes.” Said she went 33″ x 19″ (14.55 lbs). Some more proof for the skeptics:

Good thing your digital scale goes up to 50 lbs lol, BTW they now make it in a new high-contrast version. BIG fish, but even cooler is the big release:

“Fizzing” is a process used to deflate the air bladder of fish caught outta deep water. Controversial topic, but Ted Takasaki brings up a great point:

> “…Fizzing gives fish the best chance of living vs lying on the surface for the seagulls or getting filleted for supper.”

Lol spot on Ted. Here’s a short-but-great vid of exactly how/why he fizzes:

Speaking of which, there’s a few other occasions when you DON’T wanna hear that same bubbling/fizzing sound either:

It’s championship week at the NWT on Green Bay. Basically the Super Bowl, Bassmaster Classic or Daytona 500 of walleye fishing. Word is they’re catching ’em a bunch of different ways — which do you think will take the $$$, trophy and bragging rights?

Here’s a John Balla breakdown of the techniques used to win every NWT tourney since 2013:

Be fun to see which specific cranks won it. Either way, it’s time to buy more:

Lots more info on how the touring pros think it will be won here.

Mark Manzanares sent in this pic of a cannibalistic 17-incher — he cracked outta WI’s Gile Flowage — that had an 8″ walleye sticking out of its mouth. #Aggressive

Now that you mention it, there is a resemblance:

Brad Hawthorne caught the mean-lookin’ critter on the left…and somehow managed to keep all his phalanges.

That’s a text that fishing guide Andy Walsh sent me (Brett) this morning. Lol think we can all relate man! Hopefully your boss isn’t a subscriber….