Ashley Rae (SheLovesToFish.com) is no stranger to BIG walleyes, but this one takes it to a whole ‘nother level…. Here’s what 35-inches [yup, you read that right!] of Bay of Quinte goodness looks like:

That fish completely filled up a 10″ hole! Can legit see it squeeeeezing back down before it waved goodbye:

She got the whole thing on camera, including the moment several smaller marks turned into one big-red blob on her MarCum LX-9 — love me some flasher cams:

Congrats on the fish of 10 147 lifetimes, Ashley!

She saught it on a #8 Rapala Snap Rap in the “hot tiger” color:

What’s so special about the Rapala Snap Rap? It’s made to compliment the Jigging Rap, not replace it….

Has wider wings that grab a little extra water to lift and glide more. Believe it was meant to be more of an open-water bait, but that extra glide lets you cover a ton of real estate through an 8″ or 10″ hole:

Your news feed was probably cluttered with more sappy-love posts than fish pics yesterday (thx a lot Valentine’s Day!). Here’s a few of our favorite fishy-love notes:

This pile o’ Maki Plastics would provide a lifetime of panfish happiness:

Does it get more sentimental than Matt Breuer’s heart-shaped burbot poem?

Would love to see Tom DeMers hook up with a wally big enough to plug this 16″ heart-shaped hole he has hidden below the Catch Cover:

Hope Manitobans don’t lose any “keepers” since they’ve gotta use barbless hooks:

Rapala found the secret (spot) to our hearts. Would guess that a “chrome red” Jigging Rap would do the trick:

Skip the flowers — check this lovely arrangement of freshwater shrimp guide Cody Roswick had spew up the hole on Devils Lake, ND:

Can’t even tell you how many times I’ve watched this video from Zach Schultz now…but it’s a lot, and worth it every time:

Impressive effort! Almost made it:

Apparently Zach got his rod back an hour later and 100′ away…no fish attached though — dangit!

Can’t make this stuff up! Guide Darren Troseth (left) iced the new catch-and-release MN state record sturgeon outta the St. Croix River. Fish measured a ridiculous 78″ x 29.5″ and was estimated to be 120 lbs! Absolutely outrageous:

Get this: They had to drill 5 holes [!] to fit Mr. Big-Head through lol. Makes sense when you see the size of its dome — looks like a dang Volkswagen:

My favorite part of Darren’s video is when they finally get the thing through the hole and it just keeps comin’:

Fish was no fluke…Darren’s a dedicated sturgeon fisherman — was roughly his 15th time chasin’ em on the St. Croix this winter alone. Said he caught the freak using:

Rod: 40″ Wolfram Custom (designed for ice fishing sturgeon)
Reel: Okuma Ceymar C-40
Line: 40-lb Sufix
Lure: Homemade beads with treble hook
Bait: Fatheads and ‘crawlers

Darren also said in this St. Croix 360 write-up:

Well deserved, man! Wow!!

Came across a fishy “story” on Luke Lovrek’s Instagram page and had to hound him about it. Luke is a content/marketing-nut at Johnson (= Humminbird, Minn Kota and many other brands) and posted a few pics from their HQ in Racine, WI that caught my eye…. ‘Cuz this whole fishin’ thing is more than just a hobby…it’s a lifestyle.

First up is a piece called “Full Alert Walleye” that makes it easy to see why the dang things can be so hard to catch sometimes lol:

Would probably give “Thug Bass” my lunch money before it even asked for it:

Luke said, “There’s a continuous office debate about which of these would win in a fight, in different situations.”

I’d probably have to give all of the rounds to “Black & Blue Fin Tuna” seeing as it’s one big Swiss Army knife lol:

Thx for the snaps, Luke!