My Stuffed Toad

[Scott Smith]

All 13.5 Lbs and 31.5 inches....

 

[Greg Meyer]

Nice... very nice... That's a money fish in any tourney I have been in...

 

[Rich D]

Nice 'eye!

 

[Scott Hammer TOXIC]

If you are gonna hang one on the wall....that's a goodin!!



TOXIC

 

[Bob G.]

Nice!!



Bob G.

 

[fatrap]

Beautiful but how were the fillets?

fatrap

 

[Travis Smith]

Sweet!!!!



Thats a toad for sure.



T.S.

 

[Kenneth Brown]

nice mount

 

[Carlos Hathcock III]

Nice fish!!!! Looks good.



Carlos

 

[Staci Matheis]

Sure beats the 3" walleye I caught at the first rally on a 7" worm!

But then.....

You would have had to use a plastic worm that was about 5 1/2 feet long to duplicate my feat!



Beautiful catch, Smitty! Beautiful!

 

[Mark Hofman]

Bee-EYE-yoo-tee-ful!!!!

 

[Bill McElroy]

Awesome!!! Deffinitely a super-toad!!!

 

[JAMES MOORE]

Beats my ten pounder I've got hanging on the wall. Nice mount, I like the way he flared the mouth and gills open.

 

[TOMMY RICH]

Nice eye Smitty! Where'd she come from...man I thought was doin' good gettin' two 10's in one weekend..looks like an Erie Eye to me

TEE

 

[Scott Smith]

She came from the Trenton Channel in the Detroit River which is a stones throw from the mouth of Erie. Got her last April during the spawning run. Vertical Jigging with a leadhead and a minnow. She was number 2 in the state this year when I first caught her, since then she's dropped down to 6th when I last checked.



Got her 5 minutes into my first fishing outting of the year...about 30 minutes after I got her, I lost another at boatside which looked nearly as large..my partner and I could'nt get the net under the 2nd one in time.



I'm not a big Walleye guy...usually just hit the river in the spring for Walleye a few times to fill the freezer then never fish for em again the rest of the year. I'd like to say that there was a whole lot of Walleye skill and knowledge used to get her, but it was all definately luck cause I just barely know what I'm doing down in that river. My partner, who is a big Walleye guy just tells me what to do.

 

[Scott Hammer TOXIC]

Whatever works!! You can take me out anytime!!



TOXIC

 

[Dan J.]

Whatta Eye!!! Great Job!!

 

[TrepMan]

HUGE Eye Smitty! Last trip to Canada in August, one of my funnest times was vertical jigging with my 6 weight fly rod. I tied a 1/8th oz jig on and tipped with a minnow/worm section and tried some plastics too. fighting a 2-3lb Eye on that light fly rod was great!



I've never hooked into any Eye over 5lbs, that one must have been a HUGE fight!

 

[TOMMY RICH]

Me neither Smitty...rather be smally fishin'!

 

[TOMMY RICH]

Oops sorry..forgot to crop!

 

[Scott Smith]

Actually Trep, it was the exact opposite. I thought that I had snagged something and was draggin it up from the bottom. Did'nt really notice any fight at all till she broke the surface and started gator rollin. When I saw her belly, thats when I knew I had more than the average walleye. She was so full of eggs, I think she was havin trouble movin. Sorta like a fat guy trying to get outta bed.

 

[Rob LaMoy]

Never caught an eye bigger than 6 lbs. Had one on one time that was around 8 and lost it at the boat. But the biggest I've ever even seen out of Champlain was an 11 lber. Man, that's a hog. I'd LOVE to catch some of those. Ya know how it is, you always want what you don't have.

 

[TOMMY RICH]

Rob...you need to hit Lake Erie in October around the Huron area(not far from Port Clinton) and spend a couple of days with a good charter. It's very inexpensive with a few more guys and I'd be willin' to bet you'd get that wall hanger.

That one is only 8 1/2 but I'll scan my 2 10's from three years ago...what fun. I'm like the other's too in the fact..I may be more of a smally fisherman...ya' gotta love those eyes..what fish they are.

TEE