{"id":7146,"date":"2015-03-24T17:09:26","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T17:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpms.outdoorsfirst.com\/icefishing\/chequamegon-bay-fishing-fanatics-brian-worrall\/"},"modified":"2018-12-01T13:20:40","modified_gmt":"2018-12-01T19:20:40","slug":"chequamegon-bay-fishing-fanatics-brian-worrall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/icefishing\/chequamegon-bay-fishing-fanatics-brian-worrall\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-7146 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/icefishing\/chequamegon-bay-fishing-fanatics-brian-worrall\/attachment\/7147\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/ofmn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2015\/03\/tumblr_nlq7nqH4lt1txb0q8o1_640-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/icefishing\/chequamegon-bay-fishing-fanatics-brian-worrall\/attachment\/7148\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/ofmn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2015\/03\/tumblr_nlq7nqH4lt1txb0q8o2_1280-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChequamegonBayFishingFanatics\">Chequamegon Bay Fishing Fanatics<\/a> Brian Worrall with a nice lake Superior walleye.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read the story here!<\/p>\n<p>Giant Ice Walleye<\/p>\n<p> This is my biggest ever walleye through the ice. I caught her on my St.Croix Legend gold pan fish rod and a Clam The<br \/>\n Drop Epoxy jig tipped with a wax worm. Look up that jig! I caught 13<br \/>\ndifferent species of fish on it this season. I knew it was a big fish<br \/>\nwhen it came up off the bottom with a solid red mark an inch and a half<br \/>\nwide on my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HumminbirdElectronics\">Humminbird<\/a> Ice 55. It hit with a solid thunk and the fight was on. I wasn&rsquo;t sure what I&rsquo;d hooked and didn&rsquo;t see the fish for<br \/>\n probably 2 min. When you get a monster fish on a light action rod it&rsquo;s<br \/>\nimportant not to try to fight the fish with the rod. Point the tip down<br \/>\nthe hole and put the fish on the drag. If you get lucky enough to have<br \/>\nthis happen you&rsquo;d better have heavy line and leader material (yellow<br \/>\nPower Pro 15# braid and and 10 foot 17# fluorocarbon leader) and your<br \/>\ndrag had better be set correctly. If not it&rsquo;ll end up just another &ldquo;one<br \/>\nthat got away&rdquo; story. It took me probably another three minutes fighting<br \/>\n this fish under the hole with it making 5 or 6 foot runs back and<br \/>\nforth. To ensure it didn&rsquo;t run the line on the ice I even stuck &frac34; of<br \/>\nthe pole under the water a few times during the fight. Once I got her<br \/>\nhead turned she came up nice and easy. <\/p>\n<p>\n I never intended to keep this fish. I spent a good ten min trying to<br \/>\nrevive her but she wouldn&rsquo;t go. It&rsquo;s not nearly my biggest walleye (I<br \/>\nreleased a 31 inch fish that I caught in my kayak a couple years back)<br \/>\nbut it&rsquo;s plenty big enough for the wall. Now I just have to figure out<br \/>\nhow to make some extra money to pay the taxidermist because this one is a<br \/>\n bit too big to &ldquo;store&rdquo; in my freezer. It&rsquo;s also just too big for me to<br \/>\nput a fillet knife to regardless of the fact that I intended to release<br \/>\nit. <\/p>\n<p> Brian W.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chequamegon Bay Fishing Fanatics Brian Worrall with a nice lake Superior walleye.\u00a0 Read the story here! Giant Ice Walleye This is my biggest ever walleye through the ice. I caught her on my St.Croix Legend gold pan fish rod and a Clam The Drop Epoxy jig tipped with a wax worm. Look up that jig! 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