Red River (North) - Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Red River Walleye Extravaganza #3,

Where to start? Well, I was supposed to pick Terry up at 6:30am, NOT 6:40am. Woops. "Hey, goin to be 10 min late" I text him. "OK, outside" he texts me back. And the journey begins. We're on the water by 7:30 on the dot. We decided we want some eaters first, to get the confidence up, take the pressure off, and have some fun. After a few nice fish in the livewell (18 inch walleye, 16 inch sauger, 18 inch saugeye, and a bonus 20 inch catfish) we figure we'd better go after the fish that he came to catch.

I call this place Deer Head Flats, not only because of the 200 yard "clay type" bottom, but because I found a deer skull there a while back, plus I think the name is cool. We're in 8 feet which is right where I want to be. I already prepared Terry for "false alarm fish", then say "do you trust me?" Well after a 32 inch Catfish, and a smaller catfish, I see the look on Terry's face. "What the matter buddy, don't you trust me?" He chuckled and said yeah, it's just sucks because I got my hopes up on those last 2 fish.

To make matters worse, both he and I lost 2 confirmed big walleye. I'm not scared, and I told him in the next 3 fish we will pull a big Walleye out. I moved the boat about 40 yards and he threw his 2 lines out. Next fish is a goldeye, and the one after that is a small catfish. Who's pumped up? I am. A few minutes later without any hits, I'm thinking about moving another 40 yards, BUT I say "hey, we need to give this spot another 10 minutes ok?"

5 MINUTES later the rod tip is dancing. I looked, tilted my head, and said "ok, that's our big fish". He picks the rod up from the rod holder, holds it in his hand for a few seconds, and sets the hook. (please Lord don't let it be another big catfish, because judging from the drag being pulled, it's not looking good for the home team.) Terry asks if I can see the fish, and I say nope, but please, trust me, just pretend it's a big walleye for the sake of NOT losing it due to "horsing" it in.

"BIG WALLEYE" I say as I scoop it up in the net. And out comes my classic Mike Iaconelli SCREAM. "YEAAAAAHHHH!!!!" And, of course, I have to throw a couple jabs to Terry's shoulder. (ok, more like power punches but who cares, we're excited and we got what we were after.

Now it's time to celebrate. I told Terry that I brought 2 beers (as per our conversation on the phone the night before) to celebrate. We crack those, and I prepare 4 delicious Venison Chop sandwhiches on the grill, with a little pepperjack cheese and a drop of A1. Mmmmmm. Yummy.

"Might as well get a couple more eaters huh?" Yep, we finished out his limit, and mine. But not before He pulls out a 36 inch Northern flirting with 16 pounds.

Thanks for coming buddy, and I'll see you in a couple more weeks to do it all over again.

Josh Burgett
www.jig-em-up-guide-service.com

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Region: Red River (North)

Categories: Fishing