New State Record Walleye???

[McCarter]

Check this pig out.  This fish was caught by Brandon Conner of Ionia, MI.  I met Brandon at the GR Show.  He and his friend bought some jigs from me and afterwards we became facebook friends.  He posted these pics earlier today and i got the story from him and asked if it would be ok to post here.  He gave me the green light so here it is.

17.80 lbs 34.38" long

taken from the Grand River in downtown Grand Rapids.





there are more pictures and the weight was witnessed by a CO and several other people.  They are taken the necessary steps to get this fish qualified as a C&R State Record.  Im sure there will be more info in the near future.  Either way, this fish is a giant and is swimming the river once again.

McCarter himself

[Hooksetter]

That is one BIG walleye! Congratulations!

Willie

[mikesmiph]

WOW, what a hog

[djkimmel]

HOLY SUMOLLIES!! That's a big walleye.

I watched some guys boat a walleye from a pontoon at the Eastmanville bridge one afternoon in the middle of summer that looked like a 10+ and it got me thinking I've been hearing more and more whispers about giant walleyes from the lower Grand. This cements it! Guess I better add another trip to the todo list.

[Cheetam]

Surprised no one mentioned it was on a fly rod.  That must have been fun!

[graphicideas1]

That huge!

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[steelhead05]

its actually a centerpin i caught it on

[LGMOUTH]

OK I will ask, what the heck is a centerpin? Nice fish Brandon, now if you could just catch bass like you do those other things you call fish then that would be something....

[LGMOUTH]

Oh and I forgot, welcome to the site.

[steelhead05]

Don, a centerpin is what us river guys use to target steelhead and a few other species in a river or where their is current..i like to use a long rod like a 13-15ft..the reel has two sets of bearings in it that allows the spool to free spin with the current speed..i like to run small shot up my line and that allows me to trot my line down the river and and the first thing the fish sees is the bait instead of a wod of lead..its a deadly technique on steelhead under the right conditions and occasionally a walleye 

[raisinrat]

Check this pig out.  This fish was caught by Brandon Conner of Ionia, MI.  I met Brandon at the GR Show.  He and his friend bought some jigs from me and afterwards we became facebook friends.  He posted these pics earlier today and i got the story from him and asked if it would be ok to post here.  He gave me the green light so here it is.

17.80 lbs 34.38" long

taken from the Grand River in downtown Grand Rapids.





there are more pictures and the weight was witnessed by a CO and several other people.  They are taken the necessary steps to get this fish qualified as a C&R State Record.  Im sure there will be more info in the near future.  Either way, this fish is a giant and is swimming the river once again.

McCarter himself

Hey can you get me in touch with this guy. I am outdoor writer and would like to do story on it. shot me an email please. outinmich at gmail.com