Peru, New York

Some incredible multi-species fishing today! Got two beautiful 5lb Walleye to wrap up the day, a nice salmon on the jerkbait, an extremely aggressive rock bass, and the best smallmouth action I’ve ever experienced in my life. For a good 10 minutes I was pulling out 3 pounders every single cast from a single hole. I caught multiple smallies that were 3lbs 12oz, but still, somehow, no 4 pounder.

Once again, another Walleye after sunset, this time being a nice 4 pounder! The smallmouth fishing today was a bit slow, but I did manage two nice 3 pounders and a little one. The 9” glidebait did the trick for one of these smallmouth and drew in quite a few more bites. In total I fished for about 5 hours today and caught 4 fish.

Absolute behemoth of a Personal Best Walleye, 8lbs 10oz!!! I can’t believe I’m saying this but the goal for the next two weeks is a 10 pounder, and it’s crazy that it’s within my reach. On top of this beast of a fish, I caught 5 smallies, including one on my 9 inch glide bait, and it was the smallest one of the day. Got four 3 pounders with the biggest smallie weighing in at 3lbs 8oz.

Two gorgeous Wallies today after sunset that came in at 6lbs and 7lbs. Got a couple smallmouth as well with most of them being babies. Lost one good walleye at the end of the session that was probably a 5 pounder. My trout net is way to small for these guys and I was bound to loose one eventually.

Midnight Walleye 🌙 and some more multi species action. The walleye season opened today and I wanted to be the first to strike. The previous few walleye I had caught were all smallmouth by-catches, but tonight (this morning), I finally wanted to taste my success and cook one up. My late night endeavor payed off only 12 minutes after the season started and I was able to land a beautiful 3.5lb Walleye. It tasted very similar to white perch, but man the cheeks were incredible. Along with this catch, I managed to land a gorgeous lake trout and a 3.25lb smallmouth on the 6th sense panorama.

Some multi species action today on the rapala’s with the highlight being a 25 inch Walleye. The salmon was the first of the year for me. It seems like the little smallmouth have made their way into the river and my chances at a 4 pounder have gone down drastically.

7lbs 9oz! A new Personal Best Walleye! This guy came in at 29 inches long which makes him eligible for a master angler award. Overall today was an incredible day with three species in total. Caught about 10 smallies with half of them breaking 3lbs and the biggest coming in at 3lbs 10oz. I was also able to get a nice sucker on a swimbait as well.

First Walleye of the season! These guys have technically been my target species for the last week and I finally managed to run into one. It took 4 lost jerkbaits and a crankbait but it was worth it for my favorite species.