Finally! A Walleye!!!!

I've been trying to catch a walleye on this new lake forever. Fish the mouth of the river they all say... during the walleye opener there must have been 30 boats trolling the mouth. Nothing. Nada. One boat caught 2, that was it. After spending hours upon hours at the mouth of the river, and catching nothing, and seeing no one catching anything, I decided to explore for new spots. Damned river mouth is a farce. Well the first time we tried to fish outside the river area... Joe caught this:

And he caught it on.... what the?!?!?

I caught a few OOS bass by accident (all released of course) - yes I need some grooming after 2 weeks in a construction zone.

And a few pike during earlier trips: