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Originally Posted by Hog's Gone Fishin
I fish Lake Meredith in the Texas panhandle and they restocked the Walleye a few years back. People are catching plenty of Crappie out of there. Wednesday I caught about 30 Walleye but they were all small. About 14 inches. State regulations allow you to keep 2 under 16 inches, also caught 3 huge crappie and a nice sandbass.
In case you don't know ,when fishing for Walleye they'll be on the bottom. The go to lure is a fluke with 1/4 ounce jighead here. Just let it hit bottom and slowly bounce it back, several times I'd set my rod down after casting out to pick up another rod with live bait to check it and when I'd pick it back up there'd be a fish on, Was catching them in 20-30 feet water.
BTW, Walleye has gotta be some of the best tasting fish there is.
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MDC put them in some shallow mud holes up here probably 20 years ago. They can still be caught occasionally, and they might be Walleye, but they're not Walleye. You even have to use a bit of non traditional methods to catch them there.
The best fish I've ever had was fresh Walleye as shore lunch on a rock island in a Native controlled/protected Lake well north of the border. Damn that fish was good and they wouldn't let you cross the border with near enough! I think you could eat your limit under 16" every day if you wanted to and then bring home one fish over 22" as a trophy and a few under 16". I can't remember what they had for Pike and Musky limits at the time but it was a similar breeder/trophy protection system.
It has been way too long since I've unloaded gear and watched a float plane leave.