Walleye

[elemonator]

I need to know the way to pick up walleyes w/o getting cut on the gill plate...I caught one last year and it was small enough to grab around its body so I got lucky...thanks.

 

[FatsMcKay]

Use your teeth.

 

[FatsMcKay]

Im just kidding. Try one of these, I really like the ones I have

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[GBuck]

Most walleye, in my experience, are still of a size that you can pick them up like a blue gill. You do have to be careful, but it always worked for me. Just make sure you push down the spines on their back. We fish them in NW Ontario, so they are pretty decent sized as far as walleye go.

I do wear a neoprene glove, leather would also work.

 

[phylodog]

I slide a finger behind their gill plate then up towards their mouth and lift. You can kind of see my hand in this pic.

 

[bwframe]

I slide a finger behind their gill plate then up towards their mouth and lift. You can kind of see my hand in this pic.

This is correct. Pinch your fingers from inside the gill area on the inside and your thumb on the "chin" outside

 

[Hondo]

That picture is making me hungry for some shore fried walleye....MMMMMMM

 

[Tin Cup]

I slide a finger behind their gill plate then up towards their mouth and lift. You can kind of see my hand in this pic.

Does that work for big fish too? Jk Nice walleye.

 

[phylodog]

That was a "Roland Martin/Al Lindner" style pic. The fish only weighed a little under 6lbs. We were having some fun with camera angles that year, lol.

 

[Zoub]

Use your teeth.

To eat their cheeks off! FYI walleye cheeks are G-O-O-D and pop right out with a good knife.