Fish that have taken you the most work to land...

[Jeremy Ray Green]

QUINTE GOLD FOR ME,

Ive caught walleye before my first was on lake scugog.

But I really wanted one of those quinte trophies, for 3 years I made trips to quinte. spending money on transportation and hotels.
Apparently my biggest mistake was not being there "YESTERDAY" or "LAST WEEK" cause apparently it was always good fishing then.

one year i organized a MEA Ice fishing trip 12 of us went out for the day and we all got skunk'd.
the trip home was near an experience like Muskiebaits white fish story, I blew a fuse and had no head/tail lights, but my hazards worked.
just as we started packing up on the ice that day the snow came in, and the drive home was not fun once the fuse blew, the snow was so bad i couldnt even see the concrete median on the highway that should have been 2 ft from the truck but we made it home safely.
in all my trips to quinte over the 3 years i caught pike and bass and perch and Sheeps head, but never a quinte EYE.

last year (2011), I made the trip to quinte for a tournament called Slam the lamb.

at the point that i paid my tournament fees and calculated my gas to get to quinte, I Had figured i spent nearly 4000 dollars just to try my luck at catching a quinte EYE, over the 3 years.
As this day was different I did not have any expectations to get into the quinte gold, as we were aiming for big sheeps head.

Well wouldnt you know it, Never caught one sheeps head that day, it was a boat full of walleye, i think the 4 of us took 9 walleye for the day and I got into my first quinte gold, it has been my largest to this day and was just under the 10 pound mark...
I have it on ice just waiting for that day when i can afford the extra 400 dollars to have it mounted

~Jeremy