Van Hook'n Walleyes on Lake Sakakawea

I'd fished it a bunch this year with my clients, but I hadn't gotten back to the Van Hook Arm to film yet since Memorial Day. So glad I did! It was a day to remember: lots of walleyes, a hog walleye, and a mysterious monster fish.
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[@DalyFishing]

Great video keep it up!

[@BloemendaalFishing]

Thanks, man!

[@dionbrandt6176]

Thanks for sharing the tackle!

[@rippinglipsadventures]

I just got done talking to a guy from New Town who said there was some massive monsters down deep that scared the crap out of the divers. Eyes the size of football field lights. Length of entire apartment buildings. He wasn't joking. You hooked into it! :)

[@BloemendaalFishing]

The Bill Brasky of fish!

[@toddklein8920]

Love the CSO plug:) It wasn't on a jig n a minnaw!

[@BloemendaalFishing]

We aren't too far from "jig n a minnaw" season, though!

[@philliphoang5663]

nice

[@alanwinge8775]

I wonder if there are flathead catfish that far up the Missouri River.

[@BloemendaalFishing]

I haven’t caught one, but certainly could be

[@alanwinge8775]

There are some down stream, I caught a small one on a jig from the bank in Bismarck several years ago.

[@BloemendaalFishing]

That I’m sure of

[@rippinlips8031]

Paddle fish??

[@BloemendaalFishing]

I think that’s the leading candidate.

[@scottwiedrich2710]

To have your entire spool taken, my guess is that u snagged a paddlefish…or maybe a huge salmon

[@BloemendaalFishing]

Would there be salmon up at the hook right now? Paddlefish seems quite possible.

[@scottwiedrich2710]

@@BloemendaalFishing ya I think a salmon is probably unlikely but given the strength of the fish I think a salmon has to be at least considered