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Steve Carney: Catching a thief, and some tasty fish soup

One way to put a stop to a bait-stealing walleye is to catch it, then fillet it. When Carney did the latter, he found nine minnow heads that are alleged to have been stolen from the angler’s spoon by the 16-inch fish. (Photo courtesy of Steve Carney)

I was astonished when I filleted a 16-inch walleye and out poured nine minnow heads, which the fish had managed to pluck from my jigging spoon.
I finally caught the walleye on the 10th try. I think this thievery was going on most of the morning, because the hit was always soft, but eventually I won. Somehow, some way, the walleye had a special ability to steal bait.

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