Luke Efantis caught a 30-inch, 9-pound walleye Saturday while fishing for coho out of Portage, Indiana. The 14-year-old from Munster, Indiana, caught his surprise on a classic salmon lure, a pink Hot ‘N Tot.
“It was the only fish we caught today,” his dad Gust Efantis messaged.
That’s the fish to catch if you’re only getting one.
“He caught a couple walleye a few years back, but they were on a charter on Lake Erie and nowhere near this size, maybe 3-pounders,” Gust messaged.
I hope to live long enough to see both the Indiana and Illinois record walleye be caught from Lake Michigan.
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