Captain, I've caught lots of them and plan on catching a lot more. Never caught one anywhere close to as big as the dead one I found though. I talked to a FWP Officer that used to go with the FWP Biologist when they did their schock counts. He said they would shock up walleye like this fairly often, but never more than just one in a night. So they aren't exactly common. Plus it's at the foot of a dam (tail race) and they have an abundance of food. Fooling one into biting bait or a lure would be exceptionally difficult. Combine that with the fact there are world class trout surrounding you that are far more cooperative, and the walleye factor starts to drop off really fast. I do know the local trout fanatics hate the fact the walleye are in there and they try to kill everyone they can. However, one this size, even if you were trout-crazy, isn't one you'd throw on the bank.