It's good to have a net when walleye fishing. But you can reach down and grab them under the gills. The big ones have a pointy gill plate so you have to watch out for it sticking you. Just grab them right next to the jaw inside the gill though. Like this
Originally Posted by sparky405
I hooked a nice walleye didn't have any pliers or gloves so I grabbed my line to pull it up and broke it off was fishing with six pound line that needed to be changed out a rookie mistake