Walleye is my favorite as well. I learned to filet on northern... Let's just say my first few weren't as clean as one would like... But after a while I got the hang of it. For me the key was direction of the knife. If I went spine down I could ride along those paper thin bones, but if I went any other direction it could take hours with needle nose pliers.Walleye is my favorite. I like Northern also but it’s trickier to get all the bones out without wasting alot.
btw, I loved snowbank lake and the ely area.