Walleye Fishing Report 8/31/2012 - 15 Stories - SD, NY, IA, TN, ND, WA, IL, MI, MN, OH

The Fishing Line for Aug. 30
Rapid City Journal
Missouri River, Pierre: Lake Oahe has plenty of small walleye and northern pike in the population that were produced during the last few years with the high water on the reservoir. These small walleye are found though out the lake and will provide ...
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Aug. 31-Sept 2: Lots of salmon continue to be caught on Lake Ontario; walleye ...
Syracuse.com (blog)
Little has changed from last week and walleye fishing continues to be slow on the lake as young of the year shad are becoming large enough for the walleye to feed on. Anglers report marking large schools of baitfish. Blade baits and bucktail jigs ...
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Hot weekend may put a chill on fishing action
Royal Oak Daily Tribune
A couple walleye were caught by those trolling in 20 feet of water or less along Brest Bay and Fermi. White bass have also been caught. A special note for boat anglers: The Bolles Harbor launch is closed and will be until approximately November 5th ...
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Jeffrey L. Frischkorn's fishing report for Aug. 31
News-Herald.com
Pymatuning Reservoir: Yikes, this reservoir is down 32 inches from its summer pool, making launching difficult and boating potentially vessel-damaging. Some decent crappie fishing is being found off the causeway while the walleye are moving into deeper ...
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Latest Northwest Iowa Fishing Report Out 8/30/12
Kiwa Radio.com
Try trolling crankbaits and spinners for walleye, and drifting with wigglers for perch. West Okoboji Lake. Perch and bluegill action has been decent with most fish coming in 8-15 feet of water around the weed lines and rock piles. Try using wigglers or ...
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Fishing report: Aug. 30
The Tennessean
Catfish bite is very good across the lake. • Cordell Hull: Largemouth bass are striking jigs and crank baits. Walleye bite is steady. • Dale Hollow: Smallmouth bass bite is very good again in 12-15 feet of water on top-water lures. Crappie bite is slow ...
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Fishing Report - Aug. 30, 2012
Bismarck Tribune
Walleyes, for the most part, have moved deep and it will take some work to pull them out of 50 feet of water or better. Heavy jigs with leeches or minnows have been effective and some walleyes are being caught power cranking with big stick baits in 25 ...
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Fall chinook, summer steelhead and walleye among the best Columbia River ...
The Seattle Times
Fall chinook, summer steelhead and walleye among the best Columbia River fishing bets. Posted by Mark Yuasa. COLUMBIA FISHING BY OREGON FISH AND WILDLIFE Weekend Fishing Opportunities: Fall chinook fishing is excellent at Buoy 10, and ...
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08/29: Midwest Fishing Report
Chicago Sun-Times
Chamber of Commerce reported good-to-excellent muskie (10 feet or less around weeds), walleye (10 to 25 feet off deeper breaks), pike, smallmouth and panfish. MINOCQUA: Kurt Justice of Kurt's Island Sport Shop reported good muskie (best on weedy ...
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Fishing Report From TWRA
The Chattanoogan
Water temperature is 80 degrees, lake is fairly stable. A few good bass are being caught on horny toads, in the grass, near Gainesboro. A few fish are being caught on crankbaits, while fishing offshore structure near Grandville. Walleye fishing is fair ...
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State fishing report
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Walleye are being caught in 12-18 feet on leeches and fathead minnows, and bass have been pursuing slowly fished artificial lures along the weedlines of both lakes. Northerns and muskies also have been active and are hitting trolled spinners and other ...
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Missouri River fishing report « In The Huddle
By johnp
At Gettysburg the bite here has slowed a bit on walleye and you have to look for them. Anglers are fishing in around 20-45 feet – again, using bottom bouncers, crawlers and leeches. Some anglers are using artificial lures and fishing deep.
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Walleye report? - The Lake St.Clair Network
Went out Friday with Walli4dayz and attempted jigging between 17 and 15 on north channel. Couldn't stay vertical boat was drifting too fast but ...
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Iowa Fishing Report
Mason City Globe Gazette
Cedar River (Nashua to La Porte City): Anglers have been doing well on walleye, smallmouth bass and northern pike with the cooler temperatures. Northern pike — fair: Mepps spinners and spoons have been good for northern pike. Smallmouth bass ...
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Potholes Reservoir fishing options are plenty although walleye bite ...
Mark Yuasa covers fishing and outdoors in the Pacific Northwest. A Seattle native , Mark is a lifelong angler who grew up near the banks of Lake Washington, ...
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Walleye Fishing Reports - 8/24/2012 - 19 Stories - ND, MT, MI, TN, NY, MN, WY, WI, OH, TN

Fishing report
Bismarck Tribune
Fishing report. Print Email. 2012-08-23T03:00:00Z Fishing report BismarckTribune.com. 6 hours ago. (0) Comments. The developing fishing story continues to be the lack of forage on the Missouri River. A lot of small walleyes are being caught with ...
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Camp Walleye gets younger anglers hooked
Great Falls Tribune
It was my good fortune last weekend to spend a day at walleye camp, and some of Montana's best was evident in the volunteers, children and parents who make this event the wonderful fishing festival it has become. Camp Walleye, now in its 11th year, is ...
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Finding some early fall river fishing
Austin Herald
One of those is that they allow an angler to present a bait to the walleyes in a very natural-like manner. The bare-bones rig is nothing more than a hook, snell, and sinker. In some circumstances a colored bead can be added like a Roach Rig with an ...
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Fishing report
Great Falls Tribune
Walleye fishing continues to be best early in the morning and late in the evening. The primary bite continues to be midreservoir, especially between Goose Bay and Duck Creek, trolling worm harnesses in 15 to 40 feet of water and jigging bay points ...
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Fishing report
Detroit Free Press
Detroit River: Walleye were caught around Celeron Island and Sugar Island. Smallmouth bass and perch were taken near Rat Island. Lake Erie: Very good for large and smallmouth bass. Huron River: Good numbers of bluegill caught near the Belleville Dam.
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Norris Fishing Report 8-22-12
The Volunteer Times - Campbell County Edition
Improvements have been seen in daytime walleye trolling and nighttime striped bass catches. BLUEGILL and REDEAR (SHELLCRACKER): Good for bluegill; fair for shellcracker. Bluegill are hitting popping bugs at dawn before heading to deeper water later ...
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Fishing Report: Aug. 24
Knoxville News Sentinel
Walleye — Fair. The area around points 17 and 18 is producing fish as is the main channel above and below the Leadvale ramp. Bottom bouncing jigs tipped with minnows at the mouths of creeks continues to be productive. Crappie-Improving. Schooling fish ...
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Aug. 24-26: A few chinook salmon spotted in Salmon River; Lake Ontario ...
Syracuse.com (blog)
Meanwhile, blade baits and bucktail jigs tipped with nightcrawler are still producing some walleye in 20 to 30 feet of water. Smallmouth bass are also keying in on the shad schools, so keep an eye out for birds (terns or seagulls). When bass chase the ...
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Area fishing 08-22-12
Aitkin Independent Age
Mid-day walleye action has been best with leadcore and crankbaits in 25 feet or more, while evening reports have been best on the 6-12-foot reefs with slip bobbers and leeches or crankbaits when it's cloudy or windy. Smallmouth continue to hit plastics ...
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Fishing Report
Casper Star-Tribune Online
Walleye fishing on Keyhole Reservoir is still good. Some fishermen are taking home limits of 16-to 20-inch fish. Try fishing in 4-to 9-feet of water in the weeds with heavier bottom bouncers. Your speed should be just over one mile per hour. Let line ...
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Fishing Line for Aug. 21
Buffalo News
Dan Dietzen of Sea Cin Sport Fishing out of Dunkirk Harbor has had a beyond-banner year of walleye chartering since his spring stint on Lake Ontario. "The schools vary in size, but they're out there over 80 feet from Barcelona to Sunset," Dietzen said ...
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Lakes Area Fishing Report August 22, 2012
Janesville Gazette (blog)
Colder nights recently have pushed the fish into a sucker bite resulting in a mixed bag of bass, northern pike and walleye. In the fall, feeding periods can be quite short, but are very fast and aggressive. The first or last few hours of the day will ...
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Trophy Tales: 14-year-old girl; 29-inch walleye
Minneapolis Star Tribune
"Maeve was on a BWCA canoe trip with her brother, uncle and me, and on a day that included 11 portages, she caught this 29-inch walleye while casting from the canoe. She hooked it on an orange spinner, reached into the water, grabbed the fish and ...
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State fishing report
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Walleye action has slowed, but Kruchowski said anglers can try pulling Lindy Rigs at 10-15 feet or jigging vertically at about 25 feet with rainbow minnows. Muskie action has been slow the past 7-10 days because of a tullibee die-off but should pick up ...
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Lake Erie a great bet for Ohioians
The Newark Advocate
Few anglers would question that Lake Erie is Ohio's best fishing hole, one that offers good action for walleye, perch, smallmouth bass, channel cats, and numerous other fish. Which is why I drive up there so often, and have for many years. Last week I ...
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Cooler temps, water get anglers started on fall fishing patterns
Walker Pilot Independent
With cooler weather here and water temps on Leech Lake dropping, anglers fishing for walleyes are starting to go back to a jig and a minnow, but leeches and crawlers are still very effective. In the big lake, a spinner rig or a jig tipped with a ...
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Gary Engberg: Some of the best outdoors opportunities await
77Square.com
Despite the low water, the Wisconsin River has been good for fishing with a good walleye bite most of the summer. The weird thing is that the fish are as warm as the air. But there must be enough oxygen in the water for the fish and the current should ...
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Don't hang up the fishing poles yet
Cheboygan Daily Tribune
During the dog days of summer, some fish species, notably pike and walleye, spend the vast majority of their time in the deeper, colder portions of lakes. Deep pockets of water are tough to fish. As the water begins to stratify, fish are able to ...
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Walleye Fishing Reports 8/17/2012 - 12 Stories - WI, ND, MI, IL, IA, SD

Lake Erie has plenty of elderly walleye - and perhaps a state record waiting ...
Plain Dealer
Big Walleye Joe Thomas .jpg D'Arcy Egan, The Plain DealerWhen large-bodied Cleveland Brown offensive lineman Joe Thomas shows off a walleye, it tends to look a little smaller than it is. Thomas caught this Lake Erie 10-pounder while fishing with ...
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Walleye fishing slowing down
Evening Observer
After the Northern Chautauqua Conservation Club's annual Walleye Derby, the walleye fishing pressure has subsided. Blame it on the weather, or maybe everyone is catching up on chores that got put on hold in preparation for the derby. Winds and the ...
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Kevin Naze's weekly outdoors almanac
Green Bay Press Gazette
West shore tributaries are a good bet for mixed bags of panfish, smallmouth bass, catfish and an occasional walleye, northern pike, trout or muskie. Warm water on Lake Michigan has sent salmon and trout deep, but they're still hitting flies, spoons ...
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Fishing report
Bismarck Tribune
The walleye bite on Lake Sakakawea has slowed somewhat as we hit the dog days of summer, but limits of eating-sized fish are being caught. The lake has stratified, scattering the fish. That means more water to cover looking for the walleyes. The ...
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Fishing recovering from stormy weather
Royal Oak Daily Tribune
Detroit River: Walleye fishing has been very good. Anglers are fishing between Metro Park and Celeron Island back trolling and drifting with crawler harnesses in 14 to 15 feet of water. Many anglers are limiting out along with a few throwbacks. Walleye ...
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Eric Sharp: Mix things up to take advantage of Michigan's variety of fish
Detroit Free Press
Jungler is a walleye nut I met 15 years ago on Lake Erie, where he spent every possible moment trolling for fish from ice-out until freeze-up. He had read a piece I wrote on muskellunge fishing in Lake St. Clair and a few weeks later made his first ...
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Fishing report
Detroit Free Press
Detroit River: Very good for walleye. Smallmouth bass can be found on the west side of Sugar Island. SOUTHWESTERN LOWER PENINSULA. Kalamazoo: Good bluegill action reported from Gourdneck Lake, Gull Lake, Bankson Lake, Upper Crooked Lake, ...
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Local fishing report
Peoria Journal Star
Bass, crappies and walleye action is high, the latter hitting leeches and large minnows. Clinton Lake is producing big yields of largemouth bass on crank baits, jigs and plastic worms. Catfish are strong, using dip baits, cut shad and night crawlers ...
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But some of those Oahe walleyes still look good
Rapid City Journal (blog)
You can still see the skinny walleye pix in the archives, reachable by a link somewhere to the right. But Rob Skjonsberg shows us with this picture that there are still nice walleyes - nice sizable walleyes - to be caught as well. When a fella can ...
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Wisconsin, Green Bay, Trolling - Walleye Fishing Report at ...
with summer in full swing and water temps reaching close to there warmest peaks fishing for both walleyes and smallmouth bass have been going very strong.
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Walleye Fishing Reports 8/21/2012 - 18 Stories - MN, ND, OH, IL, IA, WA, PA, SD, MI, NY

Fishing Report
White Lake Beacon
Eight-year-old Madelynn Kunnen boated this nice walleye, her first, while fishing with her Dad, Terry, of TKO Charters, on Muskegon Lake. White Lake – Fishing has been slow with the unstable weather this past week. Some salmon and trout off the piers.
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Fall Crankbait Fishing for Giant Walleyes : Nodak Outdoors
By admin
With Jason Mitchell. The fact that walleye fishing is good come fall is no secret. Realistically one of the best times of year for seeing solid patterns develops with great fishing. Big fish are often fairly easy to target with some consistency. Despite ...
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Walleye Fishing Remains Good
Walleye fishing continues to be the main focus in my boat we are targeting rock humps from 10-32 fow depending on the body of water. The chains are shallow ...
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Bitter Lake now walleye bonanza - Aberdeen American News After being discussed and cussed, Day County's Bitter Lake is now one of the best walleye fisheries in the upper Midwest. Thirty years ago, Bitter Lake was ... articles.aberdeennews.com/.../

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.. Minnesota, Mille Lacs Lake, Trolling - Walleye Fishing Report at ...
after a several week hiatus from fishing mille lacs i was able to break away for a few hours on saturday evening to hit mille lacs in search of some hungry ...
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summer-walleyes-on-mille-lacs Red Lake Nation Fishery Walleye Cook Off - Red Lake Net News
Red Lake Nation Fishery Walleye Cook Off The Red Lake Nation Fishery will be hosting a Walleye Cook Off at the Red Lake Humanities building on August.
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events/red.../3941.html No simple answer to chasing walleye
Toledo Blade
SANDUSKY -- Lake Erie's prodigious walleye herd gathers in the extreme western end of the lake early each spring to spawn on the reef complexes, in Sandusky Bay, or in the Maumee and Sandusky rivers. Once that instinct-driven ritual is completed, many ...
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Tony Roach video fishing report and tips
ChicagoNow (blog)
He sent over this video on fishing for walleye which I think my readers will enjoy. On Labor Day week, Jim DaRosa and I will be hosting a nice group of people from Chicagoland for 4 days of fishing on Mille Lacs and other nearby bodies of water. We do ...
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Iowa Fish Report
Mason City Globe Gazette
Walleye — slow: Jigs tipped with a variety of plastic tails or minnows are tantalizing fish this week. Decorah District Streams: Tricos are still hatching at dawn, but the hatch volume is diminishing. Try a No. 24 Threadwrap or similar small pattern ...
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Leeches give way to minnows
St. Cloud Times
That's not the case when leeches and nightcrawlers rule the summer fishing season for most walleye anglers. But nobody can blame any bait shop owner for not carrying a wide variety of minnows in their tanks this summer. It was tough to find anything ...
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OUTDOORS REPORT: Musky action picking up across state
Journal Times
Walleye success has continued to be fair and anglers have been reporting some decent catches. Low water on several rivers, including the St. Croix, has adversely affected canoeing and fishing. Water levels are also low on Dodge County's ...
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Fishing action heating up along with the weather at the Potholes Reservoir
The Seattle Times
The fishing is improving across the reservoir as the water level is consistently dropping. Bass, Walleye and Trout have been consistent lately with the Trout fishing being the diamond in the rough this year, with excellent Rainbow fishing across the ...
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Walleye fishing slowing down - ObserverToday.com | News, Sports ...
After the Northern Chautauqua Conservation Club's annual Walleye Derby, the walleye fishing pressure has subsided.
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Leisure Outdoor Adventures area fishing report
Brainerd Daily Dispatch
LEECH LAKE: The big northerns are on the chew and the big walleyes won't be far behind. Northerns can be caught in the cabbage scattered throughout the bays and you might run into a bonus muskie. For walleyes, the breaklines have still held the best ...
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FishOn! Northwestern Pennsylvania Fishing Report, Aug. 17
GoErie.com
Walleye fishing has been good directly out from North East Marina to the New York line at a depth of about 51 feet, and outside the Mountain. Spoons and nightcrawler harnesses in the monkey puke color pattern have been effective. Nightcrawler harnesses ...
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AREA FISHING REPORT
Grand Forks Herald
Anglers are pulling crankbaits, crawlers and jigging on the main basin in 29 to 32 feet of water and hooking walleyes. Pods of walleyes also are being found at the Lighthouse Gap and Morris Point Gap, west to Rocky Point and north to Garden Island.
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Find food to find fish
Jamestown Sun
We've been taught that walleyes live close to the bottom, and often they do. But not always. If the food they're after is suspended or close to the surface, that's where the walleyes will be. I've seen this happen all across walleye country, from Mille ...
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But some of those Oahe walleyes still look good
Rapid City Journal (blog)
You can still see the skinny walleye pix in the archives, reachable by a link somewhere to the right. But Rob Skjonsberg shows us with this picture that there are still nice walleyes - nice sizable walleyes - to be caught as well. When a fella can ...
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Wisconsin, Green Bay, Trolling - Walleye Fishing Report at ...
with summer in full swing and water temps reaching close to there warmest peaks fishing for both walleyes and smallmouth bass have been going very strong.
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Walleye Fishing Report 8/15/2012 - 13 Stories - MN, WI, IL, NY, MI, SK, AR, TX

STATE FISHING REPORT
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Other good lakes for walleye action are Brown, North Long and Whitefish. Northerns and nice-sized sunfish are being caught on most area lakes. For northerns, anglers are using Rapalas or sucker minnows, trolling during the evenings at about 17-18 feet.
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Speaker of the House Boehner fishes on Wisconsin River
Wisconsin Rapids Tribune
The fishing trip lasted four hours with walleyes, smallmouth and largemouth bass, crappie and bluegills caught. The walleyes and bluegills were cooked in Leinenkugel's beer before being served to the congressman and his staff members. The Leinenkugels ...
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Fishing Line
Buffalo News
Boat trollers connect with smallmouth bass while trolling suspended baits for walleye, trout and salmon, but a heavier concentration of both smallies and largemouth bass can be found closer to bottom crunching crayfish. When trying artificial lures ...
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Fishing report Aug. 9
LaSalle News Tribune
4 DNR report at www.ifishillinois.org, DNR report for the Illinois River from Darrell “Buster” Culjan, bait shop operator and guide, south side of Utica, reported anglers were having luck fishing for sauger and walleye in the mornings on the Illinois ...See all stories on this topic »

08/15: Midwest Fishing Report
Chicago Sun-Times
CHAIN O'LAKES AREA: Triangle reported bluegills are good around shoreline areas, walleye are improved around bridge areas and main lake points (try crawlers, leeches or fatheads early and late); catfish (3 to 5 pounds) are good on crawlers or stinkbait ...
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Your Mid-August Northern Michigan Fishing Report
Traverse
Lake Charlevoix: Had reports of walleye and some nice smallmouth bass being caught in Oyster Bay. Crawlers worked best. Traverse City: Boats caught chinook and lake trout. Most of the salmon anglers were running 40 to 90 feet down although depths up ...
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Saskatchewan premier throws in a line at Walleye Cup
Globe and Mail
For the first time in its 25-year history, a Saskatchewan premier has actually fished in the Saskatchewan Premier's Walleye Cup. But despite his name and his enthusiasm for the sport, Premier Brad Wall did not land the big one – or any big one – over ...
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Weather is Cooling Down, but Fishing is Still Hot!
Minneapolis Star Tribune (blog)
Walleyes are in 20 to 30 feet of water. In the evening, crank bait is working in 6 to 10 feet of water. Bait of choice is night crawlers on harnesses or spinners and redtails on jigs or Lindy rigs. Panfish and bass fishing has been excellent on most lakes.
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Southeast Michigan fishing report and tips for hot-weather pike fishing
Examiner.com
Lake Erie: Still producing walleye off Fermi and in Brest Bay in 16 to 18 feet of water (FOW). Perch are being taken at various depths and locations, with most in shallow waters around Stony Point, Brest Bay and Raisin River Buoys 1 & 2. Anglers ...
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Arkansas weekly fishing report
North Texas e-News
Walleye are suspended in 30-35 feet of water, eating crankbaits and night crawlers. Bream are shallow on beds and eating crickets, night crawlers and small crankbaits. The crappie action has slowed somewhat; try minnows on jigheads around brush in ...
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Catching Walleye with Crawlers | LiveOutdoors
Often times, it's the smallest details that make the biggest difference when fishing —such as blade size and trolling speed—so be sure to keep an eye on such ...
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Area fishing report - Aug. 12
Brainerd Daily Dispatch
Redtails are producing walleyes in the weeds in 16 to 18 feet at Whitefish Lake and Gull Lake during the morning and evening hours. Look for bass to hit spinnerbaits or sucker minnows on the deep weedlines of Gull, North Long Lake, and Round Lake.
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Lake of the Week: Farm Island Lake
Brainerd Daily Dispatch
No doubt about the prolificness of Mille Lacs as a walleye fishery. However, just to the north of Garrison, just off of County Road 11, sits this under utilized gem. Recent DNR surveys show above average populations of crappies, northern pike and walleye.
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Walleye Fishing Report - 8/10 - 13 Stories - SD, TN, NY, WI, OK, MI, WY, IL, WA,

Walleye on spinnerbaits – you're kidding!
Lakenewsonline.com
“What on earth – it's a stupid walleye”, my bass tournament partner exclaimed, reeling in his fish, “and it bit a spinnerbait!” This incident happened during a tournament 36 years ago on Lake Shelbyville in central Illinois. It seemed an ...
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Trolling for walleyes on the wild Missouri
Sioux City Journal
If there's anyone who has mastered the art of taking walleyes in the heavy currents of the wild Missouri River, it's Bill Christensen of Hartington, Neb. "It's the only way he fishes," exclaimed Gary Howey, host of Outdoorsmen Adventures Televison in ...
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Center Hill Lake producing lots of walleye
The Daily News Journal
MURFREESBORO — It's not often that lightning strikes twice in the same location, but it does happen occasionally. The Monday night HRM tournament was won by Mike Walter and Bill Simms. The Thursday night tournament was also won by the duo.
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Aug. 10-12: Continued warm weather slows fishing bite down across the area
Syracuse.com (blog)
The smallmouth bass appear to be schooling, hanging just outside the weed beds. Try using crankbaits. Walleye bite is tepid right now. Successful anglers are getting them deep (25 – 30 feet of water) by jigging or trolling. The perch bite, meanwhile ...
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Outdoors: DNR anticipates a fine weekend to get outside
77Square.com
Fishing has been good on both the Flambeau and Chippewa rivers and catches of walleye and smallmouth bass were being reported on the Turtle Flambeau Flowage. Smallmouth were also being caught on the Peshtigo and Oconto rivers. The Fox, Wolf ...
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Out and About calendar: This Week: August 9-12
AberdeenNews.com
Johnny Holm Band, 9:30 p.m., South Dakota Walleye Classic and Festival, Akaska. Ron Parker and friends, 10:30 p.m., Slackers, 115 S. Main St. SATURDAY, 8.11. Benefit for Bill McGaughey, 5-9 p.m., featuring Pete Burckhard, Jim Groth and Jerry Palmer, ...
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Edmond man's northern pike
NewsOK.com (blog)
“We caught several northern pike over 40 inches, lake trout, and more walleye than we could count. The daytime high temperature was less than 70 degrees and it got down to 55 at night. The cool weather combined with the shore lunches that our guides ...
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Fishing report: Manistee salmon run forecasting Muskegon-area river action?
Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com
For inland-lake fishing, a few walleye are being caught on Muskegon Lake and White Lake. The best walleye fishing on Muskegon Lake is found along the weed edge between Muskegon State Park and Bear Lake Channel. Most of the walleye are in the four- ...
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Catch and release might not be so kind
Casper Star-Tribune Online
The same goes for walleye. They can handle slightly warmer water than trout, but when anglers pull them from the deep, cool temperatures 30 feet down through a top layer of 65- to 70-degree water, it becomes dangerous. That's why no one can host catch ...
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Fishing line
Buffalo News
Clearly, the bass bite and a variety of other good game-fish prospects loom, but Lake Erie's perch and walleye abundance and Lake Ontario's terrific trout and spectacular salmon catches have put many a near-shore angler out onto open waters of these ...
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08/08: Midwest Fishing Report
Chicago Sun-Times
Triangle reported catfish (try Premo prepared baits) as ''totally excellent'' and bluegills (crawlers or red worms around shallow shorelines) as excellent. For white bass, try in 8 to 12 feet on main lake areas. For walleye, try main lake points or ...
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Columbia River regional fishing reports
The Seattle Times
The Dalles Pool - Boat anglers averaged just over a walleye kept per rod. The couple bass boats sampled had released an average of 45 fish per boat. Bank anglers are also catching some walleye and bass. Most Popular Comments. Hide / Show comments ...
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When is a Bass Lure a Walleye Lure? | Fishing Articles & Stories
Spinnerbaits for walleyes may sound like a weird tactic. But tactics must be judged by the only factor that counts: their ability to produce fish. Walleyes apparently ...
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