durhamregion.com
If you are down at the boat ramp around 10 p.m., you will likely see the boats queuing for launching position. Walleye are the best tasting fish that swim in our waters. But before you can taste them, you have to catch them. At this time of the year ...
Syracuse.com (blog)
Fishing seems to be the best right now at the east end, with anglers catching walleye with black and purple jigs tipped with worms and sonar lures (gold, silver and perch-colored seem to work best) in about 15 feet of water. Bullhead and crappie bit is ...
Newsbug.info
Although native to Indiana, walleye distribution and abundance was limited until annual stockings were developed in the 1970s. According to DNR biologists, natural reproduction of walleyes is insufficient to maintain populations in most of Indiana ...
North Country Now
The St. Lawrence River Walleye Association's will use a $20,000 grant from the St. Lawrence River Valley Redevelopment Agency to increase the number of walleye fingerlings in the St. Lawrence River. The group also hopes to raise awareness regarding ...
Iosco County News Herald
TAWAS CITY – More than 500,000 walleye fry were planted in the Walleyes for Iosco County (WIC) five-acre rearing pond on Meadow Road in Tawas City on Thursday. The fry were hatched at the Department of Natural Resources Wolf Lake State Fish ...
Perham Focus
He reminds Perham area residents and visitors to Otter Tail County that the walleye fishing opener, happening this Saturday, May 11, is a huge source of revenue for businesses throughout the state. “I think most Minnesota walleye fishermen would just ...
Ripon Commonwealth Press
On the south shore of the lake near Sandstone Bluffs, these nets caught walleye (and often other fish) through a funneling system. The men worked these nets every morning for a week ... Continue reading, only in the May 9 issue of the Ripon ...
Austin Herald
Shallow water is usually defined as any water that you can't sit on top of with a boat, walleyes can and do inhabit this type of water. Tradition would say that this is the area that you will find fish in early spring summer or fall. But, actually it ...
Casper Star-Tribune Online
Biologists are proposing increasing the walleye limit in Alcova Reservoir from six to 12 fish to help control the growing walleye population. It would also allow spear gun anglers to kill 12 walleye. Another proposed change would allow the use of corn ...
The Missoulian
Walleye anglers are starting to catch fish throughout the south end of the reservoir. Trolling shallow with crankbaits (pink, orange, perch colored or green) or worm harnesses has produced the best bite. Use caution at south-end boat ramps as the ...
Morrow County Sentinel
Walleye from the 2011 hatch continue to show good growth based on 2012 fall surveys and many individuals will be near or over the 15-inch minimum size limit during the 2013 fishing season. Walleye from the moderate 2010 hatch will range from 17–22 ...
Aitkin Independent Age
Possession limit is 3. No spearing. Tullibee (cisco): possession limit 10. Walleye: Restrictions or changes will be posted at public access sites and on DNR website. (The 2013 regulation states that anglers may keep only walleye in the 18-20 inch slot ...
Billings Gazette
At 10 a.m. Trevor and Kit Johnson from Kits Tackle will talk about how to locate and catch big trout and walleye. At 11:30 a.m. pro angler Pat Slater will discuss how to catch walleyes on crankbaits and will return with another seminar at 2:30 p.m. on ...
WQOW TV News 18
We're basically trying to capture spawning Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch and now the Crappies are starting to come in too," says Benike. Game fish are clipped because later the DNR surveys again to establish a population count in the lake. "We ...
Aitkin Independent Age
What does all of this mean for walleye opener 2013? Time will tell; warm weather and rain are needed to improve chances for open water. “The cold weather and late ice have delayed the spawn for all species,” said Aitkin area DNR fisheries supervisor ...
The Sun
Listening to the young man's report, it seems that spawning and cold water are on the agenda. The water temperature must have been around 45 degrees — the temperature walleyes spawn at. When walleye leave lakes or flowages to spawn, fishing will be ...
Sawyer County Record
The photo was taken by James Netz, and shows Bubbie Welsch of Hayward and Matthew and John Bolen of Cable pulling a large walleye through the ice of Lake Namekagon. Posted: Wednesday, May 8, 2013 9:53 am | Updated: 10:00 am, Wed May 8, 2013 ...
Coon Rapids ECM Publishers
While you won't run much risk of rivaling the state record 17.5-pound walleye hoisted from the Seagull River in Cook County (1979), there are big ones to be found. Last spring in ice-out sampling on Bald Eagle Lake, 80 percent of the walleye were over ...
By Gord Pyzer
Don't get stuck on just one tactic. Here's how to change things up to catch more and bigger fish this season.
Outdoor Canada
By Ben Swigle
Colorado Fishing Blogs. Ranking Colorado's Walleye Waters, by Ben Swigle.
Fish Explorer Fishing Blogs
In a normal year, Saturday's Minnesota fishing season opener would mean it's time to get the boats back in the water and resume the pursuit of the state's most ...
Brad Dokken answers the question: So is the ice going to be off Minnesota's lakes in time for Saturday's walleye opener?
Walker Pilot Independent
... be up opener weekend staff reports pilotnews@pilotindependent.com The Pilot Independent. Due to the late spring, Walker Area Fisheries staff may be forced to continue walleye spawn take operations on the Boy River into the fishing opener weekend.
Salt Lake Tribune (blog)
Walleye: For all night owls- walleye are very active after dark in the same areas where bass are found in the day time. The sure technique for me is to get out before first light and fish the mouth of coves at a depth of 12 feet to find hungry walleye ...
The Lake Country Echo
“A lake shiner is what people want to use for opening first two to three weeks for walleye,” he said. But if the lakes are iced over, the bait trappers can't get to the bait. Even if the lakes open, he said, the shiners only come into the shallows ...
Buffalo News
Weed growth has not emerged heavily so far this season; last year's early panfish and walleye/pike openers were met with heavier weed masses and better odds for boaters as soon as spawning and warming water metabolism kicked in for all fish species.
Bismarck Tribune
He said the late winter has pushed back work on some projects like boat ramp work and netting to collect eggs from walleyes. In a normal year, Power said, the eggs are collected from walleye on Lake Oahe. Because those fish are rebounding from the 2011 ...
BassResource.com (press release)
Well for the past week the fishing on the Maumee has been dying down for the Walleye fisherman and turning on for those waiting on the White Bass. I am spending the next couple days getting the new little boat ready for the season, a jerked over 12R ...
Fergus Falls Daily Journal
Unlike 2012 when most of the walleyes were done spawning by the time the opener rolled around, this year is likely to be different and the weather certainly is a factor in the timing for walleye spawning. Right now, the long-term forecast shows below ...
North Country Now
LISBON – Lisbon Beach and Campground is open for the season, with more campsites than ever before. Director Michael O'Neil said the opening weekend, timed with the opening of walleye season, attracted more than double the amount of campers he saw ...
Cedar Valley Daily Times
Walleye and smallmouth bass fishing has remained steady with some reports of crappie being caught in tail water areas and off of main current breaks. Smallmouth Bass - Fair: Lead head jigs tipped with plastics or slowly retrieved crankbaits and spinner ...
KSTP.com
Walleye and musky are only now starting to spawn so the DNR is asking anglers to catch and release this opening weekend to protect the future population. "If you're taking fish that have eggs in them they can't lay their eggs before you're taking them ...
The North Bay Nugget
They follow Scott Nelson, owner of Glen Echo Cottages, who will discuss the economics of the lake, while Richard Rowe, of FRi Ecological Services reviewing current walleye management. And Fred Bellefeuille, a lawyer with the Union of Ontario Indians ...
Brainerd Daily Dispatch
The offer is part of a broad effort to better understand the lake's walleye population. DNR fisheries biologists are in the process of tagging and releasing 20,000 walleye. A new walleye population estimate will be based on the number of tagged fish ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Walleyes thrive in cooler water. Opening day might be slow, but it won't take long for things to heat up. The next month or two should be solid. In the metro, the walleyes are spawning as we speak. They spawn when the water is between 42 and 48 degrees.
Southernminn.com
From that point on through the rest of the year fishermen and women can catch sauger, northern pike and, of course, walleye. “There's always a little bit of build up with opener coming up,” said TJ DeBaytes, supervisor of the Department of Natural ...
Syracuse.com (blog)
collins2.JPG Joe Thomas holds up his 26-incher the morning after he caught his prize winning fish. Joe Thomas, of Olcott, is one lucky angler. His 26-inch walleye won this past weekend's 35th Annual Cicero-Mattydale Lions Club Walleye Derby on Oneida ...
ErieTVNews
Volunteers from the S.O.N.S. of Lake Erie were doing their part today to improve fishing in Presque Isle bay. It was time to move about one million tiny walleye from the hatchery at the foot of Chestnut Street into the bay. Tanks were drained, then the ...
Creston News Advertiser
The ramps are accessible. Channel Catfish - Fair: Channel catfish are biting on shad bait and crawlers. Crappie - Fair: A few mid-sized crappies are starting to move a little closer to shore. Walleye - Slow: A few walleyes are being caught from the dam ...
Syracuse.com (blog)
Dave Smith, hoists two lunker walleyes he caught on the opening day Saturday of the walleye fishing season while fishing on the Oswego River. One measured 28.5 inches, the other, 29 inches-- weighing 8.5 and 9.2 lbs, respectively. "Caught drifting the ...
Pope County Tribune
And, the water temperatures will be colder than usual, making it difficult for eager anglers to find walleyes, much less entice them to bite. Lake Minnewaska is always a favorite destination for many people on the opener...but this year's weather could ...
The Seattle Times (blog)
... bank anglers released nine sturgeon; one boat with two anglers released 17 sturgeon; 171 bank anglers caught 19 chinook and released six; 12 boats with 22 anglers caught six chinook and released four; one boat with three anglers caught no walleye.
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The walleye fishing season is getting under way in much of Vermont this weekend.
Guide Dave Spaid fishes for walleye near the shore of Lake Oahe last May. This year, anglers can expect high catch rates. / Elisha Page / Argus Leader ...
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Grand Forks Herald
That's the consensus of fisheries managers and fishing experts going into Saturday's opening day of walleye season in Minnesota. With ice still covering lakes in the northern half of the state, including such perennial favorites as Upper Red, Lake of ...
Northumberland Today
Bountiful Rice Lake is 10 minutes from my doorstep and about 40 minutes down the highway I have the Bay of Quinte, a walleye and bass factory if ever there was one. Best of all, the Bay opened up the walleye season this Friday night at midnight then it ...
In-Forum
GRAND FORKS – This is going to be one (fill in the blank here) Minnesota walleye opener. That's the consensus of fisheries managers and fishing experts going into Saturday's opening day of walleye season in Minnesota. With ice still covering lakes in ...
YourErie
It's a multi-week process that ends with members from the group releasing the young walleye into the bay. "Survival rates are small, but that's nature," Bob Zawadski, director for the S.O.N.S. and manager at the hatchery. He says only one to three ...
Fond du Lac Reporter
Beaver Dam man wins national fishing tourney — Pro-angler Korey Sprengel of Beaver Dam brought 26.81 pounds of walleye to the scales to win the inaugural event of the Cabela's National Walleye Tour at Red Wing, Minn., on April 27. Sprengel, a former ...
Plattsburgh Press Republican
The fishing season for walleye, northern pike, pickerel and tiger muskellunge opened yesterday, meaning most of New York's sportfish seasons are now open, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced this week.
NUjournal
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) stocked Lake Hanska with 1.7 to 1.8 million walleye fry in 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2011. Fish sampled for the 2011 survey year included Walleye, White Sucker, Yellow Perch, Crappies and ...
Valley News Live
Natural reproduction happens in many lakes, but getting some stocked Walleye from the DNR helps improve lakes where fishing exceeds reproduction, and each lake plans on what age-stage of Walleyes they need. "We don't want to put a lot of Walleyes ...
St. Cloud Times
Even if she provides the right ice-melting conditions, there might not be enough days left between now and the start of the walleye season for open water to be an option. On some of the state's more noted walleye lakes to the north, there's a strong ...
Walleye Restriction in Some Southeast Lakes. Monday, April 29, 2013. Anglers fishing in southeastern North Dakota are reminded of a length requirement when ...
The Natural Resources Department announces its Kakagon River Walleye Consumption Advice. The advice is based on the analysis of walleye collected from ...
Late spring complicates scenario going into Saturday's Minnesota walleye opener.
CJOB
Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship will use temporary conservation measures again this year to protect spawning walleye in Dauphin Lake. The measures take effect Saturday and will stay in place for a short time. The walleye population in ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Options are all around (but especially south or where there's a river) if the lake you prefer is still covered by ice on Saturday. Walleyes will be caught in Minnesota on opening day, but fishing will be complicated by the lingering winter. Photo: Star ...
Syracuse.com (blog)
Are you out there today on Oneida Lake or some other local waterway fishing for walleyes? Send me a report about how you're doing.. and pictures to back it up. Include your full name, where you live, pictures of you holding a fish (or two, or three ...
Buffalo News
When it comes to nighttime walleye regulars, few have the work and fishing schedule Clarence angler Lou Budik maintains once the season opens on Lake Erie waters. Budik, a practicing veterinarian by day, makes nightly runs with partner Greg Borgosz of ...
Examiner.com
Lake Erie: Most boats are jigging or trolling in shallow waters from Brest Bay to Turtle Island for walleye. Catch rates were slow for most however those fishing the cleaner water on the north side of Brest Bay found fish in 12 to 14 feet. Green and ...
Regina Leader-Post
Northern pike, walleye, and yellow perch are the most common species in south and central fishing zones. Walleye and northern pike are also found in abundance in the north, along with lake trout and Arctic grayling. Travelling north through the ...
Green Bay Press Gazette
Vicious head throws ensued over the next few seconds, and as it came to the surface, Andy and I both stared as a big female walleye darted back down into the black water. Jason raced for the net, but we never saw her again. My line went limp, and back ...
Journal Times
Walleye spawning has ended on the Winnebago system and the white bass run has not started yet but should be coming quickly warmer temperatures return. The walleye run on the Wisconsin River is also winding down and fishing has been slow due to high ...
Ottumwacourier
Walleye - Fair: A few walleyes are being picked up along the dam at sunset. Diamond Lake. The lake has muddied and filled up. Remember, no minnows are allowed here. Channel Catfish - Fair: A few fish are being caught on chicken livers. Crappie - Slow.
An area near the egg collection operation on Little Cut Foot Sioux Lake in Itasca County will be closed May 11-17, because of high concentrations of walleye, ...
The 2012-14 fishing proclamation includes a 14-inch minimum walleye length restriction on six lakes in southeastern North Dakota – Alkali Lake, Buffalo Lake ...
HOLLAND, MI -- Seasonal conditions have changed for anglers looking to catch walleye off Lake Michigan piers and water clarity has played a large role.
Bullhead fishing action continues along the shore of Oneida Lake and on other waterways.
The Seattle Times (blog)
Bass and walleye fishing on potholes reservoir is heating up along with the weather. Water temps are up and fish are starting to spawn. We've had numerous reports of nice fish caught and released this week. If you want to see big walleye plan to be at ...
Plain Dealer
Cleveland Walleye May 2013.jpg Frank Murphy (left) of North Royalton keeps a firm grip on a 10-pound walleye while fishing partner John Snow of Burton carefully removes a lure's needle sharp hooks. The anglers were fishing after dark off Cleveland ...
Stillwater Gazette
The fishing season for walleyes, sauger and northern pike opens at 12:01 a.m. Saturday on the St. Croix River. The walleye limit is six fish 15 inches or longer. There is no size limit on sauger. Visit www.dnr.state.mn.us or http://dnr.wi.gov for ...
Toledo Blade
Lake Erie guide Ross Robertson, right, and angler Bruce Samson of Minnetrista, Minn., with a monster spring walleye they caught in April west of the Bass Islands in Lake Erie. The fish measured 29 inches long and weighed 10 pounds. Enlarge ...
Grand Forks Herald
Walleye season remains closed until May 11, but sturgeon fishing has been very good, with numbers of fish, including several measuring longer than 60 inches and weighing more than 80 pounds, being reported. By: Herald Staff Report, Grand Forks Herald ...
Sleepy Eye Herald Dispatch
"The closure is necessary to protect adult walleye that have concentrated around the spawning site where the DNR's egg collection operation is located," said Chris Kavanaugh, Grand Rapids area fisheries manager. "It's always a difficult decision to ...
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
The increased limits are due to an abundance of smaller walleye in the system. In 2012, fisheries surveys indicated 20.5 walleye per net, well above the 17 walleye per net long-term average. Strong hatches from 2005-2011 mean high numbers of walleye of ...
Jamestown Sun
Fair to good walleye success on the Sheyenne and Red rivers. Try casting minnows and spinners from shore, although high water is making fishing more difficult. East end of Lake Sakakawea and Lake Audubon producing walleye but deteriorating ice ...
Niagara Gazette
The Lake Ontario Counties Trout and Salmon Derby kicked off on Friday, offering competitive anglers 10 days of action for salmon and trout, as well as walleye – now that the season opens today. Timing should be perfect for the lake action to be taking off.
Syracuse.com (blog)
The experts said the lake's fishery (walleye, bass, pike and various panfish) remains healthy. Walleye are still the primary species sought by anglers (an estimated 60-70 percent), with bass being the second most popular target (30 percent), according ...
WDIO-TV
"The old standby forever has been live bait, especially walleye fisherman. Walleye fisherman are huge on live bait and live bait still works and most days, it works the best. But, I never leave the dock anymore with some soft plastic." This year's ...
Starjournalnow
Fishing season opens this weekend, or at least it does for walleye and trout; bass and musky remain catch-and-release for now, but walleye is the big deal in early May–trout not so much up in this neck of the woods. A week ago, ice covered area lakes ...
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