Friday, April 26, 2013

Walleye Fishing Reports 4/25/2013 - 30 Stories - MI, MN, WI, OH, NY, UT, ND, IA, IN, OR, WV


Crawford county avalanche
April 27 - a Saturday - is the opening day for trout, walleye, pike, and muskellunge fishing seasons. The water levels on area rivers are high right now and the water isn't very clear, Millikin said, plus the fish are likely full from feeding on ...

Petoskey News-Review
The statewide trout season; Lower Peninsula inland walleye, northern pike and muskellunge seasons; and the catch-and-immediate release seasons for largemouth and smallmouth bass in the Lower Peninsula all open Saturday. Topics · Fishing. The public ...

Chetekalert
The Tribal Natural Resources program was established to work in cooperation with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources for the purpose of stocking walleye fry and fingerlings into area lakes. In the beginning, the St. Croix Tribe acquired the ...

The Saginaw News - MLive.com
There is no fishing boundary for festival participants, and some anglers are expected to bring fish to the weigh-in from along the Saginaw River or from Saginaw Bay. Participants must catch the fish during tournament days and can submit up to five ...

They are tagging adult walleye at key locations across the inland waterway, which consists of a number of rivers and lakes in the northern Lower Peninsula.

The walleye bite on the Sandusky River has been sketchy during the last week due to high, murky water. In recent days the river has settled and is beginning to ...

Niagara Falls, N.Y. — It doesn't appear that any change is in order for Lake Erie yellow perch and walleye limits. Marc Gaden, the U.S. representative of the ...

Salt Lake Tribune (blog)
There may be other reasons to go north however, as striper and walleye trolling success is increasing. May is the best month to fish for walleye lakewide as they try to recover from spawning stress and rebuild their muscle mass. Walleye search for food ...

The Lake Country Echo
Leech Lake is a walleye haven and the third largest lake entirely in the boundary of Minnesota, and this year anglers on Leech and lakes near Pine River could still be wetting their fishing opener lines May 11 through holes in the ice. Last year, Leech ...

WLNS
They are tagging adult walleye at key locations across the inland waterway, which consists of a number of rivers and lakes in the northern Lower Peninsula. The goal is to learn more about movements and seasonal distribution of the popular sport fish.

The Montgomery Herald
OAK HILL — The New River in West Virginia could enjoy a record walleye season this spring, thanks to river conditions and a state government stocking program, and guides are gearing up for the catch, according to a spokesman for ACE Adventure Resort.

Toledo Free Press
Techniques for fishing the spring walleye run in the Maumee River haven't changed that much during the past 10 years, or for that matter, for the past 2,000 years. After the great glaciers receded from what is now Ohio, most people who traveled on or ...

The Lake Country Echo
Though many lakes connected to the Pine River are frozen, the river is running free in many places, and the DNR is preparing to begin the annual task of stripping walleye of their eggs. Due to lingering winter conditions, residents may wonder if the ...

Minneapolis Star Tribune
Reduced perch numbers have not resulted in significantly lower walleye counts in the 39,000-acre lake. Not yet anyway. Edie Evarts, DNR Tower area fisheries supervisor, said the cormorant control is designed to reduce the possibility of lower walleye ...

San Francisco Chronicle
"Limited control measures are a reasonable approach to insure cormorant impacts to the perch population do not result in a declining walleye population as well," Edie Evarts, the DNR's Tower area fisheries supervisor, said in the statement. Evarts said ...

Ehextra
Mark Verhaagh caught the biggest fish, this 12.38-pound walleye, at SaturdayĆ­s Jack Dallman Memorial Tournament. Verhaagh and his partner, Jesse Gillis, placed first overall with a two-fish weight of 18.85 pounds. EagleHerald/Jody Korch ...

Crookston Daily Times
The St. Paul Pioneer Press (http://bit.ly/17BCwSX ) reported that a late ice-out isn't usually great for early-season walleye fishing, but no ice-out is worse: There are low odds that ice would be safe enough for ice fishing. "I think it might be too ...

St. Cloud Times
More than 40 individuals face state, federal and tribal charges in six northern counties after enforcement officials wrapped up one of the state's largest investigations involving the illegal buying and selling of walleyes, and the illegal dumping of ...

Detroit Free Press
Lunkers for light-years, as far as the eye can see. Anglers lived the dream in the St. Clair-Detroit River-Erie waterway last week, and will again once the weather clears. It's a strong run with large walleye -- if you're not catching 6-to-10 pounders ...

Grand Forks Herald
If all goes according to plan, four of us who spent Minnesota's 1996 walleye opener ice fishing on Lake of the Woods will repeat the experience this year. Considering the cool spring and the amount of snow still on the ice, it's a good bet the big lake ...

Mason City Globe Gazette
Walleye — slow: Some anglers are trying their luck but no reports of success, yet. Unstable weather and cold water is likely keeping the walleye bite slow. Muskellunge — slow: There is a good population of musky in Clear Lake. The City Beach and east ...

South Bend Tribune
The bass anglers contend that lakes like Winona in Kosciusko County and Sylvan in Noble County have been hurt by the DNR's walleye stockings. They drew a correlation between when walleyes were stocked and sagging tournament results that occurred ...

St. Cloud Times
With less than a month left before opening day, it would seem understandable that the clientele of a northern Minnesota bar and restaurant would be discussing the start of another walleye season. But most years about this time, the conversation usually ...

On most big rivers, jigs remain the top choice for spring walleye anglers. Jigs are not the only way to catch walleyes in spring, but they're extremely productive.

The Rainy River is well-known for its walleye fishing during the early spring ... Local anglers know the best and most consistent walleye-angling success on ...

Fargo, ND (WDAY TV) - Come Saturday we are three weeks away from the Minnesota fishing opener; and with temperatures still bordering 40 degrees it's sure ...

Walleye, or, sander vitreus, is a member of the percidae family. It is a freshwater fish that is closely related to another percid species, sauger (sander canadensis) ...

Pioneer Press
Minnesota's primary fishing opener -- for walleye, pike and lake trout -- is May 11. Weather and lake observers agree that there's still time to melt the ice locked tight over lakes on the northern half of the state. But time's running out, and the ...

Will the Wisconsin and Minnesota walleye opening days be under ice this year? Wisconsin's walleye opener up north is May 4, in Minnesota it's May 11.

Chatter building: Ice-out before May 11 walleye-fishing opener? Bookmark and Share Email this page Email Print this page Print Feed. Subscribe to : Minnesota ...

Winnipeg Free Press
His first sight was sick enough: about a hundred skin-headed vultures crowding around an open patch of water on Lake of the Prairies in western Manitoba. Kirk Lyttle's second sight, once he'd chased off the prehistoric-looking scavengers, was even ...

Leader-Telegram
Spring can be good time for walleye By Sam Cook Duluth News Tribune Leader-Telegram | 0 comments. BAUDETTE, Minn. — Bob Maas bobbed in his fishing boat on the Rainy River last week shortly after launching. "It feels good to be on the water," Maas ...

Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Walleye harvest is illegal until May 4. A personal flotation device or life jacket must be worn by all boaters while underway or at anchor on all boats less than 16 feet in length, and any canoe or kayak, until April 30. Pymatuning Reservoir (Crawford ...

Jamestown Sun
Devils Lake, Ed's Bait & Tackle, Devils Lake: Try 6-Mile Bay or Mauvais Coulee for walleye but activity limited throughout most of the lake and access is with tracked vehicles only. Devils Lake, Lakeview Lodge, Devils Lake: No activity. Devils Lake ...

WDAY
Tonight the F-M Walleyes held their monthly meeting, bringing in Mr. Tiller, Pete Harsh, who's described as one of the true legends of competitive walleye fishing and we asked him the best spots to hit come mid-May. Fargo, ND (WDAY TV) - Come Saturday ...

The Columbian
Spring chinook fishing is staying closed in the lower Columbia despite state biologists estimating only 72 percent of the early-season sport allocation has been caught. And that was after the extra week extension. The commercials didn't have a big day ...

Plain Dealer
The spring walleye runs are on, and the Sandusky River has been a hot spot. While the Maumee River usually gives up the most walleye, the Sandusky River has been just as productive this year. Anglers on both rivers are casting Carolina or Lindy rigs ...

Bismarck Tribune
Bailey said the new walleye tagging study with the Game and Fish Department, South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks and South Dakota State University will help provide a more sophisticated population model of the system. He said the goal is to tag 2,000 ...

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Walleye anglers fishing from boats have done best drifting near current breaks. Bigger walleyes were caught fishing shallower areas. A 3/8 to ½ oz "current cutter" style jig dressed with a 3" to 4" twister tail, ringworm, or Moxi tail tipped with a ...

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