Friday, May 31, 2013

Walleye Fishing Reports - 5/31/2013 - 60 Stories - MN, WI, OH, PA, OR, MT, SD, ND, CO, IL, IA, NY, NJ, UT, NY, OH, MI, ONT

GoErie.com
Across the New York line, large walleye are hitting at a depth of 60 feet out of Barcelona. From the state line to Twenty Mile Creek, and off Freeport, big walleye are at 56 feet. At night, good catches of mixed sizes are coming out of 14 feet. In the ...

The Columbian
PORTLAND — A free clinic on walleye fishing techniques will begin at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Fishermen's Marine and Outdoors, 1120 N. Hayden Meadows Drive. Expert Tony Roach will be the featured speaker. Guide Dave Maroon will give a program on ...

The Missoulian
That was a couple of weeks ago, and now the walleyes are biting just as aggressively – just in time for the Rock Creek walleye tournament that will be held this weekend. It is one of many walleye fishing contests that take on Fort Peck every year, and ...

WJFW-TV
Madison - More walleye will swim in Wisconsin lakes under a 13-million dollar plan approved by the legislature's budget committee. Included is more than 8-million dollars in bonding to pay for expanding fish hatcheries to increase walleye production.

The Columbian
Sturgeon angling is decent in the lower Columbia between Portland and Longview as the big fish move from the Willamette River to the estuary. Catches in the estuary are improving, too. Spring chinook fishing isn't anything to get excited about, with ...

WalleyeFIRST
Spring walleyes can be found in many locations at this time of year and in this episode, Jon explains how to locate and catch unpressured fish that are in deeper water than most anglers would think with 48-50 degree water temps. If you are looking to ...

mysask.com
Lost Horse Creek Wildlife Federation president Brad Pattinson shows off the setup at the hatchery at Lehman Creek in Cochin, where 300,000 walleye eggs are incubating in a jar. By the time you read this thousands of new baby walleye fish may have ...

Sawyer County Record
Walleye bag limits raised as tribal spearing season ends. Story · Comments. Print: Create a hardcopy of this page; Font Size: Default font size: Larger font size. Posted: Thursday, May 30, 2013 9:35 am. Walleye bag limits raised as tribal spearing ...

Rapid City Journal
Angostura Reservoir: Recent reports indicate that walleye bite has improved greatly with best luck in about 10 feet of water with jig and nightcrawler proving most effective. Majority of fish taken have been under 15 inches though a few overs — in the ...

Plain Dealer
Walleye are showing up in good numbers from Avon Point to the Cleveland Crib. The big schools of walleye are still scattered, but the 53-foot depths have been best. Further west, the walleye fishing from Vermilion to Avon Point has been very good in 32 ...

Plain Dealer
LEWT holds walleye championship: The Lake Erie Walleye Trail is sending out its two-day championship Saturday and Sunday from the Huron River Boat Ramp. Leading the charge to Lake Erie and its trophy walleye are four two-angler teams only four ...

Helena Independent Record
Walleye anglers are catching fish on the south end of the reservoir trolling crankbaits or worm harnesses at shallow depths. Some walleye are being caught jigging bay points at midreservoir. Spring moisture has water levels on the rise, so watch for ...

Lake County News Chronicle
Walleye success was spotty, with most anglers having some luck over the weekend. Higher than average water levels made some portages difficult between many popular lakes in the BWCA. Violations included no throwable personal floatation device, ...

Colorado Springs Gazette
Lake Pueblo State Park (Pueblo County) - Wipers, smallmouth and walleye are being taken all over the reservoir, with the cooler times of mornings and evenings being the most productive. Lathrop State Park, Martin Lake and Horseshoe Lake (Huerfano ...

Ainsworth Star-Journal
Whetstone Bay area was also producing limits of nice walleyes from boat and shore throughout the weekend. Crappie rigs or jigs and minnows were a good setup for shore anglers. Boat anglers were catching fish on three ways with minnows or nightcrawlers.

Peoria Journal Star
Catfish, walleye and hand-sized bluegills also being caught. Cats are taking livers, shrimp or stinkbaits; walleye on livers or minnows and gils are taking worms. Catfish are still being caught on the Illinois River using a variety of baits like ...

A day on Belwood Lake, pre-fishing for the pike derby, ended up with a change in focus and a few walleye on our lines.

The plan unanimously approved Wednesday by the Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee includes more than $8 million in bonding to pay for ...

Shore anglers can even pick up the occasional walleye while casting the same lures that northern pike take.

It's pretty rare that the surface of this 20,000-plus-acre Roscommon County fish factory is as smooth as glass, but that's how it was when I met up with Mike Mol ...

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (blog)
Gov. Scott Walker's $12.9 million proposal to boost walleye production in Wisconsin was approved by the Legislature's budget panel on Wednesday. Walker announced plans to increase stocking of the popular sport fish - from both public and private ...

Walker Pilot Independent
This past week anglers on Leech Lake were challenged with many different weather fronts and a steady and sometimes gusty southeast wind, but fishing continued to be good. The walleyes have been holding in shallower water more than you would normally ...

WBAY
It also includes $2 million for grants for private organizations to expand walleye production as well as money for aquaculture work, buying fingerlings from private vendors and expanding a program that gives tribal youth jobs on natural resources ...

durhamregion.com
This can be a tantalizing factor for walleye. These jigs come in many different sizes and colours. The eighth to three eighths ounce sizes are most common with the quarter ounce being the standard. In clear water, natural colours are best, the whites ...

Chetekalert
Daily walleye bag limits increased Saturday, May 25, on 442 lakes in Northern Wisconsin in time for the long Memorial Day weekend as spring spearing winds down by the Wisconsin bands of Chippewa. According to Aaron Cole, Department of Natural ...

fox6now.com
The Wisconsin Walleye Initiative is a historic investment aimed at improving Wisconsin's lakes and supporting our tourism and fishing industries. These long-term improvements help to preserve and protect our natural resources for future generations to ...

Mason City Globe Gazette
He said walleyes, yellow bass and catfish have been the fish to catch on Clear Lake last week and that those species' should continue to be good. On Crystal Lake, Gremmer said, the fishing has also been good. "People have been catching a few walleye ...

Casper Star-Tribune Online
The walleye bite is improving on Keyhole Reservoir. Try fishing in three to seven feet of water with nightcrawlers. The northern pike fishing has also been good. The crappie bite should pick up in the next couple of weeks. — Mike Smith, Empire ...

Syracuse.com (blog)
Some walleye are being taken in the river on large stickbaits, jigs and nightcrawlers. Trolling after dark in the harbor with large stickbaits is producing some walleye, with some nights being good and others being very slow. The trout bite is pretty ...

Minneapolis Star Tribune
State fishing report. Lake Minnetonka: Anglers are enjoying the best walleye action during the evenings on the main part of the lake, near Big Island and in Smith Bay and Browns Bay in about 15-18 feet using leeches with jigs. Northern action has been ...

Devils Lake is ice-free, and walleye and pike fishing has been good, reports Devils Lake fishing guide Mark Bry. Look for current areas to be holding the most ...

WalleyeFIRST
On the south end, most anglers finding limits of walleyes in front of both gaps, Pine Island, Zippel Bay and Twin Islands in 8' to 22' of water. Anchoring up with a jig and frozen shiner best method. Pink, bubble gum, glow and gold were strong for ...

Patch.com
Lake Erie: Anglers are catching a fair number of walleye in 18 to 22 feet of water between Fermi and the Raisin River buoys 1 and 2. Though most are trolling or drifting crawler harnesses some did better with spoons or body baits. Walleye were caught ...

rabble.ca (blog)
The spring walleye are small. One fisherman reports that they average about 15 centimeters. That's a good thing, because the regulations require fisher-folk to throw back all walleye over 40cm. Those large fish are the good breeders and are necessary ...

StarPhoenix
Walleye and pike are so tasty out of cold northern waters. This year our first fresh fish meal consisted of walleye over a bed of fusilli with basil pesto. The fish was sauteed in olive oil and butter. A minute or two before it was done, halved grape ...

Minneapolis Star Tribune (blog)
The walleye bite was hot on Lake Winnie over the Memorial Day weekend. The fish were found on shelf structure where the bottom went from 6-11 feet of water down to 18-24. A VMC mooneye jig, in any color, tipped with a spot-tailed or golden shiner was ...

Budgeteer
Wisconsin anglers could begin seeing more walleyes in their lakes as the result of a statewide initiative announced Wednesday by Gov. Scott Walker's office. The state will make available $10 million for capital improvements at hatcheries and $2 million ...

You know spring is here and it is time to get out fishing. Most people don't realize the quality of the bass fishery at Utah Lake.

NewsNet5.com
Northeast Ohio Fishing Report: Bite Stays Hot Despite Colder Weather. Walleye action stays hot. KIMSUNFISH_20130527062047_JPG. A nice Sunfish taken at Mosquito. Copyright 2013 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be ...

Lansing State Journal
“During the peak years, when Lake Erie had 60 to 65 million walleyes, 2-year-old or more, Bob Haas (a former DNR research biologist) had a tag-return study going on and he figured the run in the Detroit River was around 10 million walleyes,” Towns said.

Mason City Globe Gazette
The Clear Lake Fishing Club has again teamed up with DNR and area business sponsors to offer a tagged walleye program. Harley, a $1,000 fish sponsored by Harley-Davidson of Mason City, and Stanley, a $500 fish courtesy of Harrison Truck Centers, ...

The Coloradoan
Walleye anglers are seeing good action on crank baits and Rapallas, especially on the east side of the north end of the lake in 12 to 14 feet of water. Lake levels are currently about 1,000 surface acres. Any live fish collected for use as bait may ...

Grand Forks Herald
Increasing water temperatures of Lake Superior over the past three decades have made conditions more favorable for chinook salmon, walleye and lean lake trout but less favorable for cold water-loving siscowet lake trout. By: John Myers, Forum News ...

WSAU
Walker took the opportunity to meet with children that were fishing, and also to promote the Wisconsin Walleye Initiative announced last week. The Wisconsin Walleye Initiative will invest millions and allow for hatcheries to use government bonding to ...

GARRISON, Minn. -- There are serious concerns that a well known, world class fishery is suffering through a walleye shortage right now. The DNR has put some ...

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker proved that good things come to those who wait, catching a walleye 10 minutes into the state's fishing "re-opener," some three.

Ted Bennett of South Junction, Man., released this 29-inch walleye last week on the Rainy River while fishing with Putt Kern of Baudette, Minn. They released 15 ...

Sawyer County Record
Governor Scott Walker had a successful postponed fishing opener Saturday May 25 on Lake Namakagon, boating a 14.5-inch walleye. Originally, Walker had been scheduled to fish the lake as part of the Governor's Fishing Opener on May 4, hosted by ...

Northland's NewsCenter
Cable, WI (NNCNOW.com) - After just ten minutes of being out on the calm waters of Lake Namakagon, Governor Scott Walker caught the first walleye. "I said I caught the first, my guide caught the most, and the kid who was with us, August, caught the ...

Green Bay Press Gazette
Walleye fishing has been very good from Sturgeon Bay to Green Bay, with the lower bay shorelines in the Dyckesville area hot all day and much of Sturgeon Bay action best in lower light. However, if you know where to look there are walleyes available ...

Park Rapids Enterprise
Anglers probing the depths between two and eight feet on Park Rapids area lakes are finding foraging schools of walleyes feeding on minnows brought shallow by the recent extended rainfall and the slow warming of water temperatures. Shorelines drawing ...

The Trentonian
The first castwith a shad dart I made into the Delaware River decades ago resulted in a walleye, a surprise for me, but not all that unusual. Our backyard river is perhaps the state's top spot for the species, considered one of the best-tasting ...

The Mercury
Sharing some of its water and boundaries with the state of Ohio — something Phillies fans shouldn't hold against it — Pymatuning houses tremendous walleye, bass and crappie numbers. Fishermen like to call a body of water that's great for a single ...

OregonLive.com
Walleye Fishing Techniques: With Tony Roach, 6:30 to 8 p.m., June 6, Fisherman's Marine and Outdoor, 10355 S.W. Cascade Ave, Tigard. 503-549-5066. Columbia River Summer Chinook and Steelhead Strategies: With pro guide Dave Maroon. 6:30 to 8 ...

Walker Pilot Independent
With such a late ice-out you can expect spring walleye patterns to move along pretty quickly. Water temps should heat up faster than normal and push everything along until we catch up with what might be considered “normal.” Even so the good spring ...

Niagara Gazette
Some walleye are also being caught at Broderick Park. Use minnows on the bottom. Catch and release bass fishing is also taking place in many marinas, harbors and streams or creeks. Remember that you must use artificial baits. You will also catch a mix ...

South Bend Tribune
The lake fishing for walleye also has been good. Bryan Williams of Trailhead Mercantile in Niles said walleyes have been hitting well on inland lakes for guys fishing leeches under bobbers. Bonnie Kelley at Kelley's Bait in Lakeville has received good ...

Sawyer County Record
DNR raises walleye bag limits By Kevin Murphy For the Record Sawyer County Record. MADISON – The Department of Natural Resources increased daily walleye bag limits on. 442 northern Wisconsin lakes effective Saturday as the Wisconsin bands of ...

Lake Erie: Anglers are catching a fair number of walleye in 18 to 22 feet of water between Fermi and the Raisin River buoys 1 and 2. Though most are trolling or ...

NewsNet5.com
Mark Wolf at Fisherman's Wharf in downtown Port Clinton reports that their boats have been catching walleye drifting nightcrawler harnesses. Mark does not think the cooldown we expect on Friday will affect the fish, and that the weather this weekend ...

WJFW-TV
Eagle River - The initiative will help to rebound what's thought of as a suffering walleye population by adding hundreds of thousands of the fish to Wisconsin lakes. The project could improve fishing for the state's most popular game fish and tourism ...

Bemidji Pioneer
Memorial Day Weekend is usually close to the peak of the spring walleye bite. Surface water temperatures are in the upper 40s in most of the deep lakes while many shallow lakes and bays have surface temperatures in the low 50s. The full moon is tonight ...

Syracuse.com (blog)
Walleye are being taken in 12 to 20 feet of water with jigs tipped with a night crawler working. Walleye are scattered this time of year, so if not catching any keep searching indeeper or shallower water. Shore anglers are catching bullheads around the ...

Budgeteer
Here is a list of lakes in Northwestern Wisconsin and with revised daily walleye bag limits for the 2013 season, as reported by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources on Thursday. Most inland waters not listed here have daily bag limits of five ...

Duluth News Tribune
Wildlife officials have increased daily walleye bag limits for anglers on many northern Wisconsin lakes starting Saturday as the spearing season winds down for the six bands of Chippewa in the northern part of the state. By: News Tribune staff, News ...

Brandon Sun
With walleye spawning complete, the province has lifted some of the conservation measures that were put in place on Dauphin Lake earlier this month. Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship says that the temporary conservation measures put in ...

Helena Independent Record
Walleye anglers are catching fish when the weather allows throughout the south end of the reservoir. Trolling shallow with crankbaits or worm harnesses is producing the most fish. Use caution at boat ramps throughout the reservoir as water levels are ...

Minneapolis Star Tribune
Anglers during the long weekend should have ample opportunities to make up for the opener's chilly conditions. hide. Mille Lacs is not only a great walleye and muskie lake, but home to a good-sized population of smallmouth bass, many of them big.

Fort Frances Times
With the Emo Walleye Classic set to go tomorrow, the Rainy River is at a 10-year high for this time of year, having come up six feet in the last week. The water level on Rainy Lake, meanwhile, rose by a foot over the past seven days—thanks to four ...

Hudson Star Observer
Tensions between six Chippewa tribes and the DNR are expected to ease a bit after a lawmaker backed off his threat to block state funding for a cultural center in the wake of higher spearing quotas. Also, stories about how many wolves may be killed ...

Colorado Springs Gazette
Lake Pueblo State Park (Pueblo County) - We have seen a great increase in the number of bass, walleye and trout being caught. Tales of a 25-plus-inch wiper have been making their way around the park. The fishing is really starting to take off near the ...

NorthJersey.com
Pages: 1 2 > display on one page | Print | E-mail. With bass, walleye, pickerel and muskies, fishing enthusiasts have a lot to say about Greenwood Lake. Marty Hasup Sr. hunts for fish on Greenwood Lake. Want to know where the. STAFF PHOTO BY TYSON ...

Evening Observer
This columnist had the pleasure of fishing for yellow perch off the mouth of Cattaraugus Creek on Saturday that netted my three-man team 56 yellow perch keepers and a 10-pound walleye caught by yours truly on a perch rig and 6-pound test line. A number ...