Thursday, May 23, 2013

Walleye Fishing Reports and News 5/23/2013 - 40 Stories - MN, WY, I, IA, MI, CO, UT, ND, ONT, OH, WA, SD, MT, TN

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"Fishing is such an important part of Wisconsin's sporting heritage, and demand for walleye continues to increase," Gov. Scott Walker said. "With this historic investment, we are making long-term improvements to Wisconsin's lakes and our state's ...

Casper Star-Tribune Online
The winning team, Mike and Deirdre Homann from Casper, reeled in 16.52 pounds of walleye and took home $15,750 in cash and prizes. Second place went to Casper anglers Curtis and Elmer Griffith. Dino Conley and Steve Jacobs of Casper caught the ...

Sawyer County Record (blog)
Walleye: Chippewa Flowage, Grindstone, Lac Courte Oreilles (LCO), Sand, Sissabagama. Jigs/minnows, minnow imitations. Shallow; less than 10 feet. Northern: Most lakes. Minnows, Rapalas/stickbaits, spinnerbaits. Warm bays; less than 10 feet. Bass: Most ...

ESCANABA — With the 2013 walleye fishing season opening today, there are a lot of eager fishermen in the area wondering how much of an impact the...

If we hit the post-spawn lull, how's an angler to catch fish? Well, we still can catch walleyes, but let's evaluate all of our options. First, male walleyes still remain ...

Walleyes spawn when the water is between 40 and 45 degrees; typically this has occurred before the walleye opener rolls around. Walleyes big and small have ...

You have done everything right, you have a walleye on the line and to borrow a term from the football world, its time to play prevent defense. When I see a ...

Boyd Lake State Park: Bass fishing has been good for anglers, as well as walleye and trout. Bluegill, carp, catfish, crappie and yellow perch fishing is slow but ...

Walker Pilot Independent
The next day, eager anglers were greeted with a great bite in shallow water for walleye and jumbo perch using a jig and a minnow. The hot spot in the main lake to start the fishing season was Pine Point. Along with the strong perch and walleye bite ...

Minneapolis Star Tribune
Mankato area: Hanska Lake has been the best spot for some good walleye action at about 3 to 12 feet using jigs and minnows, casting Shad Raps or pulling spinners with night crawlers. The smaller rivers such as the Blue Earth and Cottonwood are ...

Crookston Daily Times
Researchers picked lake trout, siscowet, salmon and walleye because they are among the most important species for sport angling and the region's tourism economy. email · print. By Associated Press. Crookston Times - Crookston, MN. By Associated Press ...

Minneapolis Star Tribune
Casey Bailey of Apple Valley caught this 18-inch walleye on Prior Lake on the fishing opener, using a slip bobber with leech on a red hook. “I was frustrated that I couldn't go up to a northern Minnesota lake due to the late ice-out, but it all worked ...

NewsNet5.com
Fishing report update: Walleye bite turning on. Walleye, Saugeye fishing hot on inland lakes. whitebass_20130520071940_JPG. A chunky Lake Milton White Bass. Plenty of White Bass are being caught now. Fish diving plugs, minnow, or nightcrawlers to ...

ksl.com
(tonya) it's the walleye spawn, i'm so happy. (adam) you know so many people live along the Wasatch Front, so close to Utah Lake, we hope to show you some of those toothy critters. (Tim Duke, Rocky Mountain Anglers) It was pretty good a couple of weeks ...

Outdoor Life Magazine (blog)
And walleye anglers are catching on, too. In the summer or during seasonal transitions when walleyes are staged in deep water, copper-wire trolling systems are proving to be the most effective way to take small presentations deep and maintain depth ...

WalleyeFIRST
Two local guides, Mark Bry and Ross Sensiba, were grateful for the change of scenery and know the warmest water will jump-start the walleye bite and keep it going for many weeks. Bry looks for shallow warm bays, and Sensiba will focus on flowing ...

Wyoming Tribune
It is stocked with walleye and catfish and offers great fishing. Compared to Glendo Reservoir to the north, it has some elbowroom. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department also stocks the reservoir with gizzard shad, a small forage fish, to give the ...

PARK RAPIDS, Minn. - Gov. Mark Dayton celebrated the Fishing Opener by catching and releasing a nice sized walleye early Saturday morning. He caught the ...

Park Rapids, Minn. — Twenty-five minutes into the 2013 season, Gov. Mark Dayton, fishing during the Governor's Fishing Opener, got the walleye monkey off his ...

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.

The North Bay Nugget
Rob Cybulskie dropped by Discount Bait and Tackle on Sunday afternoon to reload for another run at the walleye in Lake Nipissing. He and his son, Chase, 4, spent a beautiful Saturday evening fishing off King's Landing, better known as the government ...

Duluth News Tribune
Austin Driscoll and 25-inch walleye. image. Austin Driscoll of Duluth holds the 25-inch walleye he caught and released on Sunday at the Island Lake bridge north of Duluth. He was back there on Wednesday, fishing for walleyes again. (Austin Driscoll ...

Mason City Globe Gazette
Walleye — good: Anglers are been catching better numbers these last few days with the warmer weather and water. A few bigger fish have been caught but most anglers are catching a mix of sublegals and small legal walleyes. Most are caught on jig and a ...

Iron Mountain Daily News
IRON MOUNTAIN - Spring fishing started this week in the U.P. and by most accounts it was a good opener. The Upper Peninsula seasons for walleye, northern pike and muskellunge; and the catch-and-immediate-release bass season for all Upper Peninsula ...

The Sudbury Star
The Victoria Day long weekend marks the opening of the season for walleye, Northern Ontario's most sought-after gamefish, a finicky, light-biting slice of gold that can challenge even the best anglers when lockjaw sets in. This year's late spring may ...

Herald Review
Grand Rapids: The walleyes are still concentrated because the spawning continues, but as water temperatures continue to increase they will scatter and produce more activity. The rivers are warming up quite fast so these waterways are seeing good ...

Grand Forks Herald
The big walleyes were active opening weekend, and the fishing was excellent, with many charter boats reporting 100-fish outings. It wouldn't be exaggerating to say Lake of the Woods served up the best fishing in the state for Minnesota's walleye opener.

Akron Beacon Journal (blog)
The Port Clinton Walleye Beer Fest will include more than 100 beers from 20 breweries, local restaurants pairing their food with beer, and live performances by the Last of the Wildmen and the Naked Bacon Band. Participating breweries include Atwater ...

The Seattle Times (blog)
Serious walleye anglers are catching good numbers of walleye, many of which are miniature under the 12 inch legal minimum. Walleye fishermen trolling, using spinners and night-crawlers behind bottom cruisers are reporting a number of perch under 6 ...

GoErie.com
A few walleye have been caught, including a 13-pound fish. Most of the walleye have been caught by trollers who were targeting lake trout. In the evening, walleye have been caught closer to shore, in depths of 15 feet to 20 feet. Just a few walleye ...

Plain Dealer
HURON, Ohio - This is walleye country, from the shores of Lake Erie to a gaggle of reservoirs that feature the toothy and delicious game fish. It stands to reason that Northern Ohio is also one of the most popular locations in the nation for walleye ...

Rapid City Journal
Walleye are known as a cagey fish that are persnickety when it comes to what they eat, when they eat and where they eat it. So that makes it imperative that an angler seeking success in walleye fishing knows their habits, methods to attract them and ...

The Detroit News
Walleye season is under way this week. Fisheries supervisor Jessica Mistak of the state Department of Natural Resources tells the Daily Press of Escanaba that walleye may not be moving much because of chilly waters in the central Upper Peninsula.

durhamregion.com
Finding decent-sized walleye was difficult. For those who persevered, the rewards were great. As always, when the temperature drops, a slower presentation shines. Jigs were the order of the day. A couple of anglers were slow-rolling spinners and picked ...

The Columbian
Mid-Columbia — The Dalles pool, 11 boaters with 22 walleye kept; two bank rods with no walleye; 11 boaters with 154 bass released; three bank rods with no bass; 10 bank rods with five sublegal sturgeon released; 23 boaters with one legal sturgeon kept ...

Kingsport Times News
Cherokee Rod & Gun Club is making preparations for its 14th annual Catfish Derby and is getting the word out that youngsters need to be registered early for this year's event. The 2013 Derby is slated to be held Saturday, June 8 at the club's Reservoir ...

Rapid City Journal
Walleye Magnet: The Rapala lure company says the Shad Rap is the top selling crank-bait in the world, but perhaps more importantly, local walleye expert Russ Backus endorses them as a magnet for attracting walleyes. The Shad Rap comes in several sizes ...

NewsNet5.com
The Walleye action has really picked up in the Central Basin. Craig Lewis at Erie Outfitters in Sheffield Lake says trolling has been the key from Cleveland west to Vermilion. Reef Runners and crawler harnesses have been producing. The problem has been ...

Helena Independent Record
Walleye anglers are catching fish between spring storms throughout the south end of the reservoir. Trolling shallow with crankbaits or worm harnesses has produced the best bite. A few perch are being caught while searching for walleye. No ling reported.

Toledo Blade
It's hard not to put the spotlight on a nine-pound walleye pulled from the Maumee River, or an oversized cooler dragged up the bank of the Sandusky River, stuffed with more than 100 white bass. That's what the spring spawning runs of these two species ...

Post-Bulletin
... the wind and waves of Lake Mazaska. I held on tight to my hat, and sometimes to the boat, in five hours of cold, bouncing fishing during a rough-and-tumble inland walleye/northern fishing opener that left most anglers tired, wet, wind-burned and ...


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