Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Walleye Fishing Reports - 2/6/2013 - 9 Stories - MN, OH, IA, AR, ND, SD, WA


Akron Beacon Journal
It takes two years for walleye and perch to grow big enough to be caught and kept by fishermen, officials say — and there are still plenty of good-sized fish out there from better years. Walleye and perch are among the most popular sport fish in Lake ...

Dubuque Telegraph Herald (blog)
Congratulations to Wayne Milliman, who was named the Mississippi Walleye Club's Fisherman of the Year during its awards banquet on Jan. 26. Milliman participated in all six of the club's tournaments and finished the 2012 season with 62 points, just ...

GoErie.com
Now, as February begins, might be the best time to try to catch big walleye from the river, or from a few other waterways in our corner of the state. French Creek gives up its share of big walleye. Although I have not been there in several years ...

Log Cabin Democrat
After 10 years of stocking baby walleye by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission in the 31,700-acre lake and after careful monitoring of these fish, the conclusion is that walleye are doing well in Beaver and apparently are there for the long run. “We ...

Jamestown Sun
Try working deep humps for walleye and perch. Southeastern lakes remain steady but nothing spectacular for success. Overall, erratic weather is creating irregular patterns. However, there is steady perch success with wax worms and minnows on spoons, ...

Minnesota Public Radio
COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. — Concern about walleye in Lake Mille Lacs where the population is at its lowest level in decades has prompted regulators to cut the total amount of walleye that can be taken from the lake. It's a measure aimed to balance the needs ...

Minneapolis Star Tribune
State officials have cut walleye allocations -- which include released fish that die -- in half this year on Lake Mille Lacs. hide. Walleyes, Minnesota's state fish. At Lake Mille Lacs, the number of released walleyes that die is crucial because they ...

Minneapolis Star Tribune
Experimental walleye fishing regulations on lakes Kabetogama, Namakan, Sand Point, Crane and Little Vermilion are being extended for another six years. The regulation, which requires anglers to release all walleyes from 17 to 28 inches, was put in ...

The Seattle Times
Recreational salmon fisheries in 2013 began under permanent regulations except barbless hooks are required when angling for salmon, steelhead, and trout. Modifications to the 2013 spring chinook fishery will be considered at the January 30 Compact ...

Friday, December 28, 2012

Walleye Fishing Reports 12/28/2012 - ND, IL, MN - 5 Stories


Dickinson Press
32 F tailrace temperature. * North Dakota Game and Fish Department District game wardens: Keep trash off lakes and access points. Lake Tschida slow for walleye. Sheep Creek Dam fair for walleye. Raleigh Reservoir and North Lemmon Lake producing a ...

Chicago Sun-Times
Nick Tassoni locked up Fish of the Year honors way back on Jan. 7 when he caught a 14.75-pound walleye, breaking Illinois' longest standing gamefish record, while fishing with his father Dave on the Pecatonica River. The record-setting walleye was ...

River fishing for walleyes heats up in the fall, so get ready for some of the best fishing of the year. Rivers and jigs are like peanut butter and jam… they go ...

Grand Forks Herald
Kit Beckel, a guide for Sportsman's Lodge near Baudette, Minn., holds a 25-inch walleye caught on a jig and minnow in late September near Stony Point. Creel surveys from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources confirm what many anglers already ...

Jamestown Sun
Pike spearing continues but many potential lakes in Barnes County iced over with cloudy conditions. A few lakes in Stutsman and LaMoure counties have better water clarity with some small pike success in 5 to 7 feet. Lake Audubon producing small walleye.

Friday, November 23, 2012

Walleye Fishing Reports - 11/23/2012 - 15 Stories - WI, ND, IA, MI, WA, IL, OH, ONT


Plain Dealer
The Lake Erie walleye fishing has been fair to very good in near-shore areas from the Western Basin to Cleveland, but big waves forecast for today and Saturday are a concern. Steelhead trout fishing has been slow, with rivers low and clear. The inland ...

Plain Dealer
The Lake Erie walleye fishing has been fair to very good in near-shore areas from the Western Basin to Cleveland, but big waves forecast for today and Saturday are a concern. Steelhead trout fishing has been slow, with rivers low and clear. The inland ...

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Walleye anglers had their best luck during dark hours around weed beds in 5 to 10 feet. Casting over the tops of weeds with minnow-style stick baits will catch active walleyes. Soaking a medium golden shiner or red-tail chub on a No. 8 treble hook ...

Sawyer County Record (blog)
This is a good time to catch big walleyes. Cast crankbaits over the tops of weeds in 4-8 feet of water during dark hours or fish walleye suckers under lighted bobbers. During daylight hours, concentrate on deeper structure with fatheads or walleye ...

With the highest perch, pike and walleye numbers in the past 10 years, Devils Lake ice fishermen are looking at an ice fishing bonanza. “It's significant that we ...

Mason City Globe Gazette
Walleyes, sauger and saugeyes can be caught on a variety of baits, but it's really hard to beat a jig: Pure and simple, jigs are the go-to bait of many of the best walleye catchers in any of these regions. Walleyes will eat jigs tipped with plastic or ...

Mason City Globe Gazette
Cedar River (above Nashua): Smallmouth bass — slow: Anglers are catching smallies while fishing for walleye. Walleye — slow: Fish the deeper holes using minnows or nightcrawlers. Decorah District Streams: Northeast Iowa streams are fishing well late ...

Iron Mountain Daily News
Walleye catches were down except for those night fishing. They did well when trolling stick baits in 10 to 28 feet of water along the reefs near Kipling or 12 to 25 feet near the Black Bottom. Some nice walleye were caught near the Escanaba Lighthouse ...

Columbia Basin Herald
Bass Fishers are continuing to have good smallmouth action on the face of O'Sullivan Dam. The Crab Creek area is producing some largemouth bass action as well. Walleye action is still slow. As our weather gets colder the walleye fishing will only improve.

Mica and Steve Killenger weighed a six-fish basket of walleyes for 22.13 pounds earning, $1,700 which included the big fish for the event a 8.27-pound walleye ...

Sawyer County Record (blog)
Walleyes action is good during low light/dark periods on minnow baits fished over weeds in 4-8 feet and walleye suckers under lighted bobbers. On sunny days, work deep structure with minnows on jigs or Lindy Rigs. Crappies are active around weeds in ...

Napa Valley Register
Marianne won the AIM Pro Walleye Series in August. (Thanks Outdoor Life for this note.) This column has long celebrated the growing number and success of female anglers. Here's another sign that you can place at the very top of your sport. Who will be ...

WBIW.com
In a partnership between the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and the Federal Bureau of Prisons, inmates at Terre Haute's Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) will raise channel catfish for DNR's new urban fishing program and walleyes for selected ...

The Cabool Enterprise
A year ago, Sondra got a special fishing rod for Christmas, a custom-made light rod with spinning reel which is made for six-pound line and best used for white bass, crappie, trout, and walleye and bass less than four pounds in weight. I told her this ...

Net Newsledger
It's turning cold in walleye country across the northern half of the nation, but ice-up is still a while away and there are still many great opportunities to catch some open-water fish before you have to turn to the ice shanty for your angling fix ...


It was quite the day for Marlin Ingebretson of Mayville.

Elmira Star-Gazette
Pronti is making a habit of catching wall hangers, and his latest is a 31-inch walleye hooked in September while fishing the Chemung River. Pronti caught the bruiser — his biggest walleye ever — on a stickbait around 7:30 p.m. Sept. 18 downstream ...

Monday, October 1, 2012

Walleye Fishing Reports - 10/1/2012 - 12 Stories - MI, MN, SD, ND, NY, IL, OH, WA

Walleye fishing improves, bird season going well
Iron Mountain Daily News
IRON MOUNTAIN - Fall fishing has picked up for many anglers, with reports of walleye becoming more active. John Grier at Whispering Pines Outpost said a fishermen had lots of walleye action using minnows, but only a couple of keepers were caught.
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Tempt baitfish with minnows in fall
Park Rapids Enterprise
Baitfish are an integral part of catching fish of any species. Whether you're trying to catch walleye, northern pike, muskie, bass, panfish, bullheads or any other fish that swims, food is an essential factor that influences location and behavior. By ...
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Dakota recreation report for Sept. 28, 2012
Jamestown Sun
Dist. game wardens: Walleye success slowed on Lake Sakakawea. Devils Lake continues producing small walleye with better fishing at times around 6-Mile Bay and other scattered areas throughout the lake. It's a matter of timing and being in the right ...
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Yellow perch are biting near Rocky River: Fishing Report
Plain Dealer
Near-shore anglers report walleye fishing is slow, but some walleye are biting off Cranberry Creek after dark. Steelhead trout are being caught around harbors from Cleveland to Conneaut on casting spoons, spinners and jigs tipped with live bait. Inland ...
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AREA FISHING REPORT
Grand Forks Herald
With consistently strong winds, anglers have been working areas where the weather allows and catching walleyes. Jigs and shiner minnows are producing walleyes in shallower water in the Stony Point area, Four-Mile Bay, Lighthouse and Morris Point gaps ...
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The Fishing Line for Sept. 27
Rapid City Journal
BELLE FOURCHE RESERVOIR: Good bite of perch, walleye and bass continues off Rocky Point as activity continues to pick up with cooler temps. Numbers of fisherman slow during the week though active on weekends. DEERFIELD LAKE: Steady perch bite ...
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Dakota Recreation Report
Dickinson Press
Dickinson, Andrus Outdoors, Lake Sakakawea/area lakes: Limited activity on Lake Sakakawea, although those going are finding walleye in 18 to 20 feet using Lindy rigs and minnows. Water levels could limit some regular ramp access. Patterson Lake ...
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Fishing report
Detroit Free Press
Detroit River: Good perch fishing from Wyandotte all the way down past Celeron Island. Walleye are back and being caught in the lower Trenton Channel and around Sugar Island. Lake Erie: As water temperatures fall, perch fishing will continue to get better.
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Sept 28-30: Salmon runs continue to draw anglers on Salmon/Oswego rivers
Syracuse.com (blog)
No reports yet on any anglers having luck at night from shore fishing for walleyes with stickbaits. That should start soon. CAYUGA LAKE Fishing continues to be slow. Anglers are marking trout and salmon and a lot of bait but having little luck getting ...
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Pan-Roasted Walleye Pike with Artichokes, Wild Mushrooms and Cashew ...
Chicago Sun-Times
Chef Kendal Duque his Pan-Roasted Walleye Pike with Artichokes Mushrooms Cashew Vinaigrette City Tavern. Chef Kendal Duque and his Pan-Roasted Walleye Pike with Artichokes, Mushrooms and Cashew Vinaigrette at City Tavern, 1416 S. Michigan.
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FISHING REPORT: Chinook biting in Cowlitz, Kalama, Lewis and other rivers
TheNewsTribune.com (blog)
Try the Bonneville Pool for Walleye. Cowlitz: Anglers are landing fall Chinook and coho according to the WDFW. Fish Country Inc. says bank anglers at Barrier Dam are doing well when they throw “big gobs of eggs with sand shrimp. We have our corky guys ...
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09/26: Midwest Fishing Report
Chicago Sun-Times
reported walleye (to 27 inches) taking billed minnow baits on channel edges and associated flats. He is catching bass in weedy and non-weedy areas, while riffles, channel areas and associated flats still are producing. Ed Mullady reported pike (around ...
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Fishers report mixed results on perch, walleye | Port Clinton News ...
PORT CLINTON -- Anglers fishing Lake Erie during the last week have reported mixed results on yellow perch and walleye.
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Minnesota Fishing Reports Leech walleye report 9/21/12 [Outdoor ...
Fished Leech today water was 58 worked alot of spots best bite was 6ft to 8ft with a Northland Vegas jig green or gold 1/8oz to a 1/4oz. Fishing the wind blowen ...
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