Friday, March 29, 2013

Walleye Fishing Reports - 3/29/2013 - 17 Stories


Plain Dealer
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. -- The Lake Erie walleye and yellow perch populations continue to decline, but the Lake Erie Committee of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission decided at its annual meeting here on Thursday that there were enough of Ohio's favorite ...

WSAU
RHINELANDER, WI (WXPR) - Governor Scott Walker says the state has been negotiating with six Chippewa tribes after the tribes declared a near-record level spring walleye harvest. In Rhinelander Thursday, Walker says he thinks getting a reputation as not ...

Bucyrus Telegraph Forum
The annual run of walleye into the Maumee and Sandusky rivers has begun, and some nice fish are being caught in both rivers. The best fishing in the Maumee is from Orleans Park in Perrysville upstream to the end of Jerome Road in Lucas County.

Northwest Arkansas News
Posted: March 28, 2013 at 5 a.m.. Flip Putthoff Ron Duncan of Springdale has high hopes for a walleye while fishing on the White River near Goshen during a float trip March 15. Several crappie took a liking to Duncan's lures, but the walleye refused to ...

Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (blog)
From 2001 through 2009, DNR fisheries biologists stocked fingerling walleyes annually at the rate of 20 per acre at Sylvan in Noble County and Winona in Kosciusko County. That rate was cut to 15 per acre from 2010 through 2012. Survival rates one year ...

Clark Fork Valley Press
The environmental assessment released by the FWP outlines details of the proposal that would utilize several methods to reduce the walleye population, considered an invasive, illegally introduced species that according to the state agency threatens ...

Newsradio 620 (blog)
Under existing law, the six bands of Chippewa in northern Wisconsin are allowed to declare how many walleyes they intend to spear during the annual spring harvest. After the bands announce their numbers, the DNR sets sport bag limits for everyone else.

BassResource.com (press release)
I'm going to try walleye fishing this weekend in a river/lake. It'll be mostly where a river meets the lake it feeds. The lake is at winter pool so there's not too much depth in the area at the moment. There is current with a few pools of slow moving ...

StandardNet
Walleye very seldom hit lures while they are spawning. When you see people fishing the inlet with lures using gigantic treble hooks, you know they are trying to snag the fish. This only interrupts the spawning. Walleye are one of the few fish that ...


Sioux Falls Argus Leader
South Dakota's Game, Fish and Parks Department and North Dakota's Game and Fish Department are cooperating on a project to tag at least 40,000 walleyes in the next four years as part of a project to learn more about the fish population in the lake.

Northland's NewsCenter
Some anglers feel with a one bag limit, fishing for Walleye may not be worth the trouble. "Everytime you go out fishing it costs you money, your boat, gas whatever. To just catch one...it's a losing battle," says Mike Inca, angler of 45 years. Some ...

For Immediate Release March 21, 2013. Annual Walleye Migration Underway on Maumee and Sandusky Rivers Daily bag limit is four walleye until April 30 ...

Duluth News Tribune
The six bands of Chippewa in northern Wisconsin have declared intentions to spear a near-record number of walleyes during the annual spring harvest. While the total number of lakes declared is similar to past years, the number where the spearing ...

Grand Forks Herald
Walleyes such as this respectable fish Jonny Petrowske of Waskish, Minn., landed in December 2011 were abundant this winter on Upper Red Lake. A relaxed slot limit and good fishing resulted in the highest wintertime walleye harvest since fishing on ...

St. Cloud Times
The walleye fishing on Lake Mille Lacs is expected to be good this open-water season. But based on the new regulations announced earlier this week by the Department of Natural Resources, anglers will throw very few of those fish in their live wells.

NUjournal
(AP) — A new group hopes to mount a legal challenge against letting tribes use gill-netting during walleye-spawning season on Mille Lacs Lake. A Brainerd Dispatch report (http://bit.ly/16NGASj ) says the group, called Save Mille Lacs Sport Fishing ...

Northland College Professor of Mathematical Sciences & Natural Resources.

Friday, March 22, 2013

Walleye Fishing Reports 3/22/2013 - 30 Stories


WSAU
RHINELANDER, WI (WXPR) - A DNR official is hoping to come to a negotiated settlement with the Chippewa tribes concerning walleye bag limits for anglers on northern Wisconsin lakes. The Chippewa bands last week gave the state their declarations of a ...

Clark Fork Valley Press
According to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Region 1 Supervisor Jim Satterfield, if approved, an effort will be undertaken to reduce the population of walleye in the Noxon Reservoir in the spring. Due to the predatory nature and prodigious spawning ...

Aitkin Independent Age
Regulations that will limit the harvest of walleye and potentially increase the harvest of northern pike and smallmouth bass will be implemented on Mille Lacs Lake this spring as part of a multi-year effort to rebuild the lake's legendary walleye ...

FOX 9 News
There's a fair amount of skill involved in fishing, but anglers who want to take home a walleye from Mille Lacs Lake will need some luck too now that the Department of Natural Resources is slashing the possession limit and slot sizes allowed there. Not ...

Leader-Telegram
Spearfishing. Fewer Fish. Walleye limits on many northern Wisconsin inland waters have been reduced from the statewide limit of five because the state's Chippewa bands have set higher-than-normal spearfishing limits. Some of those waters and their ...

Crookston Daily Times
Sport anglers who fish on Mille Lacs Lake will be allowed to keep only two walleyes this season and only if they fall within a narrow size range, fisheries officials announced Tuesday as they seek to stem a crash in the walleye population in one of ...

Walker Pilot Independent
... Wednesday, March 20, 2013 7:30 am. Mille Lacs Lake regulations changed to boost walleye population staff reports pilotnews@pilotindependent.com The Pilot Independent. HEADLINE. Mille Lacs Lake regulations changed to boost walleye population ...
Chetekalert
Upon receiving annual tribal walleye harvest declarations from the Chippewa tribes for waters in the Ceded Territory covering the northern third of Wisconsin, Department of Natural Resources analysis indicates that of the 535 lakes named for harvest ...

Your Daily Globe.com
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Secretary Cathy Stepp said Monday Chippewa tribes in northern Wisconsin are setting spearing levels that will mean more one-walleye lakes for sport anglers. As a result, the WDNR will withhold funds previously ...

Pioneer Press
There's a "serious problem" with Minnesota's most popular fish on one of the state's most popular lakes. Amid that backdrop, the Department of Natural Resources announced new walleye regulations for Lake Mille Lacs on Tuesday, March 19, scrunching the ...

Minneapolis Star Tribune (blog)
“We want Mille Lacs to continue to be a world-class walleye fishing destination,” said Dirk Peterson, DNR fisheries chief. “Currently, the size and structure of the walleye population isn't where we want it. We are committed to remedying the situation ...

NewsNet5.com
Most of the walleyes that will make the run will come from the bountiful 2003 year class. Many of the fish in that class will run 19 to 28 inches and weigh more than four pounds. That is a good size for a walleye, and there are even bigger fish to be ...


Pioneer Press
The state Department of Natural Resources and the Chippewa tribes in northern Wisconsin are locking horns again, this time over the tribes' plan to dramatically increase the number of walleye harvested this spring. The Chippewa bands' announcement last ...

Chippewa Herald
The state's Chippewa tribes Monday set spring walleye spearing levels so high that recreational anglers would only be allowed a one-walleye bag limit on 197 lakes, a move that drew sharp criticism from the state Department of Natural Resources ...

WAOW
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MuskieFIRST
Ponca City, Okla.-March 19, 2013-More than 260 anglers from across the Midwest will compete for over $67,000 in cash and prizes March 23-24 when the Cabela's Masters Walleye Circuit kicks off its 29th season on the fish-rich waters of the Illinois ...

WTAQ
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - Chippewa Indians in northern Wisconsin say they'll take a near-record number of walleye in their annual spring spearing harvest. Six tribes said they would spear just over 59,000 fish as part of their long-standing treaty rights ...

IceFishingFIRST
ARCTIC ICE JOINS CABELA'S NATIONAL WALLEYE TOUR. NPAA Supporting Partner Press Release Published March 19, 2013. MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. (March 18, 2013) - Arctic Ice LLC, a leading manufacturer of long-term, reusable refrigeration products, ...

MuskieFIRST
MADISON - Upon receiving annual tribal walleye harvest declarations from the Chippewa tribes for waters in the Ceded Territory covering the northern third of Wisconsin, DNR analysis indicates that of the 535 lakes named for harvest, 197 were named at a ...

WalleyeFIRST
Crosslake, MN - What would you call it if the same angling team won the National Championship, plus another 1st place finish and two 2nds in qualifying events-and the Team of the Year title-all in the same season? Historic? Dominating? Certainly, you'd ...

Toledo Blade
Each spring, as the ice comes off the rivers and the days get steadily longer, the walleye's internal clock says it is time to leave Lake Erie and head up the streams to spawn. Many of the Lake Erie walleye will spawn out on the reef structures in the ...

Mason City Globe Gazette
In the Midwest, walleyes are very popular, and for good reason. Walleyes will respond to a variety of techniques. In many areas the walleye fishing is better than ever, and they're great on the table. However, sometimes walleyes get more difficult to ...

Mansfield News Journal
But by late March some walleye should be in the river and being caught. More will arrive daily into mid- or late April, many of them big females that might reach 10 pounds. It's a golden time for anglers with no big Lake Erie boats to get within ...

PR Web (press release)
Devils Lake fishing season is open year-round and fish populations are at their highest levels in 10 years. Out-of-state anglers will experience some great April and early May walleye and pike action, when these seasons are closed in their home states.

Deseret News
SALT LAKE CITY — Walleye fishermen will share tricks of the trade at the 21st annual Utah Walleye Seminar at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 19, in the Department of Natural Resources Auditorium, 1594 W. North Temple. The free seminar is sponsored by Rocky ...

Post-Bulletin
03-11 01 olson talk jw .jpg. Fishing pro Eric Olson talks about stacker rigs and other technical sides of catching more walleye and sauger on the Mississippi River and Lake Pepin during the annual Spring Seminar of Walleye Searchers of Minnesota.

WalleyeFIRST
Crosslake, MN (March 13, 2013) - Even while you sleep, they prowl. Underwater worlds surge and pulse with nervous predatory energy. An elusive, yet vaguely familiar language echoes from beyond the edge. Structure itself seems to swim with serpentine ...

The Columbian
Friday is the last day to fish for steelhead in the Washougal, East Fork Lewis, South Fork Toutle, Grays, Elochoman and Coweeman rivers, plus Abernathy, Germany, Mill, Rock and Salmon creeks. Walleye fishing is improving in The Dalles pool. Battle ...

Department of Natural Resources - The Department of Natural Resources plans to collect approximately 45 million walleye eggs from the Muskegon River in ...

The Seattle Times (blog)
Walleye are preparing for the spring spawn. Surface water temperatures have been reported to 44 degrees. Walleye spawn at 45 degrees. Walleye action will only improve with natural spring conditions. The two areas to focus on at this time are the Lind ...

Cheboygan Daily Tribune
As a result of the 2007 Inland Consent Decree, tribal members can use spears or regular fishing equipment to catch walleye and steelhead in some waters when these waters are closed to fishing for state-licensed recreational anglers. Spring walleye ...

The rocky riffle in the Flint River at Flushing is the bedrock of the Flushing Walleye Festival. It's the reason walleye return to the town year after year.




Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Walleye Fishing Reports 2/26/2013 - 13 Stories - MN, AR, SD, ND, OH, PA, KY, WY


Wednesday might be a day that lives in infamy around Lake Mille Lacs.

Newton County Times (subscription)
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Jamestown Sun
Devils Lake, Lakeview Lodge, Devils Lake: Last weekend's stormy weather limiting activity, although those anglers still going out are finding walleye with a few perch and fair to good pike success. Anglers are working harder for walleye, however ...

The Daily Progress
I have been fascinated with walleye since I was a boy in West Virginia. At the time, there was a native population of walleye in the Greenbrier River, but only a handful of fishermen could catch them. I couldn't. My friends couldn't. The mystery only ...

Bismarck Tribune
Professional angler Johnnie Candle of Devils Lake will bring his Walleye University back to Bismarck March 2 at the National Energy Center of Excellence Auditorium at Bismarck State College. Candle has been presenting Walleye University around the ...

BassResource.com (press release)
So I have about 6 different colors of Bucktail, and am tying floating jigs custom made with the size heads and hooks that work for Walleye to over 12 lbs. caught in extreme whitewater, this time of year if they get you in the current and are over 10 ...

The Beacon
Rose's vision is to develop Port Clinton, The Walleye Capital of the World, as a destination regionally and nationally, to make it "a gateway, rather than an access point," to use all the area's adjacent assets such as Cedar Point and Put-in-Bay and ...

Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Ohio, Allegheny rivers (Allegheny County): Two nights this week on the Ohio River, Robert Wasileski III of Ingomar cleaned up on walleye when males 16 to 19 inches aggressively took shad-pattern jigs. The state Fish and Boat Commission reported that ...


KENTUCKY (2/16/13) – If fishing is one of your true loves, then think of Valentine's Day his past week as the start of the best fishing of the year for sauger and ...

Jacksoncountychronicle
Fair trade, that, Hamilton said, because the 50-plus holes he bored through nearly 4 feet of very hard Lake Winnipeg water likely had meant the difference between catching walleyes and not catching walleyes on this February day. Given the choice ...

Grand Forks Herald
Lake Winnipeg ice fishing guide Jason Hamilton shows off a chunky 25-inch "greenback" walleye Monday afternoon. Hamilton says the big lake's rich forage base helps walleyes achieve girths not commonly seen on other lakes. (Brad Dokken photo) ...

WFN: World Fishing Network (blog)
As the days begin to become longer, and the sun gets closer, the walleye start to move out of the deep pockets, and into river systems to spawn. Walleye will will travel as far as they can before they start to lay. This means you will find large ...

Casper Star-Tribune Online
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department lists the walleye as a non-native species to Wyoming while they list its cousin the sauger as a Wyoming native. Both of these fish evolved together during the glacial periods in the Mississippi/Missouri River ...

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 ...