NewsNet5.com
Northeast Ohio fishing report: Walleye bite still hot. Lake Erie producing big Walleye. electro5_20130612060459_JPG. Sunfish are lined up for measurement during electrofishing survey on Nimisila Reservoir. Copyright 2013 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights ...
AberdeenNews.com
Even though it had been years since Steve Painter had gone fishing, he was a picture of serenity as he showed off his catch Tuesday night. Save for a wry smile he cracked as the people around him snapped pictures, Painter, an Aberdeen resident ...
Daily Republic
Tyler Manning had every intention of catching walleye May 23 on the James River, near Rockport Colony in Hanson County. By: Brooke Cersosimo, The Daily Republic. Tyler Manning. image. Tyler Manning, 22, of Mitchell, poses with his unrestricted state ...
StarPhoenix
The last two days of the trip, the walleye had returned to their usual habit of hitting our jigs much softer. Often we felt only a slight tug when they inhaled the jig. The walleye were scattered in loose schools. Once we found them, we were able to ...
Aitkin Independent Age
Mille Lacs east – Water temperatures remain in the mid 50-degree range and the walleye bite has been hot. Anglers are catching numbers of 20-26- inch fish with some keepers in the mix. A jig and minnow is best during the day in less than 18 feet, while ...
bcrnews.com
SPRING VALLEY — The Spring Valley Walleye Club's annual work day will be held Saturday at Barto Landing. All projects will begin at 7 a.m. and end by noon. Lunch will be provided for all volunteers of the club. PYFL sign-ups. PRINCETON — Registration ...
St. Helens Chronicle
Walleye angling is excellent in The Dalles and John Day pools. Columbia River Fish Counts. Salmon, steelhead and shad. Salmonid catch rates were fair to good in the lower Columbia over the weekend. Boat anglers in the gorge below Beacon Rock had the ...
The Chattanoogan
Several bass are being caught at night on spinnerbaits and jigs while fishing points in 10 feet of water. Walleye fishing is fair, while trolling night crawlers and using crankbaits on flats in 10-to-15 feet of water. Bluegill fishing is good on ...
News Talk 980 CJME
The survey also found a variety of ages of walleye, in particular, showing that the population is fairly stable. Merkowsky explains that Lake Diefenbaker is a fairly unique body of water, where the levels fluctuate as the province makes room for spring ...
Daily Republic
We were tossing minnow-tipped jigs from the bank, and I was catching most of the walleyes and white bass. His jigging skills were excellent, and he eventually asked me what I thought about the disparity in our catch. I told him to take the time to pick ...
Oswego Daily News
Look for walleye, sheepshead, smallmouth bass, white perch and an occasional brown trout. Remember the bridge to Leto Island is closed, and there are Mandatory Personal Flotation Device (PFD) zones on the Oswego River below the Varick Dam.
Minneapolis Star Tribune
State fishing report. Detroit Lakes area: On most area lakes, walleyes are taking jigs and minnows or live baits with minnows or leeches near shoreline structures at about 7-14 feet. Bass and crappie action is extremely active at about 4-8 feet near ...
Outdoor Life Magazine (blog)
He won the first Bassmaster Classic in 1971 and repeated in '78, but Bobby Murray is no one-trick pony. He holds a fondness for catching walleyes on his home waters of Arkansas's Lake Ouachita. Options are many but when 'eyes suspend over timber, here ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Up north, walleye fishing has been good on Leech Lake, also Winnibigoshish, Cass and Bemidji, among other waters, as the cool, wet spring seems to have prolonged the season's best bite, keeping fish in fairly shallow water. Crankbaits trolled "long ...
Walker Pilot Independent
Finally it looks like the Leech Lake area will get a break in the weather with warmer temperatures this week that have been hard to come by so far this season. The walleye bite has slowed down a little because of the up-and-down weather patterns this ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Anglers will have even more to cheer about Saturday, when the Department of Natural Resources changes the lake's protected walleye slot from 17-26 inches, to 20-26 inches. The lake's walleye limit will remain four, with one allowed over 26 inches.
Colorado Springs Gazette
Some reports of walleye being caught using jigs and trolling with bottom bouncers. We've also had reports of smallmouth being caught using jigs and swim baits off the points. Some success from shore on walleye using slip floats and crawlers fished shallow.
Evening Observer
HANOVER - The weather is warmer and the area of Sunset Bay was the hot topic at the Hanover Town Board meeting Monday. Boat Launch Director Cindy Sheedy said the Southtowns Walleye Tournament weigh-ins went well last weekend and drew many ...
Minot Daily News
Dan Faiman, of Fairview, Mont., caught the 12-pound fish early this year. It had identifying characteristics of both a walleye and a sauger, so genetic material was sent to a lab. The testing determined the fish is a saugeye - a cross between the two ...
Dubuque Telegraph Herald (blog)
And walleye won out over smallmouth bass in the Northwest. In the semifinals, walleyes beat crappies, and catfish beat trout. On Monday, the DNR announced that the walleye is Iowa's favorite fish. To mark the occasion, anglers age 18 and older may ...
NewsNet5.com
Walleye are providing fast action from Toledo to Ashtabula. In the Western Basin, trollers are taking good numbers of fish on Stinger spoons or nightcrawler harnesses. They are fishing the edges of the reefs. The harness bite continues for the headboat ...
Wired2Fish
When you think of championship caliber walleye pros, the name Mark Courts should come to mind. He's been hoisting up giant walleye for years and has a resume loaded with impressive credentials and several major tournament wins. Courts will be the first ...
ksl.com
Back in the mid to late nineties Yuba Reservoir was considered one of the best walleye and perch fisheries in the state. But that all changed in 2003, when the reservoir was drained for dam repairs. Once the reservoir began to fill back up, anglers ...
Fox11online.com
FOND DU LAC - For some fishermen, Lake Winnebago and the Bay of Green Bay are tops when it comes to walleye fishing. "But there's a lot of lakes, especially in Northern Wisconsin that need some help," said fisherman Keith Kavajecz. Keith Kavajecz, who ...
Rapid City Journal
Our Good Deeds: Guides take disabled vets walleye fishing. Print Email. « DAV · YFS. » 2013-06-09T08:00:00Z Our Good Deeds: Guides take disabled vets walleye fishingClaudia Laws Journal staff Rapid City Journal. 12 hours ago • Claudia Laws Journal ...
Beatrice Daily Sun
“Fishing is a great family activity that the whole family can do,” Betty Clayton of the Nebraska Walleye Association said. “It gets them outside.” Nebraska Walleye Association and Nebraska Game and Parks volunteers led each station. When the children ...
Lincoln Journal Star
I fished at Lewis and Clark with some folks from the Nebraska Walleye Association before one of their recent tournaments. I don't have a boat but they did, so we trolled. With any fishing, the most important variables to control when presenting baits ...
Buffalo News
Now, 11 years later, the Greater Niagara BassEye Celebrity Challenge has made many a mark – and continues to be a challenge for the best of bass and walleye anglers working the waters of Lake Erie and the upper Niagara River. When the fishing starts on ...
WDBJ7
It was a crazy spring for wildlife, walleyes included. However, spring's late arrival in northeast South Dakota resulted in extremely high-quality walleye eggs for hatching at Blue Dog State Fish Hatchery near Waubay. “Typically, we start our egg ...
KDLT News
Fencel told the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission that that the shad apparently spawned successfully because anglers report finding small shad in the stomachs of walleye they catch. The shad were stocked in an effort to boost the baitfish ...
Grand Forks Herald
OUTDOORS REPORT: Area fishing report. Walleyes are active but have started to move, with fish being caught from the south end of the lake all the way up to Garden Island and the reefs around Knight and Bridges islands. By: Herald Staff Report, Grand ...
Blue Springs Examiner
Walleye fillets are excellent table fare. Remarkably, most walleye in this region are caught by accident, especially in the summer. Veteran walleye fishermen from northern states visit Missouri and Kansas lakes and catch large numbers of walleye ...
GoErie.com
FishOn! Northwestern Pennsylvania fishing report, June 7. Erie Times-News. Advertisement. Walleye fishing on Lake Erie has been slower the past few days because of northeast winds, presumably. In the Elk Creek area, walleye have been hitting in depths ...
Worcester Telegram
Some local anglers, not satiated with our abundant trout, bass, blue fish, sea bass, and scup, are also heading north to fish for Vermont's walleyes. The Green Mountain State affords the best walleye fishing in New England. Walleye are one of our ...
Herald Review
Walleye action is picking up in most lakes throughout the state. Fish continue to be pulled from the shallows; jig and minnow combinations remain the most productive technique. Leeches and nightcrawlers, however, are beginning to turn fish. Crappies ...
Yankton Daily Press
Team Outdoorsmen Adventures Member Bill Christensen of Hartington, Neb., with an early season walleye taken from a slight depth change in the bottom structure on Lewis & Clark lake. Posted: Friday, June 7, 2013 10:31 pm. Of The Outdoors: Structure ...
NewsNet5.com
In the Central Basin, Craig Lewis at Erie Outfitters in Sheffield describes the Walleye bite as “stellar.” He says outstanding numbers of fish are being taken in 32 to 42 feet of water from Vermilion to Avon Point. Trollers are catching fish on Stinger ...
Miami County Republic
There are always rental boats that can be used, but we prefer to bring our personal larger boats with us. After a short trip to the bait store to buy three dozen minnows, we boated over to the falls for some walleye and perch fishing. The waterfall ...
Plain Dealer
The windy weather hasn't been friendly for fishermen this week and Lake Erie's water are stained, but hardy anglers report very good catches of yellow perch and walleye. The bite should blossom this weekend around Cleveland as Lake Erie settles a bit.
Sioux City Journal
When I started fishing seriously back in the late 1950s, lure selection was a pretty simple matter. Oh, there were lots of lures on the market but only a few stood out as consistent producers of walleyes. There were really only three that I was ...
Fergus Falls Daily Journal
I take the Brooks family fishing every August. Chuck, Claudia, Greg and Lesley call every year and reserve two half-days for the last week of August. A couple of years ago I met them on Sunday morning for the first of two outings — it's partially a ...
my.hsj.org
It's that time of year again. Time to get off of work, get your fishing gear ready, and grab your family, because it's fishing time on the Wolf River. The 2013 walleye run has begun. The walleye start from Lake Winnebago, travel through Lake Butte Des ...
The Columbian
Goose Lake in the southern Gifford Pinchot National Forest has been stocked with more than 4,600 trout. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife planted 1,500 cutthroat trout averaging about a half-pound, 417 cutthroat averaging 1.5 pounds and 2,700 ...
Dickinson Press
Bismarck, Dakota Tackle, Missouri River/area lakes: Missouri River around Bismarck-Mandan fair at best for walleye. Try 3 to 6 feet for bigger walleye around the N.D.-S.D. border on Lake Oahe. No reports from small area lakes in large because of rainy ...
Helena Independent Record
Fort Peck Reservoir, Big Dry Arm: The Rock Creek Walleye tourney was held last weekend. Norm Sillerud of Glasgow and partner J.R. Rasmusan of Glasgow won the tournament with a total weight of 88.96 pounds of walleye for 10 fish. The biggest walleye ...
Rapid City Journal
Angostura Reservoir: Walleye bite continues to improve with nice sized fish—16 to 19 inch—being caught as well as lots of unders on nightcrawlers at depths of eight to 11 foot of water. Some crappie, bass, and catfish action also reported. Belle ...
Evening Observer
The report showed no walleye or silver bass however. Earlier in the week there were some limit catches of yellow perch coming from the outer red buoy area. After the hard rainfall this weekend, a visible mud line had set up and perch will often hang ...
KIWARadio.com
Walleye – Fair: Some walleye are being picked up casting crankbaits. Muskellunge – Good: Muskies are in post-spawn mode and there has been an increase in activity. Anglers have been reporting good catch rates and lots of follows. Anglers need to be ...
Price County Daily
Top notch fishing on Green Bay. A fine catch of walleye for the table and a smallmouth bass for the wall. Posted: Thursday, June 6, 2013 5:00 am. An Outdoorsman's Journal: Top notch fishing on Green Bay MARK WALTERS The Bee / Park Falls Herald ...
