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 ...

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 ...