Finding and catching walleyes early in the ice-fishing season is often a matter of targeting locations where we put the fish to bed while still in our boats.
Warm temperatures brought out more anglers looking to get that one last fishing trip in. Those targeting the inland lakes did manage to catch a few bass, pike, walleye and perch and other panfish, including
Steelhead, walleye and perch bite continues to be strong. And some hefty muskies have been reported so far this fall.
With good flow (finally) in Erie-area tributary streams, steelhead were on the move and fishing turned on in recent weeks. And an excellent fall smallmouth bite was reported on the state’s bigger rivers.
The spring bobber on my ice rod barely twitched. It wasn’t much of a bite from a fish, but more of a tiny pull of the line against the spring.
Sitting on a bucket beneath a peerless blue sky on a comfortable early-winter afternoon several years back, I spied moving water from the river’s main stem.
As water temps continue to fall, where walleyes and perch in particular are biting.
If the weather allows, river fishing would be the best option to put catch a few late season walleyes.
Mark Schmitkons, of Newfane, is crazy about antique fishing stuff. His passion is collecting old fishing tackle that truly means something, a piece of equipment that has a story to tell. His primary focus is
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