Fishing has been good, although pressure has been low. But still catching steelheads on the rivers and walleye on Erie, and the perch bite remains hot on Lake St. Clair.
The night walleye bite on Lake Erie has been off the charts and northeast Ohio steelheading is going well, too.
Small sucker minnows are awesome baits for walleyes this time of year.
In this info-heavy video, Joel Nelson shares five extra-helpful tips that you can use to put more walleyes on the ice this winter.
On a recent fishing outing, this Pennsylvania angler first caught an 18-inch sauger and then a 27-inch walleye – it weighed 9-1/2 pounds. “I was ecstatic about that,” he said of those two fish, likely
“It is a self-sustaining walleye fishery and that’s kind of what our management focus is. But there’s a pretty wide aspect of species.”
The weather definitely has turned to more winter-like, but plenty of trophy walleyes are being caught.
And a four-walleye bag limit – up one from last winter – is set on Upper Red Lake.
Breaking down everything you need to know to chase down walleyes on early ice, including location, presentation, and everything in-between.
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