
Best time to fish border-water walleyes? That’s easy
By Steve Carney Contributing Writer During this part of April, the time to be on the water and fishing is at sundown. Fishing this past week was slow during the mornings and almost futile during

By Steve Carney Contributing Writer During this part of April, the time to be on the water and fishing is at sundown. Fishing this past week was slow during the mornings and almost futile during

Walleye fry continue to be stocked annually, and with some improvement in water quality and a natural reduction in the bigmouth buffalo population, the hope is that Fox will return to the outstanding fishery it

Regardless of river system, the most important component of fishing rivers for walleyes is simply being flexible and nimble.


Smallmouth bass action is heating up, and steelhead, too. And get ready for some of the best fishing of the season – it will be here soon. Here’s what, where and how they’re catching fish

Bass getting most of the attention as state waterways/fisheries warm up.

In surveys of the fishery, the biggest walleye went about 28 inches and the biggest muskie went about 48 inches.

Yes, it’s very early, but anglers are starting to catch crappies and panfish from boats and from shore.

Water temperatures continue to warm, along with the fishing bite for everything from perch, to crappies, to walleyes.
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