Sometimes a day of fishing creates more questions than answers, but it’s all about the learning.
According to a researcher at the University of Wisconsin Madison and liaison with the Wisconsin DNR, anglers will have a hard time catching these fish later this century. Here’s why. Categories: News, Walleye Tags: Walleyes, Wisconsin DNR
(Photo by Brian S. Peterson)Last year’s Lake Erie walleye survey numbers set a new record – and in a big, big way. Just how big? Read more here. Categories: News, Walleye Tags: Lake Erie, Walleyes
The more you understand the seasonal movements of the fish you’re chasing, the more likely you’ll be able to stay on the bite. Video courtesy of Angling Buzz. Categories: Fishing, Fishing Tips, Illinois Videos, Michigan Videos, Minnesota Videos, New York Videos, Ohio Videos, Pennsylvania Videos, Walleye Videos, Wisconsin Videos Tags: Angling Buzz, Fishing, Walleyes
Open-water regs also allow for one fish over 20 inches, from 17 inches in 2021.
The walleye regulation for multiple water bodies will switch to the standard walleye regs for the Ceded Territory in northern Wisconsin.
Lake Erie continues to be one of the best places to be for walleye in the entire world. With an estimated population of nearly 100 million fish, there are plenty to catch. For Capt. Ryan O’Neill of Orchard Park, his attitude for catching these fish is a philosophy that has been handed down from his mentors – keep it simple….
At least for anglers in the States, Manitoba is known as a premier destination for trophy-sized walleyes. A proposed regs change wouldn’t change that, but down the road, those anglers may not be able to keep trophy walleyes caught in Manitoba waters. For the complete story, click here. Tags: Fishing, Walleyes
During mid-summer, when walleyes move deep, one of the most effective ways to target them is by power-corking. Now, I have caught a tremendous number of different fish species on floats everything from salmon, trout, walleyes, muskies northern pike, catfish, and panfish. I mean, live bait under a float works for all different fish species, but one place it can really shine…
Fishing for early season walleyes all begins with the search. Join in on the search with Angling Buzz in this video. Categories: Fishing, Fishing, Fishing Tips, Minnesota Videos, Walleye, Walleye Videos Tags: Angling Buzz, Fishing, Walleyes
It’s a different world now compared with when the 1956 six-fish bag regulation was put in place.
Legislation in both the Senate and House would direct the Minnesota DNR commissioner to reduce the statewide walleye bag limit from six fish to four fish.
And who can argue with this one: Want to harvest extra fish? Maybe have a big fish fry? Take a kid, veteran, senior, friend, or spouse fishing! That is what fishing is supposed to be about. Looking for big walleyes? How about limits of eater-sized ‘eyes? Lake Vermilion, in northeastern Minnesota, has the best of both worlds – and in a…
(Lake of the Woods Tourism)Walleyes in trouble on Lake of the Woods? How can that be? Well, that’s the word, at least on the Ontario side of the big lake. Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry has revealed that the Lake of the Woods walleye population is in danger and that its current fisheries are not sustainable, spelling serious…
Biologists with the Minnesota DNR will collect walleye eggs this spring; however, social distancing requirements mean this popular springtime activity will not be open for public viewing this year. Hatcheries, the destination for the eggs collected, also remain closed to the public. “Egg take operations are neat things to watch,” said Henry Drewes, northwest region fisheries supervisor. “But the closeness…
The one-fish walleye limit will be in place from Saturday, May 15, through Monday, May 31.
Walleye bite, though, has been reportedly slow.
(thebeacon.net)Forget the New Year’s ball dropping in New York City’s Times Square – Port Clinton, Ohio, is counting down to the 23rd annual Walleye Drop. For more, click here. To see a live streaming, click here. Categories: News Tags: Walleye Drop, Walleyes
(Ohio DNR)In recent years, the walleye population on Lake Erie – the western basin in particular – has grown by leaps and bounds each year, to the point where it’s almost unimaginable that the resulting walleye fishing can get any better. But it does, and it does, and it does again, which is where we’re supposedly at again here. For…
Population trends support limited harvest during ice fishing season, DNR says.
Always start by surveying a given water body to understand wind, weeds, clarity, depths, fronts, structure, and fishing pressure.
Anglers fishing during the winter season on Upper Red in northern Minnesota will have a three-walleye bag limit, with only one walleye longer than 17 inches allowed. Heavy winter fishing over the last four years has resulted in the more restrictive regs.
Wisconsin DNR will host a regional virtual public meeting – for St. Croix, Pierce, Dunn, Chippewa, Eau Claire and Clark counties – to discuss updating the Wisconsin Walleye Management Plan.
The updating process will include a review of the existing plan, an analysis of available data and trends and significant public input on angling and management preferences.
The combination of successful stocking and natural reproduction has significantly improved the fishery.
(Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks)The intent of the regulation is to prevent additional illegal introductions of walleye in western Montana and to potentially help the department detect illegal introductions and take action sooner. For the complete story, click here. Categories: News, Walleye Tags: Fishing, Walleyes
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