Rivers produce some of the most overlooked ice fishing opportunities. Walleyes seek areas where ice usually forms, near the main flow. Key areas are generally within a mile or so below a dam. They include: •...View article
Prime structural elements offer environmental options that suit the needs of the fish. Areas that attract walleyes generally have quick access to deep water along large, forage-holding shallow shelves,...View article
Principal locations on lakes include: • Main lake bars reaching into or near the deepest water in the lake. Look for structural diversity, combinations...View article
In fertile prairie lakes, walleye activity becomes progressively more daytime-oriented as the Summer Period approaches. There are no distinct visual signs and water temperatures to indicate when fish...View article
Each season, millions of folks head from the prairie north to the woods. Clear water, pine forests, and northwoods walleyes, here we come! Along the way, they pass small lakes and reservoirs—bullhead...View article
Area A is probably the last place you’d expect to find walleyes on this lake. It’s a flat, soft-bottomed nothing. Yet at certain times of the year, such areas host a substantial population of suspended...View article
All wood is not created equal—at least not in terms of attracting lowland and flatland reservoir walleyes. During the Summer Period, walleyes scatter across the 4-12-foot-deep flats that are often...View article
Few fishing situations are as cut-and-dried as walleyes in Canadian Shield lakes in spring. Most lakes are interconnected by rivers, streams, and trickles—some passable, others too shallow, steep,...View article
After spawning, walleyes may remain in the spawning area if forage is present. But in most cases, such large concentrations of fish quickly deplete the available food, and walleyes must begin spreading...View article
Seasonal habitat and the forage it draws attract and hold walleyes. Use a lake map to determine potential spawning areas. Then look for main lake areas that walleyes use during summer. Walleyes moving...View article
There are many different types of tailwaters across North America, and traditionally rivers mean daytime fishing. Night-fishing may be the answer in some cases, however. In either case, the principle...View article
Shallow flats fall into several categories: bays, main lake sloping shorelines, main lake shallow flats without much cover, main lake flats with cover, and featureless flats with nothing to concentrate...View article
Fall is big fish time with big baits under the big top from the Big Apple to the Big Sky and beyond. Big time. It’s our favorite period to go anywhere and do anything for marble eyes. There’s a...View article
Anglers prefer to fish during peak conditions when everything is lots and big, which in the old days often meant one whale of a harvest. Back then, naive anglers thought more about gettin’ in on the...View article
One day, veteran professional walleye angler Mike McClelland stopped by the In-Fisherman office and started swapping walleye stories with Al Lindner. As you might expect, both use somewhat similar methods...View article
