Open Water Saugers & Walleyes

River walleyes in the throes of winter don’t get much attention. While I know what lies in wait for me beneath any of the several lock and dams up and down the Mississippi, Missouri, and other major rivers of the North, it’s tough to convince any angler to juggle the duties of ice and open-water at the same time. Once the ice forms, most of my long rods stay stashed above the boat in overhead rod racks... 

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