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How To Fillet Walleyes
Here’s how you can fillet walleyes like a pro without cutting through the rib cage. By not cutting through the walleye’s ribs you will not only speed up the process, but your fillet knife will also stay sharp longer. Please note that the how to steps below will also work with perch, bluegill, crappie, and ext. [...]
Tracking Mississippi River Walleyes
Summary: Prowling the edge of the wing dam, we went just a few minutes without success. Then, one appeared. A quick dip in the water and Caleb Schnitzler pulled nearly five-pound walleye on board. This one would be going right back in the water shortly; along with the three bigger ones that followed on the [...]
Jig Fishing Walleye Tips And Techniques
Summary: Jig fishing for walleyes can be a very effective technique that can be used in a variety of situations from shallow water to deep water, and from the winter season to summer time. Because it’s up to the angler to put the desired action into the jig, this lure can be used for sluggish [...]
Walleye Boats
Looking for a new walleye boat? Here’s a list of the top walleye boat manufacturers and links to their websites. Good luck finding your new boat.
Aluminum Walleye Boats
Lowe Aluminum Boats - Lowe Boats is a premier manufacturer of walleye deep-V aluminum fishing boats.
Crestliner Boats - A strong dose of pride and some pretty incredible thinking goes [...]
Walleye Versus Sauger Identification
Walleye Versus Sauger Identification
The two most obvious differences between walleye and sauger is that a sauger doesn’t have a obvious white tipped tail and also has many black specks or dots on it’s dorsal fin. You can spot these differences on the charts below.
When fishing waters that have both walleyes and sauger in most cases [...]
Walleye Quick Facts
Walleye Quick Facts
The next time you catch a walleye take a moment to carefully examine its eyes. Not only are these features the origin of its common name and a prominent part of their appearance, but their unique physiology permits this fish to adapt into an ecological niche that is occupied by few other species. [...]
Winter Walleye Fishing Tips
Summary: Nature slows its pace in winter, and walleye become sedentary. Digestive processes have slowed to the lowest point of the year, the fish do not feed as often, thus lengthening the time between foraging activity. Location of the fish changes very little from autumn; they remain in the deepest water. When feeding activity occurs, [...]
Summer Walleye Fishing Tips
Summary: Some of the finest walleye and sauger fishing takes place in late spring and early summer, once spawning is completed and the fish begin to search for food. Forage fish are not abundant in this period and all predators are moving extensively, a phenomenon which makes it much easier to find the more aggressive [...]
Fall Walleye Fishing Tips And Techniques
Summary: Autumn in the life of a walleye is a time of continual change. The water temperature is declining; natural structure such as aquatic vegetation that has provided protective cover all summer, is dying; lakes and reservoirs with thermal stratification in summer are turning over; and forage, that was abundant just a short time before, [...]
Spring Walleye Fishing Tips
Summary: As the ice cover melts from the lakes and rivers and the water warms in spring, walleye begin to move out of deep water winter habitats. Reproduction is the main motivation, and the fish migrate toward traditional spawning grounds. Movement can be over a short distance in small lakes and reservoirs, or it can [...]
17 Walleye Fishing Tips
1. When fishing lakes during the summer for walleyes there are generally two bites going on, a shallow water bite, and a deep water bite. If the shallows don’t produce, trying fishing the deep water bite. Try primary and secondary points that head out into deep water, humps, underwater islands, rock bars and drop-offs. Use [...]
Glossary Of Walleye Fishing Terms And Slang
Back-Trolling – Trolling technique in which the outboard of the boat is placed in reverse versus forward gear. By trolling in reverse the boat can turn sharper thus allowing the angler to follow very tight bottom contours.
Bait Holder Hook – A regular fishing hook that a barbs on the shank of the hook that keep [...]