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If you are looking for a good place to do some ice fishing for walleye, Fort Peck in Montana is where you want to go. If you stay closer to the marina, you will even find some holes already drilled because they have tournaments in this area throughout the winter fishing season. This is the only lake, river or reservoir in the area that seems to be good for ice fishing and hooking a walleye. However, [...]
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Walleye Fishing Equipment – What Gear Is Necessary
Some things to remember when you are considering your gear and tackle for walleye fishing is that during the summer months, you want to have a depth finder. Walleye tend to move to deeper waters and a depth finder can help locate the depth. You need to have different weights for the leadhead. If you are fishing from shore, you need some jigs, sinker rigs and live bait. If you are fishing at night or [...]
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North Dakota Walleye Fishing – Best Spots/Tips
If you ever happen to find yourself in North Dakota, looking for some nice size walleyes, then you should try Devil’s Lake, Red River or the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers as well as Sakakawea Lake. You will find that North Dakota walleye are not as fussy as to what they eat and pretty much strike anything. You will find that you do not have to spend a lot on multiple baits to fish for walleye in [...]
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Walleye Fishing Guide – How to Pick the Perfect Guide
When choosing a walleye fishing guide, make sure you like the guide’s people skills. If you clash with the guide when discussing the trip, you might find that this trip will fail miserably. The person should have a good character and be friendly and open. The guide needs to be able to read you and understand what you want and expect. You are going to be on the lake on a boat for the day with [...]
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Popular Walleye Fishing Rods Reviewed
Lamiglas G1000 Graphite Spinning Rods The Lamiglas G1000 Graphite Spinning rod series is one of the most popular walleye fishing rods and utilizes graphite material to create a lightweight, durable yet effective walleye fishing rod. In size, this series comes in at 7 feet 6 inches long with a line weight capacity of 10 to 30 pounds. Lure weight handling is anywhere from one to 8 ounces. There are a [...]
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Kansas Walleye Fishing – Where to Fish Walleye in Kansas
One popular destination for fishing walleye is Wild Wings Lodge in Kansas. Kirwin Lake has some trophy size walleyes. The size limit is fifteen inches, however it is not uncommon to hook a walleye ranging in length of twenty inches. The season on this lake begins in the later part of March, but picks up during May and June. You are going to find that wherever you travel to fish in Kansas is going to [...]
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5 Walleye Fishing Tactics That Really Work
The Right Technique After finding the right location, choosing the best time to fish and obtaining the right equipment you need to improve your technique. Walleye fishing is considered a skill that can be learned with practice. You must always keep the line tight if you want to catch a walleye. They are very delicate when they bite and if the line is not tight, you will not feel the strike and you [...]
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The Best Walleye Fishing Season
By using small minnows, leeches or even night crawlers, you will find the walleye are striking. They do like something smaller until they start feeling the need for more food. Keep another thing in mind for fishing walleye, the Mayfly hatching time. During this time, the walleye are all over the area snatching up the larva and this is a great time to drop your bait as long as you can stand the Mayflies. [...]
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Hot Tips for Brainerd Walleye Fishing
The walleye do have a tendency of being cautious and like the safety the deeper waters provide so a good time to go fishing is late evening to early morning. This is also their main feeding times. If you are new to Brainerd Minnesota and have not had a chance to get to know the area very good, then you can always enlist the help of a guide service to take you out to the best locations. This way you [...]
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Great Tips for Illinois Walleye Fishing
By nature the walleye tend to stay near the bottom of the water where it is darker and cooler. However, they do come up closer after dusk and before sunrise so this is considered one of the best times for catching the walleye. It is important to know that they do most of their feeding between these hours. This will also be the best time to catch walleye in the summer months when the water is being [...]
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Kentucky Walleye Fishing
The ideal time to strike for walleye in Kentucky is sundown to midnight. Walleye will eat virtually anything placed in front of them. Favorites include small fish, crustaceans, worms and insects. Keep this in mind when making bait selections. Specifically for Kentucky waters, try live bait, crank baits, spoons and small spinner baits. For a little variety, throw some plastic worms and grubs into the [...]
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Walleye Fishing On Lake Oahe
Early in June, the Whitlock’s area of Oahe Lake can be a true dream come true for walleye anglers. As the warm water push from the upper region into the middle section, you will see more fish in these areas. You can usually fish in about twenty feet of water and catch a fair amount of fish using a bouncer and a hook and a nigh crawler. This is the choice bait for many anglers that are avid Lake [...]
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Oneida Lake Walleye Fishing
Best Fishing Techniques When it comes to fishing Oneida Lake for walleye the best advice is to use a jig. A skilled angler with a great sense of feel that notices the delicate bite of the walleye can catch a lot fish with a jig. Right before the walleye begin to spawn they seem to feed a lot more. Their hunger makes them more aggressive than usual and you can be very successful when using the technique [...]
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Pennsylvania Walleye Fishing
When walleye fishing in Pennsylvania in the spring, the walleye hang out in shallow water in preparation for spawning season, and you should start with small bait sizes. Think along the lines of small crank baits, jigs and plastic worms. After a few trips out in early spring, switch up bait selection to expand past small baits. The common misconception is that walleye are just gearing up for active [...]
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Right Baits for Walleye Fishing
Walleye like to hang out in weed tops during low light times or in the deep recesses of the cabbage ends. In situations where anglers are trolling, setup a rig with a plastic bait trailer that is light enough to navigate through the water but heavy enough to maintain contact with the bottom surface. Sweep the rod back and forth causing the bait to jump a few inches from the bottom before settling back [...]
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Types of Walleye Fishing Rigs and How to Use Them
Remember, just because one rig worked great one day it doesn’t mean that you will get the same response every time you go out. Having variety is good so you can change tactics when the walleye are responding differently. Another thing that you need to always keep in mind is that no matter which walleye fishing rig you choose to use, there are two things you need to remember to be a success. One is [...]
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Virginia Walleye Fishing
When walleye fishing in Virginia, remmeber that walleye are not fussy eaters although they do prefer small fish, specifically minnows. With that in mind, select live and plastic baits to coax walleye out of their hiding spots. Virginia walleye favor crank baits, spoons, small spinner baits and plastic worms. Tailor baits selection to the time of year. For instance, walleye move toward shallow water [...]
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Vital Information for Walleye Fishing in Canada
Regardless of what type of bait you choose to use you must have the right presentation. This is what will get the attention of the walleye the most. You can experiment with different techniques until you find the one or combination that seems to be suiting the walleye the most at any given time. However, when fishing for walleye in Canada it is important that you remember to let the bait reach the [...]
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Walleye Fishing In Missouri
Smithville Lake in Missouri is a nice area to fish for walleye. The lake is stocked with walleye and has now become home to walleyes and anglers. The best time to fish this area is in the summer months by the humps and flats. Anglers are getting the walleye by slow trolling and a jig as well as dropping into underwater rocks and weeds. You will find that the are is large enough to move around and find [...]
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Practical Suggestions for Ice Fishing Walleye Jigs
Ice fishing for walleye is a very enjoyable experience that you will not soon forget. It is definitely worth giving a try. Here are a few things to keep in mind. When ice fishing with walleye jigs, you need to keep in mind that the fish are not going to be doing a lot of moving around in these cold waters. If you are moving the jig around to much or to fast they are going to ignore your efforts. You [...]
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