Walleyes, the favorite game species in many Midwest lakes and Minnesota’s official state fish, are struggling to spawn successfully due to warming springs and highly variable ice-out dates, creating ...

JensenCol3.jpg Put a jig in front of a walleye in a river right now and it will probably eat it. Most of the walleyes will be smaller males, but every now and then a true trophy will show up. Across ...

Walleye have more mood swings than a teenage prom queen, especially in the cold water temperatures and unpredictable weather of early spring. Walleye are ultra-sensitive to weather changes. Most ...

The early-season walleye bite is fast, shallow, and aggressive. Use these tactics to make the most of first ice. You can find first-ice walleyes in a variety of structure types, but think shallow.

Courtesy of Ross Robertson Walleye Gear Tips Think Light Tackle and Line Most walleye fishing is done with a spinning rod and spinning reel. A rod that is anywhere around 6 feet 8 inches to 7 feet in ...

My angling interests are firmly rooted in walleyes, thanks to the proliferation of the species in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ reservoirs near Warren and Youngstown. Our local lakes were dammed ...

Winter’s grip is loosening. You’re dying to fish. Unfortunately, those super-early-season bites can be the toughest to score thanks to cold, dirty water and sluggish targets. Have no fear. This ...

COLUMBUS – Results from the 2025 Lake Erie trawl surveys revealed the walleye hatch as the sixth largest of the past 38 years, according to (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. The 2025 west zone yellow perch ...

As the snow melts and lakes thaw, walleye fishermen break free from their cabin fever and race to the water to begin hunting for trophy spring walleyes. Regardless of where and when the weather allows ...

When walleye season opens next week, it will mark the 15th consecutive month that Matt Gutchess has fished Oneida Lake from his boat, thanks to record-breaking winter temperatures that all but ...

WASKISH, Minn. - Tyler Brasel has hooked another walleye. He has done this literally hundreds of times this summer on Upper Red Lake. Perhaps thousands. Brasel plays the 15-incher quickly to his boat.

After months of anticipation, first ice is finally here! And there may be no better time to pull walleyes through the ice. First ice includes green vegetation still producing oxygen, aggressive fish, ...