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WalleyeTechniqueVertical Jigging Mid Depth (10-19')SeasonFallStructurePointsWalleyes are hanging out on points, reefs, flats and neck down areas with current in 17 – 22 feet. They are being caught jigging primarily, but those trolling spinners or crankbaits are doing well too. This fishing report was originally published on www.outdoornews.com
Trevor FrostBronze AmbassadorSpeciesWalleyeTechniqueIce Fishing JigsSeasonIceStructureBaitfishFound most of our fish in the 15-18 ft range. Most of the bait early in the season is pushed up shallow and in the rivers. As the season progresses the walleyes move out deeper. We did not catch many on spoons nor on deadsticks, the aggressive approach playing “keep away” with the rippin raps seemed to trigger the walleyes (saugers ate anything). Many people caught fish deeper but when we tried it, there was less quality and a higher density of sauger. Pink and white colors seemed to work best.
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BurbotTechniqueIce Fishing SpoonsSeasonIceStructureOpen Water/BasinFished roughly 3 miles off Pine Island on the south shore. Always a fun/unique fish to catch!
- SpeciesWalleyeTechniqueIce Fishing SpoonsSeasonIceStructureOpen Water/Basin
Plenty of action out in 30-31 feet, roughly 3-3.5 miles off Pine Island from the south shore. Mostly small saugers, but having good electronics was key to seeing larger walleyes suspended 15-20 feet down chasing large schools of emerald shiners. Kept enough decent keeper sauger/walleye for dinner and released 3 nice slot fish (20-22 inchers).
- SpeciesWalleyeTechniqueIce Fishing JigsSeasonIceStructureOpen Water/Basin
We had a slow day on Saturday in 27' of water, we moved out to 31' on Sunday and the action was hot all day. We caught 170 walleye/saugers from 8:00-4:00pm. The hottest bite was from 10:00am-2:00pm. We couldn't keep 4 lines in the water for 4 hours straight. A lot of smalls but we managed a limit of 14"+ Saugers and Walleyes. We caught 3 in the slot and 1 that was just over the slot at 28.25" between 2 of us. We were fishing along the east side pretty much on the Canadian border roughly 15 miles north of Morris Point
- SpeciesWalleyeTechniqueIce Fishing SpoonsSeasonIceStructureOpen Water/Basin
Had to pick through little ones to find good eaters (14-18”). 26 feet is good depth to start in.
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Northern PikeTechniqueInline SpinnersSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged Vegetationcasting spinners above submerged weeds produced good numbers of large (30"-40") pike. The lighter colors did much better than the darker ones. Fish also hit on light colored topwater baits.
- SpeciesBurbotTechniqueIce Fishing SpoonsSeasonIceStructureBaitfish
32', 4.5 miles off Pine Island from the south shore. Fish came in slow along the bottom and could see every detail as they come up for your spoon with Mega Live. Super aggressive fish, fun to catch, and great eating
