Fished willard sunday with my son and a friend. We started at about 9:00 around the island. Didn't mark too many fish so we hit the light pole area. Saw alot more fish in that area and caught 3. My friend caught 1 nice wiper, a little walleye, and then I finally caught a walleye. My walleye was about 19.5". All fish were caught on a worm harness. We tried the usual producers and so forth but nothing there. The water temp was 53*.
I have a question for all you walleye nuts. How do you tell the difference between a male and female after the spawn is over? I have heard everyone say its better to release the females but how do you tell them apart?
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Thanks for the report Elkoholic, what time of the day did you catch the eyes? I'm sure a few of the guys can give a better answer to you question but I go by the size of the walleye. Most females have a larger girth than the males and during the spawn they have the extended bellies. From my limited experience most of the males are under 20 inches and a lot of the females are over 20". This is just my observations and by no means a sure thing. If the bigger eye you caught is skinner I would say it was a male but it could be a female if it's belly was large. I hope this helps. WH2
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As odd as it may be, all the fish were caught between 12:00 and 1:00. right when they don't feed. As for the belly it wasn't bulging but it has not missed too many meals either. I forgot the camera so I don't have any pctures.
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most female walleye are just bigger fish maybe 25in and bigger. males just don't get all that big very often. this time of year it would be harder to tell the differance unless you know how to tell and I sure don't. sounds like the one you caught would most likely be a male, but you never know, females are small once in they're life. later chuck
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