03-10-2006, 01:02 PM
[cool][#0000ff]My guess is that the fish are doing better than the fishermen. Once the water temps climb to about 45, the eggs finish ripening and are ready to drop. Storms and wind drive off the fishermen but that is what open lake spawning walleye like. If they can't go upstream to spawn in a tributary they look for wave washed rocky shoreline. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I'm betting that if anybody braved the sloppy water at night right now, they would see some splashing walleye "marriages" taking place.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]That's fine with me. I don't care about catching them during their maternity run. I want them to get it over with so they can start actively feeding again, during the post spawn period. Within 30 days that should be well underway.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I'm betting that if anybody braved the sloppy water at night right now, they would see some splashing walleye "marriages" taking place.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]That's fine with me. I don't care about catching them during their maternity run. I want them to get it over with so they can start actively feeding again, during the post spawn period. Within 30 days that should be well underway.[/#0000ff]
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