02-25-2007, 08:05 PM
[cool][#0000ff]From this point on, it's all about water temperatures. Iceout water temp is usually 34 to 36 degrees. Once the water sneaks towards 40, the walleyes sense that spawning is not too far away and try to take on some nourishment. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The spawn usually starts when the water gets about 43 to 45. Some years the weather is up and down and the water temps go up and down too. That usually prolongs the spawn, but when conditions settle down they all swarm the streams and shorelines and it is over fast.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I really don't care much about fishing the spawn. Let the fish do their thing and make more baby fishes. They are not really biting much anyway, except the rowdy little males. But, a couple of weeks after the spawn is over ALL the fish get hungry and aggressive. That's when you get the big MUNCH on your jigs and they seem to fight harder too. That usually starts happening around the end of April to the first of May and really gets rockin' by the first of June in most years. Then, when the water goes over 70, they slow down again and may only feed actively at night. That is by mid July through September some time.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The spawn usually starts when the water gets about 43 to 45. Some years the weather is up and down and the water temps go up and down too. That usually prolongs the spawn, but when conditions settle down they all swarm the streams and shorelines and it is over fast.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I really don't care much about fishing the spawn. Let the fish do their thing and make more baby fishes. They are not really biting much anyway, except the rowdy little males. But, a couple of weeks after the spawn is over ALL the fish get hungry and aggressive. That's when you get the big MUNCH on your jigs and they seem to fight harder too. That usually starts happening around the end of April to the first of May and really gets rockin' by the first of June in most years. Then, when the water goes over 70, they slow down again and may only feed actively at night. That is by mid July through September some time.[/#0000ff]
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