01-29-2011, 01:02 AM
[quote dkboss]Have you guys hooked into any walleye over there is winter?[/quote]
[cool][#0000ff]Walleye are notoriously hard to find and catch on Starvation in the winter. There does not seem to be any definite pattern. Someone will catch one in shallow water...fishing for perch. Then someone else will be deep jigging them out of 100 feet of water the same day. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]There is so much available food (baby perch) for them in Starvation that fishing for them with artificials can be difficult. They pig out at night on the dormant perchlings and just hang out on the bottom of deep channels in the daytime digesting their food. Once in a while something will trigger them to be more active during daylight hours and a few will show up. There are a lot more seen on underwater cameras than ever show up on anglers' hooks.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Short answer? Yes, there are walleyes caught from Starvation through the ice. But anybody who claims to be able to do it on every trip will lie about other things too.[/#0000ff]
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[cool][#0000ff]Walleye are notoriously hard to find and catch on Starvation in the winter. There does not seem to be any definite pattern. Someone will catch one in shallow water...fishing for perch. Then someone else will be deep jigging them out of 100 feet of water the same day. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]There is so much available food (baby perch) for them in Starvation that fishing for them with artificials can be difficult. They pig out at night on the dormant perchlings and just hang out on the bottom of deep channels in the daytime digesting their food. Once in a while something will trigger them to be more active during daylight hours and a few will show up. There are a lot more seen on underwater cameras than ever show up on anglers' hooks.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Short answer? Yes, there are walleyes caught from Starvation through the ice. But anybody who claims to be able to do it on every trip will lie about other things too.[/#0000ff]
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