03-21-2013, 02:56 PM
[quote UVUbass]what a bunch of horny buggers, the ice hasn't even been off a full week 
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[cool][#0000FF]But it is several weeks later than "normal". Whatever that is. There have been a few years in the past when the main lake did not ever really cap and there were water temps in the early 40's by mid February. That triggers a pre-spawn feeding period that lasts a couple of weeks until the actual spawn kicks in. Some of us have enjoyed some wide open walleye fishing before the end of February.
And, by the way, it ain't just a fishy lust situation. The walleyes are like teenagers. When their hormones kick in and their gonads are full and ripe they gotta have an outlet...or inlet.
The yellow perch...cousins to the walleye...are among the first species to spawn each year. And in years when the ice hangs on longer it is not unknown for them to spawn beneath the ice. I have never heard of walleyes doing that...because they usually like running water or wave-washed rocky shoreline. But they won't waste much time with a dating service once they can get with the program.
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[/quote][cool][#0000FF]But it is several weeks later than "normal". Whatever that is. There have been a few years in the past when the main lake did not ever really cap and there were water temps in the early 40's by mid February. That triggers a pre-spawn feeding period that lasts a couple of weeks until the actual spawn kicks in. Some of us have enjoyed some wide open walleye fishing before the end of February.
And, by the way, it ain't just a fishy lust situation. The walleyes are like teenagers. When their hormones kick in and their gonads are full and ripe they gotta have an outlet...or inlet.
The yellow perch...cousins to the walleye...are among the first species to spawn each year. And in years when the ice hangs on longer it is not unknown for them to spawn beneath the ice. I have never heard of walleyes doing that...because they usually like running water or wave-washed rocky shoreline. But they won't waste much time with a dating service once they can get with the program.
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