Thunderstorm walleye on the Rainy

  • CPRbigeyes
    Iowa
    Posts: 141
    April 3, 2012 at 3:53 pm #1055345

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    Looks like a blast! One of these years I’ll make it up there.

    Why not this season? Walleye fishing is open until 04/15 on the Rainy River, still gives you almost 2 full weeks to plan a trip and we haven’t had the mother load run that Rainy is so famous for….Cmon Thursday..

    Wish I had the time!

    Calvin Svihel
    Moderator
    Northwest Metro, MN
    Posts: 3862
    April 3, 2012 at 5:09 pm #1055369

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    how long does the mother load run? If a guy could get up there end of next week is there still good odds of catching numbers and size?

    Unless we get a huge heat wave that cause river temps to spike into the upper 40’s I think this run will be gradual, fish have a internal clock when it comes to spawning eventually leaving water temp to play the ultimate deciding factor when these fish spawn…Last time I checked a walleye will spawn anywhere from like 42-49 degrees, right now the river is hovering around 40 degrees or less, so these fish are moving from the lake into the river to spawn, not all of the walleyes but a lot of them spawn within the Rainy River or Little/Big Fork river. So to answer your question I think the fishing will be good thru the end of the season unless we have a huge wave.

    big_g
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 22454
    April 3, 2012 at 5:28 pm #1055375

    Nice job on the BIG GIRLS guys !!! Look’s like you might need a new camera dude, now that Ben is gettin’ it done

    henny
    Prescott, WI
    Posts: 121
    April 3, 2012 at 6:15 pm #1055389

    makes a guy foam at the mouth !!! great report

    Corey Rhymer
    Roberts, WI
    Posts: 763
    April 3, 2012 at 10:51 pm #1055422

    James, maybe run it by the wifey and see if she’s willing to relocate… somewhere up north…?

    chirp
    Rochester
    Posts: 1471
    April 4, 2012 at 12:51 am #1055460

    Great job guys. Awesome fish.

    James Holst
    Keymaster
    SE Minnesota
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    April 4, 2012 at 1:02 am #1055467

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    It’ll be interesting to see what happens today after the front.

    Today the bite was even better by leaps and bounds. More fish. More big fish. I won’t even share numbers or size of fish caught… nobody would believe me. But believe this… now is the time to make the trip if you’re on the fence.

    jeff_huberty
    Inactive
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    April 4, 2012 at 9:26 am #1055510

    Nice fish!!!! Congratulations

    I am now emotionally drained, how could this happen from looking at pictures.

    timschmitz
    Waconia MN
    Posts: 1652
    April 4, 2012 at 11:44 am #1055544

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    It’ll be interesting to see what happens today after the front.

    Today the bite was even better by leaps and bounds. More fish. More big fish. I won’t even share numbers or size of fish caught… nobody would believe me. But believe this… now is the time to make the trip if you’re on the fence.

    It’s official I’m not getting anything done today. Tomorrow morning can’t get here fast enough

    Mike W
    MN/Anoka/Ham lake
    Posts: 13294
    April 4, 2012 at 11:47 am #1055546

    Ill second that Tim. Got about 3 hrs of work to do this afternoon. Its going to be a tough three hours.

    walinutz
    Cologne, MN
    Posts: 370
    April 5, 2012 at 6:41 pm #1056035

    WOW!!!!….and I thought our trip was good….DANG!!! that’s awesome.

    crappykilla86
    Prior Lake, MN
    Posts: 128
    April 6, 2012 at 4:36 pm #1056240

    TravP and I are headed up in a couple hours
    We were supposed to go next weekend, but now we can’t wait -Thanx guys

    MNRiverRat
    Posts: 2
    April 11, 2012 at 10:04 pm #1058087

    James, just curious what brand and model of rods and reels do you like to use on these hawgs? Always use braid, too?

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