Another chilly day with the fish barely cooperating, it took some time but we did catch 12 most fish on Dubuque. But some on meat. 14 to 17 fow. we tried .4 to 1.3 all worked but 1.0 seamed the best for us have fun good fishing
What was the water temp?
I was fishing south of there on Friday,near Winona to be more specific I got on the water fishing by 10 had four keeper walleyes by 1030 by 11 it was all shorts 13-14 inchers on nearly every cast , jig worked but best was hook line and sinker on the bottom casting behind the boat and just drifting down a little stretch about halfway through each drift fish on burned up a dozen crawlers I found on the street and a full scoop of fatheads before 230 I was actually getting tired of catching walleyes if u can believe that I must’ve boated 100 eyes that day with only the first four being keepers was an incredibly fun day to say the least I saw water temps around 51-53 degrees that day from what I seen they all looked like males no chunky females yet , i was the only boat launched at this place and only saw one other boat come within a quarter mile
Anyone have thoughts on catching eating size walleyes or saugers?
Thursday two of us caught big ones and little ones. We had a fat 28”, 24.25” and a 20”, all released. The rest were in the 13” range. Caught them in the same spot. Was a great day, but also wanted some fish to eat.
Was surprised there weren’t any 15-19” ones mixed in with them.
The 20” and a handful of those 13”s Would be decent eaters IMHO. I generally shoot for the 14-20” fish for eating, but a couple inches on either side of that is ok if necessary
I’d keep the 13” saugers most likely….they fry up well. Nothing wrong with keeping a 20” but those filets get too big.
Interesting comment on the sheepies. I didn’t realize they like less current. Good tip to keep in the arsenal.
What about white bass? We got into a mess of them in a few spots Monday on 4. Caught them right in the mix of the walleyes in a couple spots. Also found them isolated where we marked a ton of fish…might’ve been walleyes mixed in but couldn’t keep the white bass away.
Matt, sounds like a good time!
Personally, I don’t keep 20” and over walleyes, especially before the spawn.
We had a couple tiny saugers and the rest of the walleyes were under 15”. Was surprised there weren’t any 15-19” walleyes mixed in
Personally, I don’t keep 20” and over walleyes, especially before the spawn.
We had a couple tiny saugers and the rest of the walleyes were under 15”. Was surprised there weren’t any 15-19” walleyes mixed in
Kinda same for us….it was good to catch the over 20” fish but this time of year you should be able catch tons of eater males.
I think the water cooled and got dirty and screwed the bite up a bit. It should be really firing back up again.
Yep, if the belly’s fat, throw em back
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