Fished yesterday, fishing was slow as expected. Water clarity was 6-12″, water temps were between 38-39.
One question regarding preferred spawning habitat. I read that it takes 2 weeks for a Walleye egg to hatch. What good does high water do if Walleyes swim into their preferred habitat only to have the water level lower potentially drying up the area where they spawn? I’m clearly not a biologist, but wouldn’t this kill the egg?
Walleyes spawn all throughout the river and lake, not just up by the dam. They are already starting to catch spawned out females on the Fox river in Green Bay, WI. People put way to much thought into spawning grounds. Females are going to drop their eggs when they drop them. If this was a lake then there might be a need to worry but river systems are not effected to the extent that lakes are when it comes to spawning.
John- Not sure what the Dam has to do with my question? The water levels fluctuate throughout the system which temporarily opens up spawning areas that are further downstream only to be dried up after the water level recedes.
They don’t say fish the willows in the spring for no reason.
Knutson, it really depends on the “spawning grounds” your thinking of. The Vermilion floods in the spring outside of it’s banks. The whole lower Canon River area floods. It takes more than 2 weeks for the area to dry up (at least in the years I’ve been back there).
Other areas like Gatinbine on the Trimbell flood but drain back into the river.
This is why they spawn a billion or so eggs.
Hope that helps.
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