and untill then its smalllieeeee time!! hows track been going man? Whatcha majoring in up here? We should hook up and go out sometime soon.

Went up to the upper iowa, turkey river and little paint this weekend and had some sucess with the smallies and trout, however no eye’s above 14 inches, and the same thing has been going for me here on the cedar. I have been gettin nice smallies on two inch twisters and tubes, but no eyes? Just for discussion, whats everyones opinion on this.. water clarity, depth, water temps? I know I am just so dam anxious cause I am graduating school and moving out to Kalispell, Montana to live (great trout fishing!) yet, I LOVE THE CEDAR RIVER!! Funny how I feel like I could take these muddy waters over the crystal clear rivers of montana. LOL. COME ON WALLEYES!

yeas, I also swung by that area today and fished for bout 20 min. Few small smallies and one small eye, nice area to fish as usuall!

I have been out on the cedar, picking up alot of smallies and a few toothies but not many eyes. are you fishing in the indepedence area. What have you been having your best luck on, I know twisters, 2 inch and 3 inch have been working well for me. Anyways, I plan on hittin up the wapsi tommorw and thursday, along with the cedar. I will post any postive reports lol!

somebody has to be gettin out with this nice weather!! I will be out Thursday Afternoon with my brother, plan on hittin waverly below. I hope there are some hungry eyes still left!

I would give my last dollar for a steady mild forcast and no rain!!! anyone else hungry for some river fishing??

I tried down from the dam aways, nothing but high water and debri. I am wanting to get into snag creek as well but sadfuly it is raging high right now. I reckon I should go try black hawk creek or snag creek where a little less water flow is at.

One of my friends lives in storm lake and I was going to go back and see him in the next two weeks. I have never fished storm and I dont have a boat but I heard there are some good wading spots, could anyone point me in a few right directions? and is fishin at night the best time there? I usually throw twisters and tubes, I am hoping that angle would work there as well. Any info would be great, thank you.

“If we dont release, we wont be able to catch”

It is pretty high downstream from the dam all the way down through the loo’ However, it is not as bad north of washington union, as the shellrock is dumpin alot of water in from that point on. Went up to a spot in waverly today and caught a few ruff fish, ey at least it was nice to get something on the end of the line! Will forsure be out later this week as the water resides and river temps keep climbing!

I have fished the stretch below indpendence for eyes and smallies and at the dq hole, i have also fished at quasiqueton, I was just wondering if anyone could PM me or let me know some more remote areas on the wapsi that might be worth me giving a shot this spring. Any ideas would help. thank you

I never got to get out much last year in the spring due to high/dirty water and also being to busy with work and school. However, this fall was very productive, I just wanted to know if I should be using the same methods and baits when fishing for eyes in the spring- jigs/twister tails tubes.. jig/minnow combination.. also I wouldnt mind starting off doing some northern fishing up here as well. Any information would be helpful on either eye info or northern info..

“If we dont release, then we will never be able to catch”

Do you just fish off the bank wherever there is open water then? Also, when you say big minnows, u mean ring finger size or bigger? I would love to get into some northerns as well, how big was the one you caught last year? Do you fish the shell rock much?

Andy, did you fish below fraser, or below water works here in Boone. I am actually from boone but go to school at UNI. Anyways, plastics have been doing well down here and jig and minnows up at Cedar Falls. Let me know where ya went and how ya did.

I was able to get out Monday and Tuesday, Monday was alot better than tuesday- caught my eyes in deep eddies or in pools behind sandbars. Jig and minnow, suprisingly caught them all around 1-3 pm. However,there was shade in a few of the areas so that could have helped. The water is ultra clear and it is nice to actually see your fish fight out in front of you! Also, gives ya a chance to see what it is on the end of your line, just in case you happen to loose it. Anyways, hope this helps, has anyone gotten out latley? Happy turkey day

10 4 thanks for the help guys!

it sensered.. di cks, didnt know it was a bad word! Anyways, how has the fishing been? weather sure is being weird.

u didnt happen to see those pics at [censored] did ya.. chartruse and a minnow?? u been hittin the stretch below waverly.. i found a pretty decent spot on the shellrock

yea its ince up there.. got out below shellrock today and caught two small eyes a crappie and a 23′ toothy. Nothing too big but the gorgous weather made up for it!

i hear ya.. the water is very very clear, hopefully the nice weather will offer some fishing time. I know the past few days its been really slow for me at least, compared tot he previous two weeks.. where do u fish the turkey at? I fish it by elkader and up river a few miles.

Was all pumped to hit the cedar with my father yesterday.. given the recent bite I thought we would have good luck.. found out otherwise 5 small eyes and 1 smallie in 2 hours. Dont know what the word is, anyone been fishing the wapsi in independance?

did u catch any with size.. whatd they come on jig and minnow

do you run track for UNI then? Have you been fishing the stretch below waverly alot?

Is anyone going out this weekend? Walleye wisdom, I would like to get together sometime and go out, only trouble is I am a broke college student and dont have a boat lol. Anyways, if anyone wants to get together this weekend, it looks to be nice, get ahold of me

I will second to it being that time of the year!! Went out this evening and landed 16 walleyes.. only bad part is they were all 10-17 inchers, but hey they are all back in the water to get bigger and thats all that matters!! Anyone wanna go out tommorw evening aka this evening

oo and is there any fish in the apple?

Half the time I will be on a boat and half the time I wont be, are there any areas I could hit on shore do you think? Or would it be too weedy? Also, did you have alot of luck on spinnerbaits and topwater baits at all, because thats about all I am figuring on taking, possibly some twisters and tubes as well. Thanks for your help!