how do you catch walleyes after the ice melts?
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It is an obsession in North Dakota too!!!..Well, lets see. The first thing you need to know is that they are predator fish and usually night feeders. Both live baits and artificials work well with walleye. There are many sites that can help you with the details...and several great articles out there. You just need to get on the water and keep your line tight!! Good luck.
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a what???? You want to fish for magnets or paperclips or what? I have a vague idea how you could do this though, but I would need to know what you mean....
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Tips from those who know:\n\nIt's true that you should troll a little bit faster then you would for walleye but don't go screaming down the lake at 15 miles an hour. You can catch Muskie going fast but not near as many as you would going at a slower speed. \n \n\nPeople do catch Muskie using big 8 inch long crank baits and swim whizzes but you will catch twice as many using a nice 4 or 5 inch floating fire-tiger or orange Rapala. The jointed Rapalas work even better. Fire-tiger is best during the day and the orange is best at night or just before dark. If they are not hitting either, go to a brown or silver color. \n \n\nLike any fishing, the thinner the line, the more fish you catch. Like most fresh water fish, visibility of the fishing line makes a big difference on whether the fish will strike or not. In a lake that does not have very many weeds, you should use 8 pound dark green line. If you are in a weedy area or an area that has sharp rocks or Zebra Muscles, then you might want to go to 10 pound test. If you use 15 or 20 pound test, you will not get near as many hits. \n \n\nSalt and scent - Muskie are very sensitive to human smell as well as other chemicals like gasoline. You should wash you hands with sugar before you handle your lures. Also, you should always use fish scent on the lure. Another trick is salt. Both Muskie and Pike have receptors on the bottom of their jaws which react to positively charged water particles which are created when feeder fish swim through the water. If you want to boost your fish scent, add salt to it. Believe me, it really works. \n \n\nMuskie also are very sensitive to motor sounds so when you are trolling, try to have at least 70 yards of line out. If there are a few people trolling out of the same boat, try to have your lures out the exact same distance to give the appearance of a school of fish. This also helps attract attention. \n \n\nCrank Baits - In early to lake Spring, Walleyes and Bass are is the shallows spawning. This is when a lot of big Muskie come right into shore and feed in 1 to 3 feet of water. Try casting with a spinner-bait or a Rapala towards the shore like you would for Largemouth Bass. \n \n\nIn the last couple of years, we found that while using silver leaders, we were losing fish. Actually, we would have a hit and then the whole lure was gone. What we believe is happening is the Muskie sees the lure and also sees the leader and hits what it thinks is the head of its prey. Thus it's hitting the end of the leader and biting through the line. When we switched to black leaders, the problem disappeared. \n \n\nFor those of you who are experienced Muskie hunters, we have a question for you. Do you ever notice the first Muskie is the hardest to catch. Then after that it seems a little easier. You will notice it in a lake with an extremely high Muskie population. Once we got our first Muskie, we would let the Muskie go but after, rub the lures in the slime that the fish left on our rubber mesh net. It seems to work. Maybe the smell of another Muskie eliminates a fear factor. Not quite sure on this one. \n \nIn conclusion, the best results for Muskie is to use a medium rod and 8 to 10 pound test line dark green line. Use medium size jointed lures with fire-tiger, orange and chartreuse colors. Be very careful to not get any gas on your hands and always use lots of fish scent. Muskie will be found along weed beds, off rocky points, at river mouths or deeper holes that hold good populations of feeder fish. If you have a lot of experience fishing for Muskie, then use your proven techniques. If they don't work, then try some of my suggestions. Just remember, every lake is different with a different food chain, thus techniques should be slightly changed from lake to lake.
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I have found that the best retirieve to catch bass would have to cast it out as close to weeds, or logs, or rock cover as you can, keep your rod tip up and you line taut.  Let the worm sink and usually you will get the hit on the initial fall.  If not, let the worm sink to the bottom.  Then give the worm a few tugs, very small tugs, remember, you have to make it look real, so huge tugs make it look like a super worm, and may result in a hit, but, not many.  After you have given 2,3 maybe 4 little tugs on the worm, let it sink again.  I have found that most hits occur as the worm is falling.  So it is a must to keep your line taut, or you won't even feel the strike.  You must also keep your eye on your line where it enters the water.  Sometimes, you don't feel the hit, even with a tight line, but you will see your line either twitch, or move off to one side or the other.  Be ready to set the hook.  I prefer the YUM dinger in the 4 inch model and 6 inch model, in the watermelon seed color with gold flakes. They have a small slit in the worm to hide the hook in, resulting in easier, and better hook-ups.  Bill Dance once said "Any color and size of worm is good, as long as it is 6 inches and purple."  Try watermelon seed first, it seems to work everywhere.  Purple, black, red, and watermelon seed  also seem to work well.  But you have to experiment to find a good color. Here are a few sites to get you started.  I also have found that if the YUM dinger doesn't work, the YUM 6 inch ribbontail usually does.  If niether of those work, I try the YUM hawgtail, and almost always catch bass with 1 of the 3.  I would be lying if I told you that these three soft plastics have not improved my catch ratio per fishing trip, than any other plastics, and lures combined. I have found that using worms, I have found that it makes little difference on the water condition, when fishing a worm.  I have caught bass in muddy water, clear water, and in between with a worm, as well as at night. Bass have a "sensor" called the lateral lines. The bass can feel the worm before they see it.  In fact the largest bass I have ever caught was caught on a YUM dinger, at 2 a.m. during a full moon. But I have also had good bass at night when it was cloudy out. I prefer to Texas rig my plastics, most always wieghtless, on a 1/0 worm hook.  Have fun, and tight lines.
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It's actually very fun and entertaining to try to catch them with your hands. You do have to be very careful because they are extremely fragile. Whatever you do, be sure to let them go shortly after catching them because they do not survive in captivity!
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Find a relatively large body of water. A creek, river or lake. Trout should be there.
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There are a lot variables in catching Bream, Bluegills,Shell crackers....Wax worms work well. And crickets as well. You also have to know water conditions and structure ......a lot of different things! If you give me more information maybe I can help you better. What lake are you fishing?
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A "live trap" is the best way to do it. \n\nSee the info here:\n\nhttp://www.victorpest.com/canada/traps.asp
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My son and I went fishing one day in a canoe. He was in the front of the canoe and as we came around a bend two deer jumped into the stream right in front of us about 20'. They didn't see us until we were about 10' from them. My son looked like a hood ornament on a car, completely frozen in his seat. The deer went into a panic and tried to scramble up a bank on the opposite side but only succeeded in falling over backwards back into the stream. My son and I both laughed and the deer finally made it up the bank and ran off. All through the rest of the day, no matter where we cast our line, we caught fish. It was a magic day for us.
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Don't...It will kill the grass where you have the ice.\nWe did this several years ago, and it took three years of seeding, and weeding to get it fixed!!
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you coild try emailing the wisconsin fish and game office  they many know were to get a video or any fishing guides
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Freeze it in a block of ice....
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IF it is the Ovens River I'm thinking of, you would be able to catch (other than trout): Suckers, small pike, Small-mouth Bass, occasionally a Lrg-mouth Bass, maybe in the deeper holes a Walleye or 2. However, I'm not sure which Ovens River you are speaking about??? need more info.....
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Simple, throw some food that floats on the water and wait a few minutes until enough fish have gathered, then attach an M80 unless you have access to something strnger- a1/4 stick should do jsut fine- to a weight and a line and light and lower in to the water as quietly as possible to about 5-6 feet. Then just use a net to collect your catch
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salts prevent ice from melting,or the best way is put it in the freezer!!!!!!
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No the do not sleep. Sunnies and Northerns and perch sink near the bottom, and remain somewhat dormant. Bass may actually remain active at night and can easily be caught with floating rapalas reeled slowly across the water.\n\nTake a bright flashlight and walk along the shore shining the light into the shallows, and you will be amazed at the things you can see.
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This question has a rather large answer. but I will do my best.  Everything!  First of all, the season plays the biggest roll in where the fish will be holding.  Winter time, the fish go deep.  Same with hot weather days in summer.  In spring, the fish do different things.  Actually spring should be thought of as three seperate parts.  Pre-spawn, spawn, and post-spawn.  In pre-spawn, the males will make a nest usually in shallower water, and then stay around the nest, looking, and waiting for a female to arrive.   usually don't fish during the spawn because if you do, you can damage the fish population at the lake your fishing. After the female lays the eggs, and they are fertilized, the male will stand guard over the nest.  Catching the male that is guarding the nest, will leave it open for bluegill and other fish to come in and steal and eat the eggs.  Post-spawn is one of the hardest times to fish, because the fish will seek deeper water, and/or go into heavy weeds to recupperate from the spawn.  During early fall fish will still be in their summer holding areas, although they'll move around more and travel the migration routes between deep and shallow areas. As the water and air temperatures drop, fish will move toward the shallow areas and spend more time feeding in them. A sudden rise in a lake or reservoir due to fall rains can cause a mass migration into the freshly submerged weeds and brush. Major tributaries are also prime fall spots, since fish tend to follow foraging fish toward the influx of water. In late fall, as the lake cools, fish become even more active, needing to fill up before the coming winter months. They can be located almost anyplace at this time, but shallow areas particularly those close to major migration routes as well as migration routes themselves can be productive. The fish are generally moving back to their winter holding areas, and the same places you found them in early spring can again be productive. The upper ends of tributaries and major creeks can be extremely rewarding to prospect as they provide a concentration of shallow water, migration routes and deep water in a relatively small area.  In colder winter months, most fish will be schooled in deep holding areas at this time, although they may make occasional forays into shallow water along major migration routes. Winter fish prefer vertical holding areas such as bluffs, submerged trees and deep creek channels, rather than the sloping areas of shallows, flats, etc. The reason is that they can adjust to light and temperature changes simply by ascending or descending, rather than making a more strenuous horizontal migration. Second, air temperature, and conditions play a major role in where fish will be holding.  The barometer also plays a large role.  If a storm is moving in, it is said that fish will feed before and during the storm. Do to the fact that forage fish are chasing newly stirred up plankton, which in turn starts a feeding frenzy.  As a cold front moves in, fish sense this, and head for deeper water. As I mentioned before, the water level also plays a role. As well as the phase of the moon.  Supposedly, during the full moon is one of if not the best time to fish.  I actually caught the biggest bass I have yet to catch, during a full moon, at 2 a.m.  Here are a few sites to further answer your question.  I hope I have helped in answering your question.  Tight lines