Fishing any system involves reading the water to identify likely fish-holding spots. This is especially true when fishing moving water, such as in rivers, where understanding current flow leads ...

For area anglers who enjoy jigging the Mississippi River, the Wisconsin River, or any other Midwest river in the spring for walleyes, now’s the time to break out the fishing gear. As of this writing, ...

As the snow melts and lakes thaw, walleye fishermen break free from their cabin fever and race to the water to begin hunting for trophy spring walleyes. Regardless of where and when the weather allows ...

Nothing says spring to a walleye angler quite as definitively as dragging a jig through the tailraces of the dams throughout our region. For most of my adult life, I have looked forward to the annual ...

Walleyes can bite short, particularly when the water is ice cold as it is in early spring. When fishing a classic jig and minnow presentation, this often results in missed strikes. The use of a ...

11:50 a.m. RIVERDALE - When it comes to boating spring walleyes, Greg Schoneck hopes for good communications with his quarry. The host of "N.D. Live, Wet and Wild," a summer-long run of live radio ...

Walleye have more mood swings than a teenage prom queen, especially in the cold water temperatures and unpredictable weather of early spring. Walleye are ultra-sensitive to weather changes. Most ...

JensenCol3.jpg Put a jig in front of a walleye in a river right now and it will probably eat it. Most of the walleyes will be smaller males, but every now and then a true trophy will show up. Across ...

It’s almost the beginning of March, that magic time of the year to walleye fishermen who have been waiting all winter to fish and catch the river’s spring-run walleyes and saugers. This winter you’ve ...

The Rainy River separates Minnesota and southwest Ontario, running 88 miles from the west end of Rainy Lake to where it enters Four Mile Bay on Lake of the Woods. It’s watershed is largely forested ...

Spring walleye fishing is a great time to get out and take part in some of the finest fishing opportunities we have in western New York. Once ice is gone and the water begins to warm, two of the most ...