Depending on weather conditions, the Maumee River walleye run usually begins in early March and ends by early May.
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How do you fish for walleye on a boat?
Walleye Lures such as Crankbaits and Soft Plastics are a staple among the Walleye elite. I recommend starting out with Live Bait, either jigging or rigging, to get your hands on some fish first. If Live Bait is not readily available or you’re set on targeting trophies, then lures are the way to go.
How do you catch walleye in fast moving water?
What weather is best for walleye fishing?
Sunny days with little cloud cover are the absolute best time to be walleye fishing on dark water. This rule holds for all four seasons. The darker the water, the truer the rule. I’ve seen more trophy-sized walleye caught from dark water lakes during sunny days than at any other time.
What bait works best for walleye?
Live Bait. Live bait can be highly successful for walleye, which usually involves still fishing, drifting, or trolling the bait. A bottom-bouncing rig or slip sinker is effective for drawing the walleye’s attention in clear water. The best choices of live bait include leeches, minnows, and nightcrawlers.
What is the best rig for walleye fishing?
There are three most popular rigs when targeting walleye, which are spinner Worm Harnes, and slip bobber rig, and jig rigs. Each has its purpose and place, allowing an anger, to cover almost any water.
How do you fish for walleye in Maumee River?
Where are the walleye biting on the Maumee River?
In Maumee River terms this would be north of Ewing Island, then south to Tall Timber Rapids at the south end of Side Cut Metropark on the west bank. Wading in the Maumee River and casting up stream is the usual method to catch these spring spawners. A good bait is a lead-headed jig with a colored twister tail.
What fish are biting in the Maumee River?
About Maumee River The most popular species caught here are Channel catfish, Walleye, and Flathead catfish. 761 catches are logged on Fishbrain.
Why can’t I catch walleye?
You’re cranking weed edges too slowly. Walleyes relating to weedbeds often school tightly. To find them, quickly work a crankbait along the edges until you get a strike. You can pick that area apart slowly after you find the fish with a fast-moving lure.
What is the best time of year to catch walleye?
Walleye fishing season is the best in spring during and after the spawning season. However, summer nights and fall months are just as good for fishing for walleyes. Just like the weatherman predicting weather that never seems to be correct, the right fishing time cannot be predicted as well.
How do you drop shot for walleye?
What colors do walleye see best?
Walleyes do have color vision that peaks in the orange-red-green portions of the spectrum. They see colors on both sides of each peak, but sensitivity declines. So they see wavelengths shorter than green and longer than orange-red, but not well. Overall, they see orange and red well, followed green and yellow.
What time of day are walleye most active?
Big walleye especially, are usually most active from sunset to sunrise with the dawn and dusk hours being the hottest. At night, walleye move into shallower water where they are actively feeding on sheltering prey. During the way, walleye move much further offshore into deeper water.
What color lures do walleye like?
The data suggested walleye preferred predominately white lures in clear water conditions, yellow or gold lures in sedimentary turbid conditions and black lures in algae bloom conditions.
What pound test should I use for walleye?
The best fishing line for walleye is 8-12 pound test fluorocarbon. The fluorocarbon is effectively invisible underwater and does not stretch, making it easy to feel bites. The sensitivity also makes it an incredibly adaptable line and able to use in most scenarios.
What scents attract walleye?
What is walleyes favorite food?
They prefer small fish and will eat crustaceans, worms and insects. Try fishing from sundown to midnight, particularly during the heat of summer. Use bait, spinnerbaits, spoons, crankbaits, jerkbaits, ice jigs as well as plastic worms and grubs. Trolling is often a very effective way to fish for these tasty fish.
How do you rig a line for walleye?
What kind of rod do you use for walleye?
If you are fishing a lot of deep water or fishing a river with heavy current, you might want to go to a medium heavy or medium action rod. If you are fishing mainly lakes where the fishing takes place in 5-12 feet of water, the medium-lite to lite action will work best.
Are walleye bottom feeders?
Walleyes are basically bottom feeders, but don’t ignore those fish that suspend over drop-offs in deep lakes. Some of the best summer walleye fishing is provided by suspended fish.
What’s the water temperature in the Maumee River?
Please note: These are general guidelines based on today’s average water temperature of 73°F in Maumee Bay.
What is a floating jig head?
Floating Jig Head – 5 pk. Floating jig heads present bait above structure and over snags. Use with minnows, cut crawler, red worm, plastic baits, wax worm to catch more walleye, crappie, trout, perch, catfish and huge bluegill.
Where does the Maumee River start and end?
The Maumee River begins its 137-mile northeastward journey in Fort Wayne, Indiana, at the confluence of the St. Joseph and St. Marys rivers and empties into Maumee Bay (Lake Erie) in Toledo.
How do you catch walleye in Ohio?
Top lures for walleye in Ohio. Jigs with a variety of trailers and bait work well in virtually any depth water. When walleyes are shallow, spinnerbaits, small crankbaits and rip baits are the often very productive. Jigs and ice jigs are very popular with local ice fishing enthusiasts.