SURVEY !!

[WalleyeWeasel]

I've talked to alot of people on the ice this year (DEC. & JAN.)and most people weren't doing so well. Most said we need a weather change (Cold Weather & High Pressure). Well, it's here, has the fishing improved for you ??

[fisherking01]

Persistance this year is a must, and the walleye bite in the area has been limited to the few who have made persistance a priority. The bite has been from non existent to fair to good, depending on the people I have talked to with the good reports coming from those out most days. The good thing is that the walleye bite will pick up from now until the end of season. With three weeks left instead of one, there is a lot of opportunity to find some hungry walleyes.

As the pre-spawn season progresses the white tails we seek go into a hunting and feeding pattern bulking up for the spring thaw and spawn. The last two weeks in Feb. usually signify this transition on the lakes I fish. This time of the year I start to head back to the shallow breaks, weed lines, rock bars and even the shallow bays that produce heavily at first ice. Think shallow and search, if you find one, there are usually more, and they can be extremely agressive. This is one of my favorite times of the ice season to do some jigging! has the bite picked up? I didn't catch any in Jan, 2 in the last week, I guss it has. Have not targeted them since Jan 1, been after pan fish, I'll be swithcing modes mixing up the pan fish andd walleye opportunities in the coming weeks. Oops, I forgot about the 3 I caught a week and a half ago, guess I targeted them one evening. Have also caught several less than 12 inches while fishing sunnies, they don't count though.

Good luck to those of you heading out this weekend!

[sluggo106]

What amazes me this season is watching guys pack up and head home at sunset. Thats when I get busy. Granted, some had no shelter and sat on buckets but still. Persistence.

[Banger]

My experiences this have been from good to poor. The walleye fishing has been steady but I have not been able to get into the numbers. I think the best day I had for walleyes we caught 14. Most nights lately have been 2-3 fish. I have been able to mark alot of fish but they are real finicky! Watching on the camera they come up to the jig and not even touch it. They don't even bother with the dead stick, I can count on one hand the number of fish I have saw come up the hole on the dead line. Crappie and sunfish action has been varied. Seems like when I get some crappies they are good sized but few in numbers, the sunfish have been keeping me busy. I cannot seem to find a consistent pattern though. One day they be in shallow weeds they next they be out in the basin of the lake. In all things have pretty much been the same for me all year.

[bigbucks]

The crappies I've been fishing have been biting about the same for a month, not great, but okay, pretty small. I've only fished walleyes 3 times all year & caught a total of 2, 1 keeper. I haven't put in enough time to count, too many other priorities until the last couple of weeks & not being able to drive my truck on the ice most places has kept me off the ice some too.