Who else is still counting down to their first Walleye?

[Kyle Sandberg]

I am. Spent over 20 hours fishing with about 30 rockbass and over 50 sunnies.

[Fish&Fowl]

Ouch! I'm also still waiting, butI haven't fished for anything but pike and crappies in Canada yet so I don't feel so bad. Best of luck to you...I mean it

[bgreen82]

i havent targeted them yet this year. crappies b4 opener and cats for the contest in that forum since, but maybe an eye will want to eat one of my bullies while im on the river. for sure mid-june i will be targeting them as i head up to the pond.

[solbes]

Me too [sigh]. New child at home so the boat is still dry docked. I'll maybe have a chance to get up there by myself this weekend to wet a line.

[Eckie]

Solbes, I feel your pain....(see avatar).

Eckie

[palisade1kid]

I've lindy rigged eyes right off of the dock in downtown Buffalo.

Do you know any Radtke's or Schlief's or Nichol.Most of my family on my mom's side are from Greenfield to Buffalo.

[Muskycrazy]

It'll come , hang in there . I got a little chuckle in the newspaper on Sunday . A guy was lamenting that this years opener was a little slower than years past . He made a comment to the effect that he and a relative would annually keep about 300 fish ( Walleyes ) , apiece - I presume , in the first month of the season . Sounded odd to me that a guy who seemed to keep every legal fish he caught would complain that there just didn't seem to be as many fish . I have kept 5 Walleyes in the past 10 years and started to wonder about how many fish people keep . Do you keep every legal fish you boat ? Every fish every other trip ? A few once in a while ? Do you feel that because you pay for a license that you feel a need to get your money back by keeping all the fish you catch ? I'm not trying to judge anyone here and feel that if you choose to keep all the legal fish you catch - thats your business . Just trying to get a gauge on the catch & release mentality among walleye fisherman and not pointing a finger at any one person .

[bgreen82]

if i target fish that i may eat, i will keep just enough for one meal per week. so if i go fishing 3 times in a week, i might keep 2 walleyes in those 3 trips or 6-8 crappies for those 3 trips. and thats for feeding me, the wife and the 3 year old.