First things first. When it comes to fishing more than one aquatic sports aficionados will inform you its Walleye fish first on the list - first and foremost. You might even earn a Manitoba Master Anglers fishing award. Its Walleye fish or nothing to many a hunting or fishing outdoor enthusiast. Many anglers associate Walleye or Canadian Pickerel fishing only with lake waters. Yet the greatest fun and often the greatest rewards when it comes to these respected denizens of the deep are fishing for Walleyes in rivers and fast moving streams. All in all in can be considered much more of a challenge than simple staid lake water fishing. On top of that rivers and streams are often the locale of the best Walleye and Pickerel fishing that a good sportsman can ever come across.
It can be said that river fisher-people face more sudden, dramatic changes in water conditions than Lake Fisherman do by far or can even imagine. Most lakes are a "piece of cake" when compared structurally to rivers. Water levels in natural lakes remain comparatively stable over long periods of time. It usually takes long term drought or heavy rainwater to bring about a severe high or low water levels in a lake. Yet river anglers are always fighting rising or falling water levels. More than just contending with water level "flux", they must adjust to bottom structures that are here today and gone tomorrow. Sandbars come and go. Flow patterns can change in a subtle manner with a shift of the stream's course or an increase in current speed.
Changing bottom conditions will obviously also affect fish location. Simply and easily put - you have to find those Walleye fish to land the trophy sized specimens . As rapidly as water levels rise or fall, a key fish attracting current break can suddenly appear or completely vanish and affect fish location accordingly.
A pile of submerged rocks that might hold Walleye and Pickerel fish during the high water of the spring season might well be high and dry little more than a week's time later. Remember that the ability to read river currents is the key to successful river Walleye and Pike fish as well fishing. Take the time to learn how it functions with rising or falling water levels, creating or eliminating, fish and especially trophy fish holding areas in the process.
Fish like Walleyes relate to structural elements one way during high water and or another way when the water levels are low and lower. The water depth and speed around an object produces those all important "current breaks" that determine sections of slack water where food accumulates and fish gather. Fish will hold and set up feeding stations at these points. In summary it can be said by better being familiar with both river currents, how to read and evaluate them - in essence being sensitive to the lay of the land will reward your Walleye & Pickerel fishing results greatly.
It can be said that river fisher-people face more sudden, dramatic changes in water conditions than Lake Fisherman do by far or can even imagine. Most lakes are a "piece of cake" when compared structurally to rivers. Water levels in natural lakes remain comparatively stable over long periods of time. It usually takes long term drought or heavy rainwater to bring about a severe high or low water levels in a lake. Yet river anglers are always fighting rising or falling water levels. More than just contending with water level "flux", they must adjust to bottom structures that are here today and gone tomorrow. Sandbars come and go. Flow patterns can change in a subtle manner with a shift of the stream's course or an increase in current speed.
Changing bottom conditions will obviously also affect fish location. Simply and easily put - you have to find those Walleye fish to land the trophy sized specimens . As rapidly as water levels rise or fall, a key fish attracting current break can suddenly appear or completely vanish and affect fish location accordingly.
A pile of submerged rocks that might hold Walleye and Pickerel fish during the high water of the spring season might well be high and dry little more than a week's time later. Remember that the ability to read river currents is the key to successful river Walleye and Pike fish as well fishing. Take the time to learn how it functions with rising or falling water levels, creating or eliminating, fish and especially trophy fish holding areas in the process.
Fish like Walleyes relate to structural elements one way during high water and or another way when the water levels are low and lower. The water depth and speed around an object produces those all important "current breaks" that determine sections of slack water where food accumulates and fish gather. Fish will hold and set up feeding stations at these points. In summary it can be said by better being familiar with both river currents, how to read and evaluate them - in essence being sensitive to the lay of the land will reward your Walleye & Pickerel fishing results greatly.
About the Author:
Fishing for walleye is a popular sport with anglers. The current IGFA all tackle record is 11.34 kilograms (25lb 0oz), caught in 1960 near Old Hickory Lake, Tennessee.
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