You're right guys, lots of nice fish caught. Jar Jar and my dad joined me yesterday and we hit the river for half a day. We definitely found some quality fish. Sure was chilly down there but we had a blast. It was good fishing and good company. Here's a few pictures to share with you.

Jar Jar 27 1/2"



My dad 28 1/2"



Me 29 1/2"

Good for you guys who caught fish.
We were out from 5:30 am until 12... and didn't get a walleye. We tried everything we could think of, but we just don't have the touch like you guys. We hardly saw any fish being caught...but we had some laughs anyways.

You guys mind if I ask how you were catching them?

jigs or harness? we were using jointed raps and picked up a few

Great Fish Ran!!!! ,,,I spent a few hours on the river sunday afternoon ,,,picked up a few fish with flicker shads but couldnt get one under 20"
From talking to guys at the ramp all their fish were in 6 fow or less and so were all of mine

Randoid

Thanks again ran for the invite!! Had a blast. I will be thinking of ya in a week .
All in all the bite wasn't hot and heavy but the quality was sure there. I think the next few weeks things will get crazy.



Jar Jar

We were jig fishing, trolling shad raps and dragging harnesses. A little bit of everything. Seen alot of nice fish being cpr like ours. Thats great to see.

John, stop by and grab the rest of the minnows. Your going to need them before I would.

where are the walleyes in the river now, is everyone still fishing up by Fond do Lac or have they been moving down?

i think most of them are still high. boy are they sluggish. i caught a pike that bit like a walleye. not that angry, kick your [PoorWordUsage] bite northerns do. i havent made it down to the bay yet but may try next week. theyre talking 70's by next week

The walleyes are in the river. It depends what you want. There's a better chance of catching a bunch of males the higher up you are but if it's bigger fish you want they are throughout the system right now but I would stick to the lower stretches for higher counts of the females/bigger fish. I might make it out tmrw and spend my b-day in the rain before going to work. Hopefully there won't be too much traffic out there and I can really work some water.

There are big and small fish all over the river. They have been coming down in waves. We caught nice fish both up high and down below boyscout. To windy below that to enjoy fishing so we stayed higher.
I know the community holes by 61 will have fish on them if the wind ever stays down so a guy can fish that area decent without freezing.
Yesterday was a good day with many large fish released. Biggest being a 28.5" and 29.25". Today was spotty at best. Hard to get to excited when its so cold and windy out. Doesnt look like it will get much better this week either.
As far as depths it dont matter. We caught fish in 1' to 16' of water. As usuall the bigger females seem to be kicking back in the slower shallow stuff where its a bit warmer. Water temps are still cold and the bite shows it. 50 degrees today was the most we found and this morning it was 48.7. Burr. Once we hit 53 I think the fish will start snapping pretty good.
Patience and being slow is key. Every color I treid caught fish so that isnt a factor.
Good luck, dress warm and stay dry.

Thanks for the headsup, Northlander. Appreciate your willingness to share info.

Hey Ran you guys must have really been proud of them fish to post them all twice. Good job guys. Did the old man school you guys as usual?

Steve, I think someone reposted the pics with a qoute. I always enjoy looking at other peoples fish pics so I like to throw a few up . I barley edged out the old man again this year. I think his hook sets are slowing down with old age

Lets set up a day next week to get out fishin. I need some lessons on bottom bouncing. You fishing the Grand Slam?

Went out yesterday- marked a ton of fish, didn't catch anything but a cold!

Yesterday went in spurts for us. Didnt get many fish in any 1 area except for maybe one that gave up several nice fish. Jig n minnow did most of our damage yesterday. Water is still cold. I want to see 53 degree water then everyone will be poppin them.