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#1403735 - 05/16/08 11:12 AM A Tough Start
riverrat56 Offline
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Registered: 06/24/04
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Loc: New Ulm, MN, USA
Anyone else out to tough start to the walleye season? I have been out 5 days so far, only boated 1 ten incher. Yesterday was on of those what am I do wrong days, I managed to find some fish, but they never found me, only my fishing partner in the front of the boat. Hopefully tonight I put something together....

The season has not be a total loss so far as I fished a few new lakes and also got into a great crappie bite yesterday, it's just a matter of time until the eyes do what there supposed to and I stumble upon them.
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#1403741 - 05/16/08 11:17 AM Re: A Tough Start [Re: riverrat56]
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Registered: 01/19/06
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I haven't done any better on the eye's. I have only been out around here 1 day though so I haven't gave it a very good effort yet. I sent you an email.

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#1404292 - 05/16/08 09:26 PM Re: A Tough Start [Re: riverrat56]
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I'm reading you loud and clear but then again, I haven't fished since last Sunday and won't until the following Saturday (May 24). The bite will come around.
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#1404412 - 05/16/08 11:10 PM Re: A Tough Start [Re: Team Otter]
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I gave up on them Walleye thing. The Crappies and sunnies are so bountyfull!! I'll stick to the panfish. You can have the Walleye. Boy are them Crappie "Black"!!
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#1404616 - 05/17/08 10:19 AM Re: A Tough Start [Re: 1lkstage]
riverrat56 Offline
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Well I won't be catching any sitting here talking about it, I'm headed out soon...
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#1404659 - 05/17/08 11:59 AM Re: A Tough Start [Re: riverrat56]
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i have been to 3 differnt lakes on 2 differnt days and cought 1 walley....this heat is going to help ....but not the rain everother day

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#1404660 - 05/17/08 12:00 PM Re: A Tough Start [Re: 7outof10]
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Loc: mankato mn
by heat i mean 75 ....lol hopt compard to what we have been haveing

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#1404668 - 05/17/08 12:16 PM Re: A Tough Start [Re: 7outof10]
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I've been fairly fortunate-purely shore fishing. Filled out twice and a few nice ones here & there. Strange year for some of my spots? Water's high in a couple good spots & not pay'n out real well, & unusually low in a couple of others which are pay'n out well??? Just have to stealth fish those spots. Baby bass husky been goin' good up to this point!
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#1405219 - 05/18/08 10:44 AM Re: A Tough Start [Re: wanger29]
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Another swing and a miss yesterday....put one more in the boat, this time he was all of 8".
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#1410890 - 05/22/08 04:03 PM Re: A Tough Start [Re: riverrat56]
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Well, it finally happened, put a 15" in the boat last night, hopefully one of many to come in the next few months.
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#1410904 - 05/22/08 04:15 PM Re: A Tough Start [Re: riverrat56]
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I think you need to do a quick edit of your post....next "several" months. wink grin
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#1410977 - 05/22/08 05:21 PM Re: A Tough Start [Re: riverrat56]
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I knew you had it in you.
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#1411153 - 05/22/08 09:17 PM Re: A Tough Start [Re: Team Otter]
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Registered: 12/05/04
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Loc: Lonsdale MN
Glad the bass season is opening this weekend. I give up on these walleye's, frustrating little buggers. I've tried to figure them out for the last 3 years down here and am on the verge of giving up. Maybe I should go to a lake that holds decent numbers??? I'm on a quest for a sleeper lake and not doing well. Oh well, I'm still fishing so it can't be that bad.

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#1412914 - 05/24/08 08:41 PM Re: A Tough Start [Re: Grainbelter]
riverrat56 Offline
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You can't catch'em where there not at.....
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#1413173 - 05/25/08 09:34 AM Re: A Tough Start [Re: Grainbelter]
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Registered: 11/04/03
Posts: 338
Loc: Owatonna
I've sort of tried to do the same thing for awhile & the odds of what you seek are not great. It's not that it can't happen, but with the numbers of people on the lakes, nothing goes unoticed for long. The experts have always said " If you want walleyes, go to a walleye lake, not a lake with walleyes in it. This holds true with any species you're targeting.But with that being said, along with walleye size or numbers, so are the numbers of people fishing them. Now it's a matter of technique & attention to detail along with time on the water to do better than most.I can't say I've done real well in the quest for walleyes either,so with my limited time frame I basically target what ever seems to be the most active at the time. Good Luck! L2f
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