As the snow melts and lakes thaw, walleye fishermen break free from their cabin fever and race to the water to begin hunting for trophy spring walleyes. Regardless of where and when the weather allows ...

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For scores of Youngstown-Warren-area anglers, spring officially arrived the moment they grasp the back of a fat prespawn walleye and remove their jig from the fish’s mouth. Walleye fishing is as sure ...

Ask any walleye nut and they’ll tell you there’s lots to love about these popular game fish—and loads of reasons to learn how to catch walleye. First, walleyes are widely distributed across the ...

Walleyes, the favorite game species in many Midwest lakes and Minnesota’s official state fish, are struggling to spawn successfully due to warming springs and highly variable ice-out dates, creating ...

Relationship between walleye (Sander vitreus) spawning dates and ice-off dates across 194 Upper Midwestern lakes. Black points are observed data, thin gray lines are lake-specific trends, and colored ...

Why not make the opening day of walleye season on Friday, May 1, 2026, a three-day weekend? Because you won’t get another ...

The spring walleye fishing is hot at Willard Bay. So we invited Patrick Palepoi from Scheels and Brayden Staples from Dark Energy to join us and see how many walleye we can catch. And boy were we ...

Water temperatures on the Maumee River near Defiance have consistently stayed above 60 degrees Fahrenheit over the past week, according to federal survey data.

For some reason this spring the winter weather just doesn’t want the Missouri River to give up her bounty of walleyes! I ...

Wisconsin’s walleye opener is here. Use this simple, proven game plan—based on water temps and lake type—to find and catch ...

Walleye are one of the most sought-after species in freshwater sportfishing, a delicacy on Midwestern menus and a critically important part of the culture of many Indigenous communities. They are also ...