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Updated May 4,
2008
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Updated May 4,
2008
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A
few of the anglers toughing out the
tremendous wind conditions on Friday
and Saturday were rewarded with some
nice walleyes. The fish are hard to
come by, but when you get on them
they are nice! Jigs and minnows
close to shore remains the dominant
technique in catching the walleyes
that are averaging about 2.5 pounds
each. One boat Saturday evening
caught 4 nice walleyes with three of
them over 21 inches!
North seems to be the favorite place
to go with boats concentrating on
the Hartford Beach area up to SoDak
Supper Club and onto Cameron's
pasture. Strong north to
northwest winds Friday and early
Saturday sent several boats to the
rearing ponds area to fish, but
little success was reported. As
cabin owners start to show up for
the season, they are reporting
getting 2-3 walleyes off their docks
in the evening hours. Between 5 p.m.
and 9 p.m. seems the ideal time. A
weighted crappie rig tipped with a
minnow worked well in the windy
conditions. This is pretty common
for spring walleye fishing on Big
Stone.
A
small 43 boat tournament was held
Saturday with 20 teams catching at
least one fish. The top two places
each had 5 walleye with weights of
15.44 (3 pound average) and 12.28
(2.45 pound average) respectively.
The water temps are hovering about
47 degrees and most think the spawn
is close to being done. Many of the
walleyes being caught are males with
very few females being seen.
As the weather stabilizes and the
spawn finishes up the walleyes will
be ready to feed again and then we
can set the hook! Don't be one of
the anglers that wishes he was here
yesterday...
Donna
Schmidt's Landing
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Pat's three nice walleyes caught late Saturday on jig/minnows.
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