Best Moving Water Walleye Fishing Tips

When it comes to fishing Walleye it seems that almost inevitably the emphasis is in fishing for those fish in lakes and still waters. Yet many of these elusive foes are caught in rivers and river waters. What tips and tactics can be best exploited by experienced sportsmen and fisherman when it comes to landing that "big one" in river water - be it in a Minnesota River or the Manitoba Red River?

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. Ask an expert of those big monster killer fish , that you dream and fantasize about, lakes are much easier and more "civilized" to land those "big ones" - the trophy sized monsters that your taxidermist can mount for you to proudly display on your wall in your living room or den. Maybe its an accomplishment or maybe its bragging rites that you have the skills, skill-set as well as the money , as well as time to venture out on such a jaunt.
Then again perhaps your taxidermy came as an ebay purchase. Who is the know the difference after all. Who indeed . Water levels in natural lakes remain comparatively stable over long periods of time. You can bet that when fishing in rivers and streams that any logpile or immersed rubble might well serve to accommodate Walleye fish not to mention great monsters of catch-able Pickeral through higher water levels that early in the early spring time fishing seasons of the year. 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. You have to find those Walleye fish to land them. 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.

You can bet that when fishing in rivers and streams that any logpile or immersed rubble might well serve to accommodate Walleye fish not to mention great monsters of catch-able Pickeral through higher water levels that early in the early spring time fishing seasons of the year. Keep in mind that spotting and being able to register and note exceptional areas of riverside water currents stand out in the minds of professional Walleye fishing guides as one of the key merits of greatly recognized master Walleye and Pickerel sportsmen and hunters. 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.

Are those who fish for Walleye in rivers a different lot than those who ply lakes in search of prey? Perhaps. A lot of lakeside fishing can be said to be simpler and much easier than working a riverbed or fast moving streams. Precious water levels in lake watersheds stay fairly constant, and within limited ranges throughout the seasons of the year. Experience and more experience - that is what counts in a fishing and hunting guide person.
Experienced Lake Winnipeg long standing commercial fisher-person Ray Isfeld stresses the old instructive Icelandic parable that to catch fish "You must think like a fish". Fish will hold and set up feeding stations at these points. Forewarned about the twists and swirls as ebb and flow is forewarned - states experienced Lake Winnipeg commercial fisherman Raymond Isfeld - he exact locations where the avid, polished fisherman will land those master trophy Walleyes.