| The Great Lakes are great places to find | | | | March just before the close of the season, |
| walleye, and hotspots are available all over | | | | looking for food. The biggest fish will be |
| the lakes for large numbers of these glassy | | | | found at the end of April during the |
| eyed critters. In fact, Michigan walleye | | | | reopening of the season cruising the |
| fishing can be great in several different | | | | shallows of the bay. Anglers predict lots of |
| spots in the Lakes, with four specific | | | | medium sized walleyes from Saginaw Bay in the |
| hotspots coming to mind immediately. If you | | | | 2007 seasons, ranging from 14-16 inches, |
| are looking for a guaranteed catch as a | | | | making it an excellent prospect for Michigan |
| newcomer to the area, check out these four | | | | walleye fishing in the near future and for |
| Michigan walleye fishing hotspots first. | | | | years to come. |
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| Saginaw Bay is a great summer location for | | | | If you are interested in Michigan walleye |
| catching walleye if you enjoy spending long | | | | fishing, you should also try the St. Marys |
| days on the water. While this may not be the | | | | River system, where you'll find one of the |
| right location for an angler seeking a | | | | most diverse and expansive walleye fisheries |
| trophy-sized walleye, there are greater | | | | in the state. Get ready to find fish |
| numbers here than many other spots on the | | | | everywhere - in the weeds, in the rocks, in |
| Great Lakes. The catch won't include some of | | | | the lakes and channels, in the flats, and |
| the largest fish in the lakes, but the | | | | anywhere else. Note that, when fishing this |
| hatching ability that has been found in this | | | | river, the food sources are plentiful but |
| particular location keeps the population | | | | change with the seasons, so you'll need to |
| enormously high. In fact, there are so many | | | | work your baits based on this. Overall |
| naturally spawning fish in this bay that the | | | | bottom-bouncers and crawler harnesses work |
| stocking programs in the area have excluded | | | | well in almost any season as preferred lures. |
| it from the "in need" list, transferring most | | | | The walleye here will also migrate from one |
| of its effort to 39 bodies of water in the | | | | area of the system to another, so work with |
| Lake Huron Basin. Check out the shallows for | | | | local anglers to determine the habits of the |
| pre spawn specimens in early spring and post | | | | fish before setting out blindly. |
| spawn specimens in the Saginaw River in mid | | | | |