| If you are looking for some real adventure when | | | | identify the structure as being something different from |
| winter rolls around, try walleye ice fishing on for size. | | | | the flat lake floor. Bars, reefs, sunken islands, rock piles, |
| You'll never get bored because the tactics change as | | | | and anything else that sticks out presents itself to fish |
| the season progresses, requiring you to make | | | | as something by which to navigate and return to after |
| adjustments to your own fishing standards constantly. | | | | feeding. The best ones are all along the migration route |
| If you decide to go ice fishing for walleye, here are | | | | and used by fish to determine location. Remember, |
| some tactics you can use to make your fishing trips | | | | these creatures are not intelligent and work off instinct, |
| successful. | | | | which means that they need these extra sources of |
| First of all, as the season begins, you should fish the | | | | navigation to lead the way. |
| smaller lakes. This is because, before the ice gets thick, | | | | Another means of assuring successful ice fishing for |
| the action is fast, and you may have a hard time | | | | walleye is to target areas with large groups of baitfish. |
| locating the walleye below the surface. Smaller lakes | | | | Walleye need an incentive to move into a particular |
| will freeze faster, with the ice thickening sooner, | | | | location - something to follow - and most frequently, |
| making your job easier. With thicker ice, the fish will | | | | the motivation of choice is food. Therefore, if you can |
| tend to slow down and move to a spot where they | | | | find baitfish, you can find walleye and have a hugely |
| will stay relatively close, meaning that you can easily | | | | productive day from a single drill into the ice. |
| target them in a single spot. You won't need to open | | | | One of the best tips you can remember is to choose |
| several ice holes to find the walleye. Also, taking your | | | | a lake that you are familiar with. There is no better |
| gear to the smaller lakes early in the season and again | | | | way to assure a successful fishing trip in the dead of |
| later, before spring begins, will extend your winter | | | | winter than to target areas where you know you'll find |
| fishing season, giving you more opportunities than you | | | | fish from previous excursions. If you know the ins and |
| can imagine. | | | | outs of the lake, you can easily find weed beds and |
| If you are looking for the appropriate walleye fishing | | | | drop offs where walleye are sure to hang out during |
| location, target underwater structures. You'll find this is | | | | the winter months. |
| extremely successful for most anglers since fish can | | | | |