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| I have a question I'm hoping some of you guys can help me with - what are the key ingredients for successful walleye spawning? I have been told it is current and gravel - the current is mostly for temperature. I guess I'm wondering if it's a spring fed deep lake with no current - will walleye spawn? Thanks in advance. if anyone knows an "experrt" in this department, lease advise. |
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Location: WI | Unless the walleye population is all stocked fish, they will find suitable spawning areas. Look for windswept water over a gravel bottom if there is no "natural" current . I'm no expert, but did spend alot of time walleye fishing until I was consumed by the musky addiction. |
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Location: Detroit River | Besides having gravel & current the walleye need clean water & stable weather during the spawn. The best spawn in the Detroit River was back in 2003 & that led to the largest year class on record. 2007 was a decent year as well but most of the years since 2003 have sucked on the DR because of a lot of dirty water coming down because of the rains & winds stirring up LSC & Lk Huron. Dirty water doesn't allow the sun to get to the eggs so they can incubate properly. |
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| I suggest picking up some of the old "fishing hot spots" books from Oneida/Vilas County areas. I found our old stash of them and have been reading them on the toilet like I did as a kid and the older books have a lot of GREAT information and in almost every lake discussion it talks about the natural spawning. |
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| Walleye spawning doesn't have anything to do with a lake being spring fed or what depth it is. If there is suitable spawning habitat and good environmental conditions just after ice out they will spawn successfully. Whether or not the fry hatch and survive is another matter related mostly to environmental conditions after the spawn and the LM Bass population of the lake. |
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