Walleye Fishing Guides and Charters in Canada and the US

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If you enjoy exciting Sportfishing, you may really enjoy Walleye Fishing with an experienced and helpful guide. These fish are great fighters and considered to be excellent eating! Look through the state/province pages for more Walleye Guides and Charters.

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Walleye Fishing - Saskatchewan, Canada

Pickerel Bay Cabins: If you are looking for a relaxing Canada Fishing Trip, and your mouth is watering for some delicious walleye, we can help! Our lake produces more consistent big walleye than any other lake in SK! Our comfortable cabins have all the basics to make your trip a pleasurable one. Space is limited, so contact us today for a full brochure with pricing.
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Lake Erie Walleye Fishing Charters (Ohio)

Eye Hunter Guide Service: 419-569-3100 Captain Troy Young has 30 years Walleye fishing experience on Lake Erie. He will customize a Lake Erie Fishing Charter just for you. Enjoy the comfortable lodge, beautiful 30' Sportcraft 300 with 454 Crusader motor, as well as legendary Walleye Fishing!
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More about Walleye:

Overview - Walleye are also called walleyed pike, pickerel, jackfish, dore, and ol' marble eyes. The sides of the walleye are olive-green with gold flecks. The spiny dorsal fin lacks spots, but has a black rear base. The lower lobe of the tail has a white tip.

Strong fighters, walleyes stay deep and wage a determined battle. Walleyes are light sensitive. They have a layer of pigment in the retina of the eye called the "Tapetum lucidum". Because of their light-sensitive eyes, they bite best around dusk and dawn, at night, or in cloudy weather. Popular baits and lures include minnows, nightcrawlers, leeches, jigs, spinners, and plugs, especially minnow plugs.

Most numerous in large, windswept natural lakes of moderate to low clarity. They can also be found in smaller lakes, reservoirs, and rivers and streams with moderate current. Walleyes prefer clean, hard bottoms and water temperature from 65 to 75 degrees F.

Description:
Walleye have a brassy color and the back is yellow-olive. Sides brassy-yellow with dark mottling. Belly is white. Dark spot at rear of spiny dorsal fin. Anal fin and lower lobe of tail fin are white. Eyes are opaque-silver in color. Moderate canine-like teeth. Length: 12 to 29 inches. Weight: 10 oz. to over 12 pounds.

Eating Habits
Primarily fish eaters, walleyes also feed on immature and adult aquatic insects, leeches, crayfish, snails, and larval salamanders. Except in waters of low clarity, they feed most heavily in dim-light periods, especially when light levels are fading rapidly. Walleye prefer fish but will eat crayfish and worms. Their main diet in most lakes is threadfin shad.

Location and Habitat:
Walleye are a bottom oriented fish, due to their sensitivity to light, preferring to stay in deep water during the day, moving to shallow waters during the night. They spawn in spring, in relatively shallow water, over clean gravel or rocky bottoms.

Age & Growth

Walleyes have been known to live as long as 26 years. Females typically grow much larger than males.

World Record
1940 - 46 pounds, 2 ounces, caught in Sacandaga Reservoir, New 1960 - 25 pounds, caught in Old Hickory Lake, Tennessee.

Angling:
Because of light-sensitive eyes, walleyes feed more actively early in the morning, late in the evening, or at night. Effective lures and baits include, minnows, nightcrawlers, jigs, spinners and minnow imitating plugs. Fishing with minnows is unlawful in some lakes so check your state regulations.

Table Quality:
Considered one of the finest tasting fish available. The meat is white, flaky and has a very mild flavor.

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