Best Time To Catch Walleye- The Fighter Fish

Fishing is one of the most amiable hobbies and people around the world go fishing with their friends and families to spend an amusing vacation. Although there are numbers of fishes available for fishing walleye fish is considered as the most popular sports fish usually in North America and every year numerous fishermen head out in search of this vague fish as they are aggressive fighters and once you succeed to tie into a big ones I’m sure you will be hooked to it throughout life!

According to experienced anglers of Lake Erie walleye fishing charters, to catch walleye fish appropriate timing is more important than the bait. However, there are several other important facts to know before walleye fishing-

Walleye Facts –

·         These are basically cool water predatory species and quite common among people of Canada and Northern US. Walleye is a very attractive, bold olive-gold, long-bodied and sleek fish.

·         Generally, female walleye are larger than males. It weighs around 3.3 pounds and sometimes some get luckier to hook with heavier one and have 25-inch eyes.

·         Walleyes got their name because of their big, rounded, and outward placement eyes that makes it unique. These are well adapted to murky water in low-light and can even see in the darkest night because of their acute vision power.

·         The fun fact about them is that they’re naturally blessed with sensitive lateral lines. 

Walleye Behavior-

Usually, walleye seems to have unique spawning behavior as they can easily remember their first spawning location. Basically, they look for areas with more gravel, rocks, and other types of bottomed-shallow space to spawn.

The males are the one to initiate towards the spawning beds followed by the females.  

Best Times to Catch Walleye-

·         Spring season- During springtime walleye becomes more active chasing schools of bait because at this time temperatures rise following the winter breeze. At night their heavy feeding times occur and many of them try to rest. The best time to catch them can be midday or at sunrise and sunset.

·         Summer season- As summer approaches walleye settles themselves deep down the shores to hovering after the schools of bait. If you decide during the midday, you actually need to fish quite deep. During summertime, late-night hours is an ideal time and both sunrise and sunset.

·         Fall season- During the fall season, walleye spend more time in warmer daylight hours following schools of shads. The best time to catch them is at sunset, sunrise, or midday.

Bottom Line

Take a break from usual boring daily routine and enjoy fishing with Sunshine Charters, as we specialize in arranging Lake Erie Walleye Fishing charters and also perch or bass fishing charters. Enjoy tripping!