I was always told 42* was the number to hit. If that's true, they should be in the river right now. I know it's early...but if they spawn by temp, the time is now.
Walleye Run
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Yeah that's what I have heard also. Guys fishing last weekend but I didn't see any stringers hanging.
Its early yet. Tons of big females are still staged up west of kelleys island. Give it 2 weeks.
loose_is_fast
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Floating jigs are pretty easy to rig. Most people use a caroling jig set up. Run braided line to a trolling sinker with swivels on both ends. You will want mono line for your leader which can vary from 2 to 4 feet in length depending on water depth and current. Put a floating jig on the end with various colors of twister tails and start experimenting. Your sinker weight will vary with the current.I have from 1/4 OZ TO 3/4 in my gear box. The best technique I have found is to cast ten yards upstream or so and you should feel your sinker skipping off the bottom as it makes its way down stream. A medium power fast action rod will help tremendously on helping you feel the difference in bouncing off rocks and feeling hits from fish. That being said I believe a lot of fish caught are "flossed" and that will feel very soft.
Thanks for the info!!! There was a lot of people fishing today but I didn't see any fish but heard they were catching a few.
Bigcountry40
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Heard that they are catching some in Fremont River, I may give it a try tommorow morning if its not that shitty out
I shook the rust off on Thursday for 2 hours. I caught 4 suckers and lost an eye about 15' out from my buddy waiting with a net. Seen a few caught at Jerome Road Rapids. That being said, I will wait atleast another week before trying again. As far as your floater setup, there are several options. As stated before, you should run a braided mainline and a lighter mono leader attached to you r floating jighead. Probably 90% of guys run a 6' 6" medium powered rod. You can either run trolling sinkers, which are the easiest but most expensive option, or run your braid through an egg sinker to a barrel swivel with your mono tied to other end. This is the method I use mostly cuz I'm cheap and already have molds to make my eggs. And, IMO, with an egg sinker there is less weight felt by the fish when it grabs my jig which in theory would keep the fish holding on to it for a split second longer for more hookups. The other option is if you dont wanna mess with braid, you can run just 12lb Trilene to your jig and use the appropriate amount of split shot. I used this method forever and outfished most.
My setup is a 6' 10" Medium Light St. Croix Legend drop shot edition with 15lb Powerpro main line and 10lb Trilene leader
My setup is a 6' 10" Medium Light St. Croix Legend drop shot edition with 15lb Powerpro main line and 10lb Trilene leader
Bigcountry40
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I've got a party to be at on Sunday up in Toledo...thinking I might get my waders wet Saturday.
Damn Dave. I can't make it up Saturday, or all weekend probably. You'll likely get into some suckers and maybe a wayward walleye. We really need an inch or two of rain and things will get fun, quick. I will definitely get hooked up with you for a couple limits of walleye one of these days this spring.
No problem buddy! I should mention a couple issues you will encounter with splitshots. You will get some line twist and your shot will slide down the line after some snags. It never bothered me. Just carry some pliers to cinch the shot down good and retie if you notice your line getting crappy looking
You may very well do better over there. I heard they are getting some steelhead pretty regularly over there. The predictor right now has the Maumee cresting at 585.8' on Friday. That would be a raise in height of about 5 feet from the current height. That should push a bunch of fish up river by Sunday
oakswamper
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I live close to the Maumee, we do not need any rain. I had a hundred or so ducks swimming in my north field this morning
I imagine there are a thousand or so in there now. While I'm sorry for the inconvenience the rain caused you (sarcasm haha), this should get the ball rolling by sunday.
I'm heading up to the Maumee today after Church. Gonna give Buttonwood a try. No fish caught the last 2 days, but with it being nasty those days, very few guys were out and I think the fish were in negative mood. I'm hoping for a fish or two for this afternoon bite. I will post pics if I luck into any