Catching Spring River Walleyes when the Water is High
gengberg February 29th, 2008
It’s the beginning of April, that magic time of the year to walleye fishermen who’s been waiting all winter to fish and catch the many river’s spring-run walleyes and saugers. This winter you’ve watched all the fishing shows on your satellite dish, read all the walleye articles in magazines, and seen all the videos you can of your favorite fish, the walleye. Now, it’s finally time to put everything that you’ve learned, read, and heard to use and go walleye fishing.
It’s now springtime on most river systems in the Upper Midwest. But, there’s one major problem everywhere and in Wisconsin for sure. The record winter snowfall has caused the snow to rapidly melt throughout the walleye range and the spring has also brought showers and copious amounts of rain. You, the walleye angler, are ready to fish, but the rivers throughout the area have risen dramatically causing the waters to overflow the rivers banks and flood the backwaters and sloughs. The main channel of most rivers (like the Mississippi, Wisconsin, Rock, Crayfish, Pecatonica, Wolf, Fox, Black, and Yellow Rivers) is extremely high with most dams having their gates wide open to let the roaring waters pass thru and continue to flow downriver. These normally placid rivers are now a fisherman’s nightmare to many angler’s who are scared away and discouraged by the high water and strong current. Continue Reading »
