NSR walleye spawn

[Hannie]

Is it over within the city?

Water temps are between 40-50

I'm curious in your experiences this spring.

I have caught oodles of milking males but not a single large female. I set my clock by this and usually have been able to find a few big fish in an evening that are stacked up....Do the smaller milking males mean I'm to early or to late?


Thanks in advance.

[Hannie]

anyone?

[buckmaster]

Originally Posted by Hannie

anyone?

Sturgeonhound is the expert he may have to check his database

[Hannie]

Ive already consulted him countless times on this topic. It was over the phone so i was unable to soak up what he had to say...I'm use to his spreadsheet and power point presentations.

I'm sure he will be able to tell me what color of socks I was wearing the last time I out fished him..and the time before.

[sturgeonhound]

I definatley would have captured the color of your socks IF and only IF there ever was a time you outfished me.......still yet to happen BTW your socks were black last weekend when I out fished you!

[buckmaster]

Originally Posted by Hannie

Ive already consulted him countless times on this topic. It was over the phone so i was unable to soak up what he had to say...I'm use to his spreadsheet and power point presentations.

I'm sure he will be able to tell me what color of socks I was wearing the last time I out fished him..and the time before.

[Hannie]

Jeff, Cancel mothers day plans with momma and lets go fishing.

[jeprli]

Females spend time in deeper waters, and more so during the spawn. They are also harder to catch unless they spawned and are looking after they're nest, at this time they'll attack anything that passes by. Males are usually in shallower areas, and if they're "milking" then spawn is definitely not over yet. The reason you find them stacked up at the season opener means they're still "courting", they're much like the northern pike, one large female will occupy multiple smaller males.

This posses a question should we regulate the waters according to fish activity or just by calendar alone???? Every year I catch pike and walleye full of eggs right after the season opens, I think this hurts the population in a given water more than anything else, maybe May long weekend should be the opener(like pine culee res).


What are the odds of hooking into 7-10lb fish in NSR, fishing from the shore?

[Hannie]

Your right...the odds have been in the fishermen's favour if you time it right.

Alberta does NOT have the resources to police the waters based on fish activity ...not like the west coast river systems anyhow.

When I do catch the larger walleye in the spring on the NSR they are in fact spawned out. 32" may weigh 7lbs.

[fish-man]

What are the odds of hooking into 7-10lb fish in NSR, fishing from the shore?[/QUOTE]

I used to fish the NSR all the time in high school. I caught a handful of walleye over 5 lbs, maybe up to 7 or so. Never seen a 10 lb fish come out of the river but I know others have.

Caught a fair number of pike in the 8 to 10 lb range.

[Hannie]

I have always had luck for larger fish in the spring...I have not spent much time fishing for walleye, on the NSR in the fall anyhow, as I'm targeting a different species at that time.

It's funny though..I think I'm the only guy that has never ever caught a pike in city limits on the NSR