Lake Huron walleye fishing offers some of the best walleye fishing available in the entire United States, and every year thousands of walleye fishing enthusiasts fish this huge lake. The walleye fishing is fairly good for the entire year, but in the summer as water temperatures increase, and the walleye go into deeper water, is when the action gets really good. As an angler your boat needs to be equipped with down riggers and such, for deep water fishing, but the action can be fast and furious.

Saginaw Bay, a bay in the state of Michigan, is the best location on Lake Huron to launch the boat, and July and August are considered the best months of the year to find walleye, because they head for the deeper water. When they head for deeper water, they tend to school up and are much easier to find. Locating a school of walleye and then presenting your offering to them at the proper depth is the key. As mentioned earlier, a set of downriggers is the perfect way to accomplish this.

Lake Huron is the second largest of all of the five Great Lakes and is the 3rd largest freshwater lake in the entire earth! Saginaw Bay, which offers excellent walleye fishing, forms the space between the "thumb" region and the rest of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Lake Huron has the longest shoreline of the Great Lakes, counting the shorelines of its 30,000 islands, and Manitoulin Island is the largest freshwater island in the world. Georgian Bay, which is a bay off of Lake Huron, is large enough to be among the world's 20 largest lakes, if it weren't considered a Bay.

This is a lot of water for walleye to hide in and is why fishing for walleye in the summer when they school up is such an effective technique. Because of the shear size of Lake Huron going on a guided trip is never a bad idea to get a "lat of the land", or in this case, lay of the water. There are tons of walleye fishing charters that can be taken out of the Saginaw Bay area, and for the newcomer to Lake Huron Walleye fishing, hiring one is probably a great idea.

The bottom line is that Lake Huron Walleye fishing is as good as you'll find anywhere in the entire United States. If you're looking to catch a bunch of these tasty fish, Lake Huron is the place for you. As mentioned, the most difficult part of walleye fishing on Lake Huron can be locating the fish, so a guide might be a good idea for your first time out fishing on this huge lake. You know, learn some local tips and techniques, and then strike out on your own for some great Lake Huron walleye fishing. That, or hook up your trailer, grab your GPS and other walleye fishing gear, and head out. The choice is obviously yours. At the end of the day all that matters is catching some of those delicious walleye for your dinner table, right?

By: Trevor Kugler
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Walleye fishing has become increasingly popular in recent years and presents a whole series of added challenges to the angler. Walleyes are fascinating fish and very complex as a species. They are fresh water fish, found predominantly in Canada and the Northern United States.

There are mainly two types of Walleyes, the Yellow Walleye and the Blue Walleye and as the names imply is only a difference in color, although very subtle. In some parts they are being referred to as te Yellow Pike or Pickerel, although this is technically incorrect as they are part of a different family of fish altogether.

Walleyes as a species has been artificially propagated for over a century and has been planted on top of existing populations or introduced into waters naturally devoid of the species, sometimes reducing the overall genetic distinctiveness of populations. Genetically, walleyes show a fair amount of variation across watersheds. In general, fish within a watershed are quite similar and are genetically distinct from those of nearby watersheds.

The walleye is often considered to have the best tasting flesh of any freshwater fish, and, consequently, is fished recreationally and commercially. Because of its nocturnal feeding habits, it is most easily caught at night using live minnows or lures that mimic small fishes. This should be of special interest to the more serious angler, looking for an opportunity to get out there at night when the walleye is most active. Night fishing has become increasingly popular because of the added challenge it presents to the angler. It can be very dangerous though and care should be taken, especially if you are inexperienced.

Like a cat, the walleye fish's eye have a very distinct reflective glow at night. This unique feature allows them to see well in relatively low lighting levels - making them effective as nocturnal feeders. They are also able to see very well in murky and more turbulent waters, giving them the edge over their prey. When fishing for walleyes, finding these water conditions can be a good indication of the presence of walleyes.

Apart from their unique eyes, the Walleye is predominantly olive and gold in colour with the dorsal side of a being more olive, grading into a golden hue on the flanks. This golden olive pattern is broken up by five darker saddles that extend to the upper sides of the fish. These beautiful colors fade to white on the belly. The mouth of a walleye is large and is armed with many sharp teeth. The first dorsal and anal fins are spinous as is the operculum. Walleyes are often confused with Saugers and they actually look very alike. The main difference however, is the white coloration on the lower lobe of the tail. Many anglers catch Saugers and claim their catch to be a Walleye without even knowing the difference.

Although some populations of Walleye spawn on sand and vegetation, they generally require fairly clean waters and are found most often in deep mesotrophic lakes and moderate- to low-gradient rivers. This is why Canada offers such a perfect location for the Walleye to flourish. The walleye is considered a "cool water" species. Adults migrate to tributary streams in late winter or early spring to lay eggs over gravel and rock, although there are open water reef or shoal spawning strains as well. This offers an added opportunity for fishing the Walleye and an alternative to fishing for them at night and on lakes.

Both juvenile and adult walleyes eat fish almost exclusively, frequently yellow perch or ciscoes, moving onto bars and shoals at night to feed. This tends to be the best bait although the locals might have some better ideas (as they always do).

One of the best lakes for catching walleyes is Mille Lacs in central Minnesota. Several lakes in Canada have large populations of Walleye and any good guide will be able to show you the best spots. Walleyes are fascinating fish and a great fish to fish for.

By: Deon
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Summer walleye, this is the time for the most popular game fish in Canada. Tens of thousands of anglers consider this their favourite fish to catch for the sport and mostly for the fact that it is one of the greatest fish to eat.

This tip comes from an experience while fishing walleye in Northern Ontario, on Manitoulin Island, in went out early in the morning hoping to pick up a few walleye early.

I headed for a shoal that I fish frequently; it is about 20 to 25 feet of water, and drops off to about 70 feet deep. After about and hour or so, I had 2 small walleyes to show for my effort. Guessing that the cool front that moved through over night had affected the fish, I started to fish the drop off and along the length of the shoal, and still no fish. With the help of technology (fish finder, sonar) I found that there were groups of fish suspended at 20 to 25 feed in 75 feet of water. I finally surmised that the fish holding at this level would be very hard to get to, and when suspended like this they are usually not in a feeding mood.

The next problem was that to reach these fish with my jigs and no bottom structure to follow was near impossible, although down rigging or trolling would preset my bait at a better level, if they were not actively feeding it was again a tuff sell for these walleyes. What is needed in a situationlike this is a slow presentation of the lure or live bait. What I needed was a bait delivery system that would consistently put me at the right depth and slow enough to keep the bait in the strike zone for a long time, so as to tease them into action. I also wanted to be able to make long casts to allow long drifts through these suspended walleye schools.

I decided to give a slip-bobber a try; it's simple and deadly when used right. Most anglers don't use this walleye technique enough it works. The slip bobber, slips up and down the line from your hook to a bobber stop you set for the desired depth. I needed to get the bait down 25 feet; with the slip bobber the stopper you use to set your depth is so small that it will pass through the rod guides and onto the reel without no problems at all. And if you find your depth is not quite right you simply move the stop up or down.

Now with the slip bobber controlling my depth accurately, I was able to drift my bait (live bait, jigs, and plastics work well) right through these schools of walleye at nose level, also able fish very slow giving these finicky walleyes lots of time to make up their minds about having a snack. It was a large school of walleyes and the result was a couple of hours of super walleye fishing.

If you think about it slip bobbers can be used with your favourite live bait for walleye fishing. Either a plain hook or jig tipped with a minnow, worm or leach can be fished in the same way for precise depth control. Plus slip bobbers are not restricted to walleye fishing. They are great for all sorts of fishing, when conditions call for depth control, long distance casting or a really slow presentation. I have used them for trout and salmon in rivers, and even on bass in small clear pools where a long cast and slow movement is needed. I have taken a lot of nice bass from under and alongside the numerous swimming rafts and docks around different lakes I have fished and used this method quite successfully. These tactics also work great around bridge pillars, piers and supports, and weed lines, and dams. By casting so easily and smoothly they are great for kids, they love to see the bobber twitch and disappear.

Once you start walleye fishing and any other species, you will likely find all sorts of situations where they will be the answer to speed and depth control. Pick up a couple and try these tips, you will not regret it. Just go fishing!

By: Jack Phillips
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