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Your favorite open water time of year to fish?

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I have to say I prefer Mid summer through early fall for my walleye fishing. I just seem to have the best luck then.

I feel I am more in tune for the fishes/walleye patterns in mid summer through early fall and what they want and how they wanted it presented. I will admit I am not the best spring fisherman or late fall fisherman and I need to work on my tactics for walleye fishing in this type of weather. Too much second guessing myself and not sticking to a plan I feel is my problem.

So when is your favorite time of the year to fish?

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eskimo9 Contributor

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RIGHT NOW! My favorite walleye bite of the year is happening right now. Good Luck and practice catch and release my friends.

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Open water, period. If I can get on some fish early and fish often enough, I can make smaller adjustments to my patterns and stick with them. Too much golf, wind, or projects and it takes longer to find 'em again.

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Open water, period. If I can get on some fish early and fish often enough, I can make smaller adjustments to my patterns and stick with them. Too much golf, wind, or projects and it takes longer to find 'em again.

I agree time on the water is essential. I like to try to fish too many lakes it seems. Once I start having a pattern down I'm into the next one. I spent too much of my vacation last year at low if you can complain about that. I believe it effected how well my rest of my weekend fishing was around here. This year i will be staying closer around the area trying lakes i can afford to fish every weekend and putting in two to three days in a row on the same body of water to try to boost my success and understanding of the body of water

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A really good question. Walleyes will always be where the food is. Find the food and you will find the walleyes. In most (classic) walleye lakes in the Dl area the walleyes will focus on shiners at this time of year. I will cruise the shallows and look for baitfish, if there is nothing move on. I really like the night bite from about 12am untill the birds start singin in the morning. Look for rocky points, I often will cruise these points in 2-8 ft of water and shine a flashlight looking for eyes glowing. I will then return a bit later and pitch silver raps around docks. do not submerge a light by the way that is illegal in Mn (is'nt everything)? In late fall after the lakes turn over I look for the sharpest breaks into deep water closest to shore, I often find concentration of eyes in 40-50ft of water. The key for early and late eyes is think outside the traditional walleye box, they will always follow the food.

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Around DL area, 2nd week of June , then by far Fall is my favorite time. Less traffic on lakes, and those eyes are putting on the feed bag.

Steve

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I reall like mid may to mid july. Love the transition from minnows to crawlers, leeches: from slow lindy rigging to faster spinner set-ups. I really get like getting up super early, being the first boat on the lake and watching the sun peak over trees... It is all good smile

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Every year I ask Santa for two Octobers. I never get it frown

Fall is hands down my favorite time of year to fish. Not always easy, sometimes cold, nasty and downright unpleasant, but can be exceptional at times, and the quality is hard to beat.

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Yep, mid october on can turn an average fisherman into a pro........... I speak from experience here wink

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