Dick Cataldo has some advice for walleye anglers frustrated with catching small fish in the St. Joseph River.
Big ones exist. Really big ones.
Like the one he caught before daylight April 17.
Cataldo had just slipped into his waders about 4:30 a.m. and eased into the cool St. Joe waters when he made his first cast onto the gravel bar.
He pulled the Rapala Husky Jerk beneath the surface a few feet, jerked it once, then let it sit in the current.
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The DNR will survey Sylvan Lake in Noble County this year to estimate the number of anglers who fish there and the number of fish they catch.
The number and size of walleyes taken from the 669-acre impoundment will be of special interest to DNR biologists.
We have stocked nearly 150,000 walleye fingerlings in Sylvan Lake since 2001 at a cost of $225,000,î said Jed Pearson, DNR fisheries biologist. ìWe need to take a good look at how fishermen are benefiting from that investment.
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Walleye fans are a passionate group. Few foul conditions or other potential barriers stand between us and the pursuit of our marble-eyed quarry. We're also religious in our devotion to time-honored tactics. But oftentimes, thinking outside the box can lead to epic catches.
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By Daniel Quade
Wherever open season allows the pursuit of walleyes, early spring is prime time for tapping one of the years best bites. Thanks to the spawning migration, big numbers of fish gather in predictable places, offering savvy anglers a shot at banner catches.
For veteran fishing guide Jason Muche, the open-water periods early days mean finding places where lake-run eyes focus on warm inflows. On his home waters of Wisconsins famed Lake Winnebago Chain and Lake Michigans Green Bay, that means keying on tributaries such as the Wolf and Fox rivers.