darsky Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 ...fished on the St Lawrence yesterday with Marc and a friend of his for the walleye opener.We did quite well with his friend jigging up a nice 4 lber right off the bat. We boated around 15 fish with many more lost. Water temps were between 52-55 and it was very apparent that the fish were in full spawn-totally fat with eggs. No doubt the hoards will be out this weekend en mass harvesting fish full of eggs. Darn late winter/early spring. Same in the Kawarthas?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfish1965 Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 I don't think all the females necessarily drop their eggs each year. There are often times when they do not find a suitable place or the competition is too great. What size were the laden females? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darsky Posted May 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 all 2.5-3 lbers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfish1965 Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 Okay..well those fish shoulda dropped them. They would be about 22 or so inches. Maybe there was just too much competition for spots. Thats not necessarily a bad thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryonG Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 Adult Female walleyes do spawn completely every year. Down in here in Wisconsin we release all the prespawn females that we catch. The 15 to 18 inch males are by far better eaters anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gbfisher Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 On Georgian bay the only pics spawned out are the ones who went into the rivers. The shoal pics still have a few weeks left till they start and finish yet. BOQ has the same thing. You still can pick up a big ripe female. At least they spawned last year if ya descide to eat them...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gone_fishin Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 this may not be the case for your area, but last weekend we caught a few walleye that were really fat, and i was thinking the same thing...maybe they haven't spawned yet, but they were full of baitfish, the 3 pound walleye we got had 5 perch in its stomach, one of which being 7 inches long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishindevil Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 we catch walleyes sometimes right up to the first week in june in the ottawa river that still havnt spawned yet,and its very common in may,for sure...so it varies from region to region.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Thorpe Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 Saugers dont spawn till the water reaches 54 to 56 degrees Its common for saugers have eggs at this time of the year,its a pre spawn bite ,season opem ,happens every year I still dont understand why the season is open for them Its known saugers spawn after pike and walleyes and in similar water temps as muskies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike the Pike Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 Saugers dont spawn till the water reaches 54 to 56 degreesIts common for saugers have eggs at this time of the year,its a pre spawn bite ,season opem ,happens every year I still dont understand why the season is open for them Its known saugers spawn after pike and walleyes and in similar water temps as muskies I think that Walleye season opens too early here in Montreal each year is different. Some years when I fish my favorite spot in the Rapids of The St.Lawrence River I sometimes catch Walleyes with eggs and Males with sperm. Most years I have found them spawing I will find out monday evening if the Walleye are in spawn mode. Marc I think its time that government advance the date for opening day for Walleye. Our spring weather can sometimes prolong the spawn. Time to change our Regulations. The Bay of Quinte is the only place I have not reeled in a spawning Walleye .with an early opener it seems to be a safe date for the Quinte opener. Stangely the BOQ connects to the St.Lawrence which is only 3hours drive from Montreal.I guess a little more south makes a difference. MTP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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