Several boats concentrate over a deep hole for spring walleyes. The walleye run often results in crowded fishing conditions. / Joe Shead Naturally, concentrated fish attract concentrated fishermen, ...

Jessica Andolino, hatchery foreman, dries a female walleye before its eggs are harvested. A truck full of walleye arrived at the Pleasant Mount State Fish Hatchery before noon on a cold April day. The ...

Relationship between walleye (Sander vitreus) spawning dates and ice-off dates across 194 Upper Midwestern lakes. Black points are observed data, thin gray lines are lake-specific trends, and colored ...

As the snow melts and lakes thaw, walleye fishermen break free from their cabin fever and race to the water to begin hunting for trophy spring walleyes. Regardless of where and when the weather allows ...

Fish are doubtlessly feeling about now whatever fish feel when the urge to spawn kicks in. In but a little while – if not today or yesterday – female and male will be heeding an ancient directive by ...

BENZIE COUNTY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) -- Walleye eggs collected from the Muskegon River have begun to hatch at the Platte River State Fish Hatchery, according to Paul Stowe, the hatchery's Natural ...

SCOTT COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) — An exceptionally large walleye was caught by the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Department of Natural Resources' board has adopted a permanent three-walleye limit for non-tribal anglers on lakes and rivers within Wisconsin's ceded territory. The board ...

Walleye are one of the most sought-after species in freshwater sportfishing, a delicacy on Midwestern menus and a critically important part of the culture of many Indigenous communities. They are also ...