roguefisher689

A great start but it seems to me that restoring our baitfish populationwould do more good to our fishery. Plant more browns, steelhead, and coho and less chinook. Chinook were planted to take care of the overpopulating alewives, but since then our alewife population has fallen greatly (of couurse not all of it is to be blamed on the kings), we could plant less kings and focus on trying to eradicate quaga mussels and restore the plankton to our lake. If they could find a way to do this, we could call ourselves fishigan again!

Looking to get started on walleye fishin with a small boat oninland water. Never done it before. I am experienced wading rivers for trout and salmon but never fished for eyes! I know you walleye guys aren't keen ongiving away secrets but I will ask anyways :-D...I need tips on maybe a few techniques to get me started and how about a list of essential gear and maybe some rigging tips? Anything helps!

Anyone know if walleye are starting to get ccaught off thepiers? How about steel? Haven't seen many fall runners yet in the grand, is it worth it to hit the surf?

The onlly setup I would spend money on is a good river rod/reel. I have gone out with my dad (who is a once and a while type fisherman) and stood right next to him, fish the exact same setup, and I catch more fish. For steelhead you were right on the money with a st croix. I use the wild river 9' light action and I LOVE IT. Salmon are a bit harder runners, so if you are plugging for fresh kings in the river, yo will want a rod with more backbone (that's where your 8-12 lb rated st croix would do nicely). Higher end rods are more sensitive, so if you are ticking across bottom with light weight, you will notice a difference in high end rod performance. For pier/surf rods don't spend gobs of money. I like atleast a 10 foot rod, but 12 or 13 foot is better. Whoopin sticks are great. Typically you are bobber fishin for steelies, or throwing bait on the bottom or chucking hardware, so a sensitive rod is not needed. You know when that bruiser brown grabs your spoon As far as rainshadow blanks are concerned I love em. I have a 9 ft 5 wt custom fly rod and its great. Landed plenty of steelhead in low/clear situations and loads of browns on it. It is my goto rod for nearly all river situations, unless the river is really high then I bump to my st croix which handles 6 pound line.