02-17-2019, 03:39 PM
[#0000FF]My past fishing logs show that I have caught just about all species in March...on Willard...wipers, walleyes, cats and crappies. But you can't specifically target any species and count on doing well...with the exception of cats and maybe walleyes. And there are a lot of variables in water temps, water clarity, water levels, etc.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]The everlovin' kitties will play with you any month of the year...even under the ice. But they are very slow in cold water...biting lightly and fighting weakly. As previously mentioned, however, if you can find walleyes in water above 40 degrees you can often get them to bite. Fish plastics slow or drag crawler harnesses at minus warp speeds.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]Wipers? They are most active and aggressive after the water gets at least 55 degrees...and climbing to the 65 degree mark in May, when they spawn. But in colder temps they won't chase fast moving cranks at shallow depths. Fish low and slow with slow wobbling cranks or plastics. They do sometimes pick up the minnows I drag around behind my tube. And by April the bank tanglers are getting them on mussels or crawlers.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]For the next week or two it is unlikely the water temps will get much past the mid thirties. Most species seem to wake up more after the water hits 40 and keeps climbing.
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[#0000FF]The everlovin' kitties will play with you any month of the year...even under the ice. But they are very slow in cold water...biting lightly and fighting weakly. As previously mentioned, however, if you can find walleyes in water above 40 degrees you can often get them to bite. Fish plastics slow or drag crawler harnesses at minus warp speeds.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]Wipers? They are most active and aggressive after the water gets at least 55 degrees...and climbing to the 65 degree mark in May, when they spawn. But in colder temps they won't chase fast moving cranks at shallow depths. Fish low and slow with slow wobbling cranks or plastics. They do sometimes pick up the minnows I drag around behind my tube. And by April the bank tanglers are getting them on mussels or crawlers.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]For the next week or two it is unlikely the water temps will get much past the mid thirties. Most species seem to wake up more after the water hits 40 and keeps climbing.
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