| alleye fishing enthusiasts about their favored , | | | | of an eddy the eddy will serve to concentrate food |
| favorite and indeed treasured in their memories | | | | right directly to those Walleye fish in their own |
| Walleye fishing and even hunting spots and regions | | | | concentrated areas. |
| and the conversation , conservations and reminisces , | | | | What about swimming speeds and directions. It |
| will inevitably lead back to Walleye fishing in lakes. | | | | seems that Walleye fish will swim the fastest overall, |
| Whether it is fishing at your favorite spot – | | | | and cover the greatest distances when they are |
| be it Lake Manitoba Narrows or at Icelandic village of | | | | swimming at right angles to the current of the river. |
| Gimli , on the west shore of Lake Winnipeg these | | | | On the other hand it seems to make little difference |
| seem to be where most Walleye fisherman seem to | | | | to the fish indeed what direction they are swimming |
| focus on , at least in their minds , as the place and | | | | against the current or currents. Walleye fish are |
| places to locate , find and land those giant killer | | | | strong swimmers in any river current. Amazingly their |
| Walleyes of their dreams. However in a major way , | | | | swimming speeds and skills are so adept , skilled and |
| when it comes to finding and landing those large and | | | | powerful that they can swim at the same speeds |
| even giant Walleye fish , don’t forget or rule | | | | either with or against river currents- be they strong |
| out those other bodies of water referred to or called | | | | river currents or not that powerful. |
| rivers. Just as, for good reasons, the head is | | | | Next in terms of depth in river waters the summary |
| attached to the body, most lakes are attached to, | | | | was that Walleyes seem to prefer depths of less |
| and either receive water from, or drain into rivers. | | | | than 16 feet themselves most of the time. You can |
| Walleye don’t forget rivers, and indeed know | | | | generally count on your Walleyes, when fishing rivers, |
| and traverse them well, and so should you as a most | | | | to spent most of the time in slack water and indeed |
| avid Walleye fisherman. | | | | in almost 2/3 of the duration in slack water of those |
| However what are Walleye fish movements in rivers | | | | eddies. Count on the fish lingering in somewhat |
| generally? Why it is that Walleye fisherman seem not | | | | shallower water in those eddies in areas of 3 to 6 |
| to talk much about fishing in rivers. It’s not | | | | foot depths and then less often moving on to |
| even that scientific information about Walleye locales | | | | somewhat deeper areas of five to ten feet in depth. |
| and numbers in river waters are not around – | | | | Lastly in terms of movement and motion around the |
| however they do not seem to get much notice at all. | | | | clock what are the best times to locate those |
| For example one study that was concerned with | | | | Walleye fish and indeed are there predictable daily |
| Walleyes in a big river environment and then | | | | movements or clocks to those favorite wily fish? As |
| compared to those with large navigation dams , | | | | most Walleye fisherman well know and can relate, |
| backwater areas and various structural elements | | | | between the time periods of 9 pm and 3 am, the |
| found that Walleye fish behavior and mood changes | | | | Walleyes are generally resting in slack water. As the |
| actually occurred , in the very same fish , in different | | | | 3 am deadline time emerges those same fish to |
| types of water current. It seems that the same | | | | “begin to move”. Some will move out |
| Walleye fish will act entirely differently in different | | | | of the slack water areas and even begin to cruise in |
| types of water current. The important lesson then | | | | a manner that might well be called |
| for you to know and follow as a successful Walleye | | | | “random” or even |
| fisherman is that when fishing in river streams, as | | | | “randomly”. |
| opposed to a lake areas and areas of lakes, is that if | | | | Eventually about 9 am , these same Walleye fish will |
| you fish in a river environment, even if you are used | | | | take up what might be called |
| to “your Walleye” acting in a certain | | | | “positions” in eddy areas and will |
| way and means generally, you may well have to | | | | generally stay there and stick around most of the |
| change your fishing choices and presentations. That is | | | | day with activity by the Walleye fish in these eddies |
| of course if you want to catch those Walleye fish. | | | | areas peaking and being their greatest and most |
| For example take slack water areas. It seems that | | | | active generally around the noon time periods. This |
| fish swam three times as far between stops than | | | | has been long noted by avid and serious Walleye |
| these same Walleye fish did when there was good | | | | fisherman who then note and report will last until 3 |
| current. It is well known, by almost all fishermen who | | | | pm or so, until by 8 pm in the evening time periods |
| have gone after Walleyes, not Walleye fish are one | | | | when these same Walleye fish will then again move |
| smart breed – no Ted Stevens here. They | | | | back and position themselves in the slack water |
| are not about to waste their vital energies for no | | | | areas. |
| reason. The Walleye know full well that in reduced | | | | In the end it can be said , that although avid Walleye |
| current flow , often the prey is not concentrated or | | | | fisherman dream of their choice landed Walleye fish |
| swirled to them , instead they have to move around | | | | with backgrounds of lake waters, if you want to |
| and hunt more – just to find that same | | | | catch and land those giant killer Walleye fish |
| volume of prey food , to keep their nutrient intake | | | | don’t rule out nor forget river and river |
| levels high. However on the other hand, in the case | | | | fishing for Walleye as well. |