Sheldon Hatch

While driving around Ottawa today I noticed many of the trees starting to bloom, or already in bloom. This is usually the case in late May around these parts and signals me that the walleye will be moving to their summer patterns.

So what will this warm weather do to the spring walleye fishing?

Well I am not sure but we will all have to work out the bite as mother nature presents us with a “curve ball”, I figure by the time I hit the water the walleye will be in their summer locations and water temps will be above normal. The hunting technique I will be using in a few weeks time will be bottom bouncers with spinners and crawlers, this will allow me to cover lots of water to see how far the walleye have moved from their spring spawning areas.  I will post a report on this blog the first chance I get to record some water surface temp readings on local lakes. So hold on tight with this warm spring weather and try to think out side the box this opener.

Time will tell what this spring season will be like and let’s hope we can all find those spring time walleye.