River fishing on River tributaries has been good this past week. The Oconto and the river systems to the North are holding a lot of Walleyes. ( I have been spending half my time on the Wolf River)
We are catching Post spawners males and bigger females Fox, Oconto and Peshtigo. Monday we caught several spawners leaking eggs on the Wolf 4 out of 14 one day last week. I am releasing the big fish on both systems.
Suckers are showing up in greater numbers and water levels are dropping. I expect some fish to still be in area rivers for the opener. But also feel the Bay will have fish to target as well. I will probably be on the Wolf River for the opener as the bite has not peaked yet.
For the opener –hedge your bets and try both the rivers and the open water of the bay. Use 1/4 – 3/8 jigs many days jigging will out produce trolling. I believe feeling a big walleye crushing a jig is as good as it gets! Have a great season out on the water. — See you around!