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[smbass]

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Title says it all. This time of year is just crazy on the Maumee. Everyone is out there trying to catch their walleye dinner! I personally prefer to go when the crowds are gone in mid to late May and catch white bass on every cast. The walleye taste better but the action is much faster in May.

[Matt DeLaVega]

Yuk! Too many people for my taste.

 

 I have all intentions on hitting the white bass run. I will need more info Brian, or maybe we can just meet up.

[Sean Phillips]

White bass are definitely the way to go! In Erie they make their runs in April-early May which I don't fish much but by June-July they're in the shallows of the lake (2-40 feet) and I can drive up to my cottage Friday night, walk out on my pier and catch one on every single cast until I catch 40 or 50 and they're all 8-14" fish!

[don212]

walleye are now protected during spawn in ny.  50 yrs ago i remember my dad coming back with boxes of them in early spring from shallow creeks.

[smbass]

This is quite the event in Ohio. All evidence points toward only a small percentage of the fish from Erie actually spawn in the rivers and almost all of the actual spawning happens at night. Females come in at dusk and most gone by morning. Not all, people do catch ripe females during the day but the research is all about the percentages. This has led to no fishing before sunrise or after sunset, single hook on your line, no snagging, and most of the states wildlife officers being along the Maumee and Sandusky Rivers this time of year. They are often in plain clothes and standing in the water fishing next to you. OR at a distance with binoculars with someone waiting by your car to ticket you if you keep a snagged fish or catch it one minute after sunset. You hear crazy stories every year of people catching a limit (I think it is either 2 or 4 fish I'm sure Nate Tessler knows) changing clothes and coming back for more. It is quite the circus event! I have fished both rivers a few times but like Matt said I don't find it that much fun. I used to live close by so it was something to do and some nice sized fish to be had. Now I live half way across the state so I prefer to go when the crowds leave...