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Terry S Vostor
First things first. When it comes to fishing and angling in the great outdoors,more than one aquatic sports aficionados will inform you its Walleye fish first on the list - first and foremost. You might even earn a Manitoba Master Anglers fishing award. Its Walleye fish or nothing to many a hunting or fishing outdoor enthusiast. Many hunters of the deep and rushing waters associate Walleye or Canadian Pickeral fishing only with lake waters. Yet the greatest fun and often the greatest rewards when it comes to these respected denizens of the deep are fishing for Walleyes in rivers and fast moving streams. All in all in can be considered much more of a challenge than simple staid lake water fishing. On top of that rivers and streams are often the locale of the best Walleye and Pickerel fishing that a good sportsman can ever come across. It can be said that river fisher-people face more sudden, dramatic changes in water conditions than Lake Fisherman do by far or can even imagine. Most lakes are a "piece of cake" when compared structurally to rivers. Water levels in natural lakes remain comparatively stable over long periods of time. You can bet that when fishing in rivers and streams that any logpile or immersed rubble might well serve to accommodate Walleye fish not to mention great monsters of catch-able Pickeral through higher water levels that early in the early spring time fishing seasons of the year. Yet river anglers are always fighting rising or falling water levels. Its not as if you have a submarine or army skin or deep sea scuba diver to tell you exactly how conditions are down under , deep below the water's surface. Sandbars come and go. Flow patterns can change in a subtle manner with a shift of the stream's course or an increase in current speed. It's an Old Icelandic proverb that to catch fish you "have to think like a fish". Well at least if you want to be recognized with a Manitoba provincial master angler's award. It's no accident, all in all, it can be said - that the fish are where their favorite foods of the season are - and the exact locations where the avid, polished fisherman will land those master trophy Walleyes. As rapidly as water levels rise or fall, a key fish attracting current break can suddenly appear or completely vanish and affect fish location accordingly. A pile of submerged rocks that might hold Walleye and Pickerel fish during the high water of the spring season might well be high and dry little more than a week's time later. Remember that the ability to read river currents is the key to successful river Walleye and Pike fish as well fishing. Take the time to learn how it functions with rising or falling water levels, creating or eliminating, fish and especially trophy fish holding areas in the process. Fish like Walleyes relate to structural elements one way during high water and or another way when the water levels are low and lower. The water depth and speed around an object produces those all important "current breaks" that determine sections of slack water where food accumulates and fish gather. Fish will hold and set up feeding stations at these points. In summary it can be said by better being familiar with both river currents, how to read and evaluate them - in essence being sensitive to the lay of the land will reward your Walleye & Pickerel fishing results greatly.
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