Walleye Fishing Lake:Typical "EYE" Lakes Amazing Fisheries!
Posted: Tuesday, February 24, 2009
by Mark Fleagle
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The walleye exists in waters ranging from tiny natural walleye lakes of 50 acres or less to Lake Erie's Western Basin That is over 1265 square miles. They are found in lakes of pea-soup clarity to ultra-clear lakes of the Canadian shield.They are equally comfortable in still or flowing water.
Natural lakes provide far more walleye habitat than any other type of water. In terms of total acreage, A walleye fishing mecca would be the North American walleye waters. Here's a breakdown by percentage: 94% Natural walleye lakes, 5% man-made reservoirs, 1% rivers and streams.
You will find very high concentrations of walleye in large shallow walleye fishing lakes, that have medium to to low water clarity. A good example is the western basin of Lake Erie. For example, a large body of water, such as the western basin is likely to have many windswept shorelines and reefs that are excellent for walleye spawning grounds. Remember too that a shallow fishing lake will likely provide more food, then deep water walleye lakes, which is key to the walleyes growth and numbers. A lake needs to have shallow feeding shelves in order to have a good population of walleyes, if the shoreline drops sharply into deep water and these shelves are not present the population of walleye will be much smaller. Another good reason walleyes prefer low clarity walleye waters is because of there very light sensitive eyes.
Lets talk a bit about the different classifications of lakes. The first type of lake we will discuss is a Oligotrophic walleye fishing lake, which have fair to good walleye numbers. Lakes of this nature are usually cold and infertile, but have many rocky basins that make good spawning habitat.
As we said before, a Oligotrophic walleye lake will have fair to good walleye populations, and these lakes are usually cold and infertile, but have many rocky basins that make good spawning habitat. Walleyes in Oligotrophic deep lakes will live longer but will not grow as big or as fast as in shallower, low clarity warmer fertile lakes. Most Oligotropic lakes are in remote areas, so anglers take fewer walleyes.
The largest number walleyes will be found in Mesotrophic walleye fishing lakes. Mesotrophic lakes produce a adequate food supply and are considered in the medium range as far as fertility Walleyes grow at a fast rate in these lakes. Most of these fishing lakes have enough gravel or rubble bottom for successful spawning. Mesotropical walleye lakes seldom have a winter kill but may lack oxygen at the deeper depths.
A Eutrophic walleye fishing lake will be highly fertile and have abundant food supplies. Eutrophic fishing lakes walleyes grow very rapidly. The problem with these lakes is there is no natural spawning grounds because of silted water deposits in the lake. Many times artificial spawning areas will be built in these lakes. Heavy stocking is often required to keep a good population of walleyes in these lakes. If a Eutrophic walleye lake is less than 25ft deep, a heavy snow cover for any length of time will cause multiple winter fish kills
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