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Im in Pocatello want to head out tomarrow some place with in a hour or so for some walleye??? I pick them up easy at the Onieda Narrows but want some with some size to them... im picking them up at 14-20in range is there any places in idaho with some that would be bigger???? i have a boat or ill fish from the bank just wanted to know if anyone could give me any advice on a nice size walleye???
Also is anyone doing any good with catfishing??? within the same time frame we want to go for cats or eyes in the morning any help would be great thanks.........
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Salmon Falls Creek Res is the only place I can think of with half decent walley in Idaho, but that's a little more than 1 hour from you
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I looked that up and noticed that but thanks for your reply
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if your catching the small onces try a bit deeper at oneida that seems to work for me.
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Have you landed any this yr there?? i have talked to a couple ppl who i know and heard that catches them on a regular basses and they all said this yr they all have been small[crazy] So i was wondering if something is up with the eyes this yr or what???? so if you have landed them this yr or know someone who has, has there been any size to them???? Thanks
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i am yet to get out on the damn this year. i think the reason they are small is because of the amount they planted last year. They planted 500,000 fingerlings up there and thats the 12-15 inchers your catching. They planted 175k in 07 and they didnt plant it in 06. So i thinks its kind of like fishing a trout pond thats been planted that week your going to catch more small onces than anything else, just because there are more of them.
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About 2 weeks ago we caught a few in about the 3-5 pound range. We were on Oneida and fishing in about 15-18 foot of water. We were more up the lake away from the dam. Caught them on 3 and 4 inch dark green and black curly tail grubs tipped with worm. Seemed the further we got down the lake towards the dam, the smaller the fish got.
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thats some good sized eyes there, thats what i kinda wanted to know.. I know all the ones we landed all where up further even kinda by the hott springs area. we tried all up and down the water and it seemed more takers up higher just like you said... I guess ill just keep going and trying and wait for one of those 3lber's[pirate]
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I always thought that fingerlings were pretty small like three to four inches is that correct. If so I highly doubt that in one year the fish are 12-15 inches, especially in oneida. Most of the fish I have caught there are pretty pathetic looking, they seem to be stunted. They look nothing like the fish you catch below the dam. They most either be overpopulated or the food source is poor. Occasionally you can catch a healthy fish out of Oneida, but not very often.[mad]
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i could be wrong but i think that they are in the 12 inch range by there 3rd year which would be the year after they are planted. I know they grow fairly fast. I agree though they do have a over sized head on a snakey body up there. while the onces below are much thicker.
I found this "Walleye fry will live to be 3 years old. Young Walleyes grow at a remarkable rate, by late Spring the fry will grow to be 1.5 to 2 inches and by the end of the Summer they will have grown to be 4 to 6 inches long. 1+ year old fish were 11.8 inches. 2+ year old fish were 17.9 inches, a 3+ year old fish was 20.1 inches and five 4+ year old fish were from 18.9 to 21.8 inchesWalleyes tend to grow at a remarkable rate for thier first four years of age and then their growth rate is at a much slower rate and because the females tend to grow much faster then the males, there could be 3 to 4 inches difference between a 4 year-old male and female walleye of the same year class. the walleye fry become 2-inch fingerlings in 40 days." that came from. [url "http://www.kneedeepclub.org/Species/walleye.html"]http://www.kneedeepclub.org/Species/walleye.html[/url]
But i did read alot saying cold waters slow the growth rate while warm waters speed it.
The thing i couldnt believe was how fast they hatch it said 13 days.
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yeah where u up by the hot springs when you got the 3-5lbers up onieda???? ive been there many times so far this yr and i cant get one over 20inches...... any info would be great pm me if you would like thanks.....
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We were up Oneida again today. The fish still seem to be doing what they were when we caught them last. 13-18 feet of water and on the grubs. We didnt hit them quit as big but still getting around the 3lb range about 20-23 inches. Once we got on them was pretty easy to keep with them and seemed they were hanging with pretty big perch as well.
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