WALLEYE FACTS
- WALLEYES ARE MEMBERS OF THE PERCH
FAMILY AND ARE CLOSELY RELATED TO YELLOW PERCH.
- LAKE ERIE WALLEYES MAY WEIGH 10 OR MORE
POUNDS, BUT THE AVERAGE WEIGHT IS MUCH LESS.
- WALLEYES ARE CARNIVORES AND FEED ON A
VARIETY OF SMALLER FISH, ESPECIALLY GIZZARD SHAD.
- UNLIKE SUNFISH, WALLEYES DO NOT BUILD
NESTS, BUT INSTEAD SCATTER THEIR EGGS OVER GRAVEL.
- A TWO-YEAR-OLD LAKE ERIE WALLEYE WILL
BE 12 TO 14 INCHES LONG.
- LAKE ERIE ANGLERS IN
MICHIGAN HAVE AVERAGED A HARVEST OF OVER TWO MILLION WALLEYES PER YEAR
SINCE 1980.
- FISHING TIP: TROLLING WITH
DOWNRIGGERS USING DEEP-RUNNING CRANK BAITS WILL OFTEN CATCH WALLEYES
WHEN SHALLOW-RUNNING SPINNER BAITS WON'T. AVOID LARGE GROUPS OF
BOATS AND CHANGE LURES UNTIL YOU FIND ONE THEY'LL HIT.
- Walleye record ~ did you know?
the state record walleye weighed 16.19 pounds and was 33 inches
long. it was caught in lake erie by tom haberman on november 23,
1999.
