TOP Spring Walleye Locations + Walleye Spawn Science
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ย. 2024
- In this video, I break down my top Spring Walleye Locations to prepare for the Minnesota Walleye Opener. I also talk about some of the science behind the Spawn and why these fish are located where they are.
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Insane amount of knowledge about early season walleye! So good!
Coming from one of the GOATS himself! Appreciate the comment, Clayton! Good luck this open water season!
You can tell he’s a teacher. Great presentation and delivery.
Clay vs. Jay vs. TJ
@@89shmikeyou know I’m down! I could handle losing to a couple of Canadian hammers! 🔨
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TJ, you have once again produced an exceptional walleye guide…the educator in you is shining through. Thank hou!
Thank you for the incredibly kind words, Dave! Good luck this year! 👊
Great, info-packed video man!
Appreciate it! Let’s get in the boat soon!?
Loving the content. Especially the WHY's....keep it up and thank you.
Appreciate the feedback, John! Definitely helps to have the why.. glad you enjoyed!
WI guy here, and I’ll be hanging around local waters for at least a few more weeks. Then I might try the St Louis River for a change of scenery. Great video and I’ll add that you do have an excellent teaching style. Thanks for the effort!
I’m jealous you guys get a head start! Appreciate the kind words and taking the time comment, Eric! Good luck on the water!
Incredibly invaluable information as always! And the overlays and mapping you provide for us visual learners is just the cherry on top! Seriously can’t thank you enough. To answer your question, will be at my place on Mille Lacs for opener. Best of luck to you wherever you decide to go.
Appreciate the comment as always! My goal is to help people catch fish and I’m glad you feel it’s helping! Love Mille Lacs! Hoping to get there sometime this spring!
Killer Video Bud!!! Be on Mille Lacs soon!
Thanks man! Can’t wait! I need to make it to Mille lacs sometime in these first few weeks!
Great informative video, TJ! Thanks
Appreciate you taking the time to comment, Dan! Good luck this open water season!
Great info! Shared.
Appreciate the share, Nate! Means a lot!
Very good. It helps me think through the process of finding spots and it helps me understand why I've run into fish in certain places in the past. I will not be fishing MN opener but will be going into the BWCA shortly after. This will help.
Glad it will be helpful! Good luck up there! 👊
Tj these videos are so informative. Your channel is severely underrated! Love the content
Appreciate the kind words a bunch! Means more than you know! 👊
Another great informational video! Thanks TJ!❤️🎣
Evan! Appreciate it, Buddy! Hope the season has started off well for you!
@@tjsguideservice appreciate it TJ! Life has been crazy lately with my oldest son’s baseball schedule then to top it off my youngest son ended up breaking his arm at school today! Hopefully we can make it out next weekend!🎣
@@evanmalison4489 oh man! Life happens, doesn’t it!? Hope you can get out soon! 🤞
@@tjsguideservice sure does lol Looking forward to getting out soon!
This is the best TH-cam video I’ve found on spring walleyes, and the podcast you linked is phenomenal.
Incredibly kind words. Appreciate you taking the time to comment! I agree that podcast was phenomenal!
@@tjsguideservice Thanks for the shout out about the podcast, guys. And yes, a great video!
@@CanadianAnglingAdventures Gord! Pretty cool to have you comment on one of my videos! Always been a big fan of how you approach fishing. I’ve learned a lot from you, so THANK YOU! Looking forward to following along with the podcast!
Gord Pyzer is a book of knowledge !! Great Video.
I agree! I really enjoy listening to him! Learn a lot!
This was really well done man. Us Canadians would adopt a fella like you 💪🎣🐉
Appreciate that! One of the best compliments a guy could receive! 😂
Sask here, chain lakes at Fort Qu’Appelle, Last Mountain, Diefenbaker, all searching new areas. Thanks for the videos.
You’ve got some amazing lakes up there! Last mountain is on my list to fish someday! Appreciate you taking the time to comment!
Excellent info!!! Thanks so much👍👍🐟🐟
Thanks so much for the comment! Good luck this year! 👊
@@tjsguideservice The weather has been so stupid in Northern Ontario . Thanks so much👍👍🐟🐟
I'll be heading over to shagawa in ely for some walleye. Hope there biting!!🤞
You bet! Best of luck! 👊
Great info as usual! Truly enjoy your channel. I’m hitting the Mississippi River for opener. The flow has increased due to all the rain making for dirty water and fast currents. Any suggestions on where to target? I’m thinking pulling cranks in less than 5 ft of water in slow current. Thanks TJ!
Thanks a bunch, Chris! I do very little river fishing. Something I would actually like to learn more about! I like your thought process! Something loud that they can sense the vibration in that cloudy water for sure. Bigger profile as well. Current seams are always good or anything that can break the current like rocks or logs!
Great video again! Fishing on Thunder lake this weekend for opener.
You bet! Good luck, Craig! Hope you’re doing well!
grate video home run on covering spawn and where good tips on the bird thank again! Have a good 0pener
Thanks, Troy! Looking forward to seeing some fish pics!
I posted a question on a different video, Im the guy going to Kab at the end of the month. Appreciate this video, I really enjoy your educational videos to help us learn and you do a great job of it. So many channels just show guys catching fish, and while we all like to see someone land a beauty, it doesnt help much to improve as a fisherman. I like to see baits, presentations, methods for working the baits and most importantly the "why" and learn more about fish behavior etc. I appreciate that you do this so well and make it a focal point of your videos, thats why I subscribe and watch. I have actually unsubscribed from some channels because its nothing but reeling in fish. For those of us trying to learn, it doesnt help much, like I said. Everyone gets so consumed by the right rod, the right bait, the right technology, but at the end of the day, the most important point if you are hunting, trapping or fishing, is knowing the behavior of your target and that takes knowledge and understanding. So again, appreciate so much your "educational" videos and hope you always continue to make that a big part of your productions, I know you have helped me understand the fish much better and hope to learn more. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
Im also kind of a science nerd, the biological understanding of the fish behavior is what I find so interesting, love that you incorporate that into your videos I havent really found another channel that does this as well. Have you ever read the book "Walleye Wisdom", its older and i got it off amazon but it has some interesting info in it. I love reading case studies of fish behavior from tagged fish that were tracked, I wish there was more available.
That is very kind of you and I’m glad you were able to make it over to this video! I figured this would be right up your alley! Thanks again for the comment and good luck this year! 👊
I have not read that book, but it definitely sounds like one that I need to read! Who is the author?
@@tjsguideservice Its an Infisherman book with writings by well known names, one of them is Linder I think? Its a cheap book used $7 , I didnt have high hopes when I saw it recommended on a forum last year but I ordered it anyway because the guy said it had such good info and he learned a ton so I took a chance and was pleasantly surprised, well worth the $7 if you even learn one thing and I learned quite a bit. Some of the bait presentations are a little dated, obviously the "hot" tactic changes every year and I think thats encouraged by the lure makers haha, but the concepts on movement, location, behavior, biology/feeding etc is timeless obviously and thats what I enjoyed most, some very good diagrams in there also.
@@tjsguideservice I posted the link to amazon for the book, pretty good reviews on there also, I havent left a review on there but I agree with all the ones available, its good content. Also if you are looking for ideas for videos Im sure you could find some info in the book to comment on or to make a video about as it seems like nobody likes to read anymore LOL but could present concepts or ideas from the book in video format and make it your own.
Need to rewatch, thanks 😊
It’s definitely Jam packed!! Glad you enjoyed! 👊
Great video...thank you for some great info... I can't wait to get out walleye/pike fishing... unfortunately, up here in alberta Canada, our season doesn't open until may 15... HAVE MY GEAR TUNED AND READY...LOL..
Good luck to everyone this season...
From my overtaxed, melting, very wet igloo on the mountain in alberta Canada 🇨🇦 D.
You bet! As much as I wish we could target walleye year round, there’s just something about the anticipation of the opener that gets me going! Good luck this opener water season! 👊
The poor Walleye in MN. TJ's gonna turn us all into Pro Walleye Anglers. They don't stand a chance!
Appreciate the kind words, Jake! Usually finding em isn’t the hard part. It’s the whole getting em to bite thing 😂
Loving this stuff. Watching every video. I plan on going to long by Hubbard. Going to try your info!
Appreciate you taking the time to comment! Good luck on opener!
Great info. Love JMO podcasts
Thanks, Gord! Agreed! Tayler has been pumping out some great episodes lately and a lot of them!
Hopefully this opener I can find some Walleye on 3rd Crow Wing. Been a great lake for other species, but definitely struggle getting into the eyes, I know they are out there so maybe some of these tips will get me on them!
Appreciate the comment! Good luck out there! Haven’t been on that one around opener yet!
I plan staying here in Kandiyohi County and try one of the shallow prairie lakes.
You bet! Best of luck on the best holiday of the year! 👊
Darn good content! Beat me to it on the rock and sand overlays on the map shots! I'm going to have to do something different now for the Wisconsin opener video I'm working on now😂
Appreciate that! Do it anyways man! Haha definitely jealous you guys are fishing already!
Wishing for s vermilion outing soon after opener. Eyes are always a challenge for me there but, as a back up, at least the panfish are relatively easy to find
Panfish are fun this time of year! Hopefully these tips will help! Vermillion is a lake I need to get to this year!!
Great video. Thank you!!!
Absolutely! Appreciate you taking the time to comment, John!
Great info, heading to Grace lake
Appreciate the comment, Riley! Good luck this weekend! 👊
Great vid, dude. I appreciate the support ✊
Absolutely! Thanks for the valuable information in your podcast! Looking forward to more episodes! Keep killing it! 👊
Will do, sir!
Nice, heading to central Mn around Alex
You bet! Good luck out there, Ray! Happy opener!
Great stuff. I am headed up to Leech for the opening weekend.
Appreciate the comment! I LOVE Leech! There’s a chance I’m heading there for opener as well!
@@tjsguideservice Do you find yourself packing in with the rest of the boats, or off finding fish that aren't having 1000's of jigs thrown at them haha.
@@jackramsey3469 I don’t like fishing around people so I always try to get away from the crowds. Even if there are less fish they seem to be more bitey! Sometimes tough on opener though because it seems like there’s crowds everywhere! 😂
@@tjsguideservice absolutely, I like to hit local lakes to leech that have no one on it, then slide onto leech in the coming weeks when the opener crowd leaves
@@jackramsey3469 that is a great plan right there!
I know you use both but which has better mapping for MN hummingbird or Garmin. Great informational video
Appreciate the comment, Sam! Better mapping is definitely Humminbird! The lake master chip is what I have on all my my map screenshots
@@tjsguideservicejust watched a second time since opener is tomorrow, what humming bird units do you use.
Good info,.. will we be tested on this information on the next video 😂.. good stuff thanks... Mille lacs after opener during the week.
You will asked to give photo proof of fish to show you were listening 😉
Appreciate the comment! I’m hoping to get to Mille Lacs over the next few weeks!
Great video
Appreciate the comment, Christophe!
Heading to leech lake!
Lady Leech! Love that lake! There’s a chance I’m heading there for opener as well, haven’t quite decided! Good luck!
@@tjsguideservice you to TJ thanks for all the great videos you put out!! Hope to see you up there we go out of horseshoe bay!!
SO MUCH INFO!!! My brain hurts, in a good way :)
It’s like drinking through a firehouse!! 😂 glad you enjoyed the video! Appreciate the comment! 👊
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What units do you run for side imaging?? Heading to lake Winnie for opener. Great video
I run a helix 9 g4 for my side imaging! Good luck on Winnie! A lake I need to fish more for sure!
Thanks for all the helpful info , do u ever make it over to the ottertail area ? Would like to hook up and go fishing?
Glad you found it helpful, Tony! Appreciate you taking the time to comment! I don’t get over there often, but hoping to someday!
Wow , still trying to get my AMP batteries to charge!
Did you contact their customer service? They did phenomenal job! Otherwise I would double check how they are hooked up properly. Did you get the charger from them as well?
Lake Vermilion!!!!
That is another one that’s on the list for me to fish one of these days!!
@@tjsguideserviceput it towards the top of your list!
Any tips for someone that doesn’t have access to a boat and have to rely on shore fishing in Minnesota ?
Totally depends on your area, but if you have any rivers around or even local dams, that would be a great place to cast from shore!
@@tjsguideservice right by the cities, about a 10 minute drive from Thorne bros. Appreciate the reply man!
@@dakota.goes.outdoors Coon Rapids Dam is a good spot, Pool 2 on the Mississippi is good too! Specifically the confluence Minnesota and Mississippi
How about the rivers? St. Croix, Mississippi?
I have not personally fished those, but this video may have some helpful tips! Not the same river so may not completely apply. th-cam.com/video/yrgzUkexGeo/w-d-xo.htmlsi=92D5CCe4iyuyuXjb
@@tjsguideservice maybe a future video, first time on a new river break down
Upper Whitefish chain
I still need to make it over to that area one of these days!!
Fall Lake by Ely.
I'll be on Fall also
I’ve never fished up there, but I absolutely love the area! Good luck!
Fall Lake is great! Find the old docks/wharfs next to the Basswood Lake chain water fall….points and shores are great at holding fish!
We’ll be on Basswood, Pipestone specifically. Cannot wait!
Great informative video, love the science behind it all!
“Those that can't do, teach, and those that can't teach, teach gym.” - Dewey Finn (Jack Black in School of Rock)
T.J. just put that quote to bed! Excellent content, partner!
I love it! you’d be surprised how often I use that quote 😂
Thank you! How many more weeks of school for you guys?
@@tjsguideservice That's hilarious! One of my favorite quotes, but rarely get to use myself! Ha, ha. We're out on the 17th for the summer. We say farewell to kids on the 16th. It's all but over too quickly.
@@rippinglipsadventures crazy!! We go through the 24th!
@@tjsguideservice You've got to get on that school board and let them know that's too late for the walleye opener and you need your time on the water and so do the students. ;) Ha, ha! For us, we don't have to worry about "opener" as much as the weather naturally keeping us off the lake most spawning times.
@@rippinglipsadventures I like it! I’m always so jealous of you guys getting to fish year round like that!!
Brainerd or the new one
Good luck! 🎣
buddy, you need to learn math, if a big walleye prefers a bait that is 45% of their weight, a 26 inch walleye, which is about 5-7 pounds is looking for a 2-3 pound bait, that 2-3 pound bait is NOT 10 inches long, NOT even close, he's looking for a 14 inch baitfish, DO THE MATH, or adjust your numbers, cuz as you stated them they are complete BS