The fishing on Tom Steed has been tough lately for both Bass and Crappie, but it looks like my luck has changed just a little. I caught my first Walleye today, 6lbs. 24″, while fishing a 1/8 oz spinner bait on a micro light rod and reel with 6 lb test.
The Walleye are starting to spawn and are making their beds close to the bank. I was really shocked when it came to the top and I started to lip it like a bass – good thing I didn’t because this thing has got some teeth!
Editor’s Note: Thanks for the report Mike. Glad you didn’t lose any fingers!
Walleye are broadcast spawners—they don't make "beds."The nice fish pictured is likely a saugeye, a sauger-walleye hybrid.