Heeeere we go again! “Walleye-nuts” made their presence known at the Sturgeon Bay Open bass tourney last weekend on Lake Michigan’s Sturgeon Bay in Door County, WI. A pile of ’em finished high in the standing against a stacked 130-boat field, including BASS and FLW pros.

How? Gary Parsons sums it up nicely:

Lol touche man!

Willing to bet you wouldn’t see those same kinda results if the situation was reversed…would almost feel bad throwing a handful of bassin’ pros into a 130-boat walleye derby…. Sorta reminds me of this meme:

NWT pros Korey Sprengel and Ryan Dempsey won the whole dang thing [!!!] with a 2-day bag of 52.49 lbs…nearly a 5.25-lb average on 10 small-jaws. Great OutdoorsFirst shot:

Caught most of their fish on the sold-out Berkley Cutter 110+…same bait Sprengel frequently throws for walldawgs this time of year:

The next NWT event is happenin’ in the same-ish area (Green Bay) May 30-31. Sprengel said, “It’s going to be tough to focus on walleye knowing how much [the smallies] will be biting this weekend.” Sure you’ll manage!

Funny enough he couldn’t keep the waldos off while pre-fishing for brown bass — bet he wouldn’t mind a ‘well full of these on game day:

Will keep you posted on how things shake down at the NWT event next week.

Will you catch a few? Maybe. But you can catch waaaay more by getting that bait out away from the boat in clear, zeeb-filtered water…especially on sunny days when there’s shadows down there.

Fish-head Jon Thelen went out jigging for post-spawn walleyes on a northern MN lake that’s chock full o’ zebra mussels and walleyes. Said no doubt zeebz have changed the bite, but can still pluck fish outta that shallow 12-14′ stuff if you switch up the way you’re targeting ’em.

They had water temps in the high-50s to low-60s and found walleyes on the first edges and flats out from where the fish spawned. Really like how they take the time to map out the type of spots they’re fishing so I can duplicate it ’round home:

Diggin’ the big ol’ hook eye on those Lindy Live Bait Jigs. Jon says they come with no paint in ’em = bonus points for retying on the water:

Ever heard of fishing the bird pattern? Supposed to mean there’s loads of baitfish around, which = gravel lizard feeding frenzy. Okay so how about fishin’ the grizzly bear pattern (lol)? Was sent this from TW fan Reb Bishop — believe it’s from a northwest MT lake near Glacier National Park:

*No bears were harmed in the making of that video…but a few walleyes were:

Guess that’s another good reason to have the auto stow and deploy on that Minn Kota Ulterra…’cuz I’m sure not gonna be the one to run up front and pull it when that grizzled pair starts comin’ my way! lol

…and let the big breeders go. Might just be the definition of “biting off more than you can chew.”

Even pelicans can catch their new PB in Manitoba!