Wayne Knight wrote:
Opie wrote:

What's the best method for fishin' for walleye?

I got a buddy at work who's headin' to Canada fishin' for walleye, but he
don't know how he should fish for them.


On the fox river in Geneva Illinois, it was not uncommon to catch them
on the surface during the caddis hatch but not so sure that's the best
way. Bronze colored wooly bugger with barbell eyes and lots of flash
have worked for me on a fly rod.



That's a great example of how the fishing has improved in my lifetime.
When I grew up in the Chicago suburbs, the Fox River (as well as "all"
the other local waterways) was an open sewer. I learned to canoe on the
Fox River when I was in Scouts. We used to plow our canoes through the
standing piles of soap suds bobbling along in the current. A friend fell
out of the canoe one time, cut his arm on something in the water and
ended up with a very serious infection.

And then there were those piles of rotting Alewives on the beaches of
Lake Michigan and...........

Those were the "good" old days!!!!

Willi