| Walleye fisherman and sportsmen "know your lakes". | | | | lakes. |
| Those wily Walleye or pickerel fish may in a totally | | | | When it comes to fishing for Walleye fish why the |
| different area of your favorite fishing holes. You don | | | | origin of the lakes themselves is such an important |
| not go fishing for those killer walleyes with | | | | and crucial question? The wisdom of fisher-people of |
| strawberry cake for desert - the best sportsmen | | | | the greatest skills and expertise is that hard earned |
| who which bait works best and at what time of the | | | | "Walleye Wisdom" views and classifies natural lakes |
| fishing season. In a similar manner you have to know | | | | according to their condition, as opposed to only their |
| exactly where to hunt, locate and land those big | | | | chronological ages. |
| ones. | | | | Lakes and watersheds harboring your prey can be |
| Put simply a basic understanding of the different | | | | said to be either young, middle aged or old. On top |
| types of natural lakes is more than essential to | | | | of that there is not necessarily an absolute ranking |
| becoming the consistent and Walleye fish angler that | | | | and determination of the apparent "age" and |
| you always dreamed and wished to be revered by. | | | | condition of lakes. It all depends so to speak. With |
| If it can be summarized then a basic understanding of | | | | skills and skill sets you will learn how to roughly |
| the different types of natural lakes is essential and | | | | classify your lake and water sheds. |
| integral to becoming that mighty fisher of the deep - | | | | As lakes "age", their character change and changes |
| with all your prize trophies as taxidermy on the walls | | | | as well. Generally speaking geologically young lakes |
| of your home or fishing retreat cottage. | | | | are deep and clean, whereas an older lake is generally |
| That is unless you hire a professional guide to either | | | | "shallow and murky" in water appearance. Think of |
| take you to the Walleye or even in more than a few | | | | the Red River of Manitoba as a model of an aged |
| unnamed fishing expeditions of ease actually land | | | | water shed- in actuality its murky appearance is due |
| those massive denizens of the deep for you. A | | | | to dissolved clay in mixed with its water molecules. |
| Canadian "eh" for those wonderful as well as wily | | | | Finally it can be said and summarized that the natural |
| Walleyes. | | | | order is such at one end of the scale are the |
| Most natural lakes in North America - especially the | | | | youngest lakes whose water chemistry and nutrients |
| northern American states - Minnesota for example as | | | | can and preferentially support fish like lake trout and |
| well as the northern parts of most Canadian | | | | whitefish. At the other extreme of the lake age scale |
| provinces especially northwestern Ontario, northern | | | | we find lakes whose murky existence can only |
| Saskatchewan and the province of Manitoba Canada | | | | support fish like carp and bullhead catfish. |
| have their origins in creation by glaciers and retreating | | | | Your challenge as an established and successful |
| glacial shields. Its no accident that these northern | | | | Walleye fisherman is to best find those lakes that |
| regions of Canada are called the "glacial shield' or the | | | | somewhere in the middle support thriving Walleye |
| "Northern Shield" regions. Indeed the whole of much | | | | populations. |
| of the prairies - was covered by one giant glacial fed | | | | No doubt about the best sportsmen learn a vital |
| lake - Lake Aggasiz, whose center was the Canadian | | | | lesson early on in their avid fishing careers - that is |
| province of Manitoba. The earth was first subjected | | | | "You have to pick your battles". Always remember |
| to a great variety of natural forces, and when the | | | | that the worst day fishing with their buddies is |
| glaciers retreated the myriad cuts and gouges in the | | | | always better than the best day at the office. |
| landscape filled with simple melt waters, forming | | | | |