Johnnie Candle from Devils Lake, North Dakota, is a tournament walleye fisherman and recently was inducted into the North Dakota Fishing Hall of Fame. I don’t do a whole lot of ice fishing during the winter months, however, I do some just to keep myself sharp on how to catch walleyes under a variety of fishing conditions. At the time of this interview in late January, I’m headed to ice fish for several hours. I’ve found that some of the most productive spots result from my paying attention to where I’m fishing for walleyes in the fall . During the fall, the walleyes are headed toward their wintering areas, traditionally moving to deep structures in the water to hold on in the winter months. At the low-light parts of the winter day – at first light and at last light – walleyes usually will move up and feed where you’ve caught them in the summertime in their traditional feeding areas, generally shallow rock structure, and weeds that haven’t died off in the winter....
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