Originally Posted By: CJBS2003
I think walleye get the same rap that SMB have gotten. That they can only do well in cooler rocky clear lakes, not muddier warmer lakes like LMB do well in. Just as SMB can live in 90 degree AZ ponds, walleyes may not be quite that tolerant, but are far from trout in needing cold water. Perhaps the very large specimens need cool water refuge, but those sizes are rarely grown in a pond environment. I think water quality may be a more important factor.


I was fishing for LMB with a buddy of mine in WV's Stonewall Jackson Lake a couple of years ago in mid-summer. Water temps were in the low 80's as I recall and that lake isn't too deep, so it tends to stay fairly warm all summer long. He hooked into, and landed, a beautiful WE that I think was in the neighborhood of 18 - 20 inches. Beautiful fish and obviously not impacted by the warmer water temps here. The lake does have a lot of rocky areas, but we weren't fishing in one of them at the time. Seems consistent with what you're saying, Travis.

Todd La Neve

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