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I have been researching as much as possible about walleye fishing in Chaumont Bay. Some things seems obvious while other things don't seem to add up. Simply put, the big sluts are in early to spawn, as expected, and are gone by early to mid May. The deadbeat dads soon follow and appear hard to catch by June. What seems odd is the conflicting information I see about a hold-over population of walleye juvies from previous year-class that are too small to travel and play in the deep water. I can only draw a comparison to BOQ in Ontario, a water I have fished extensively the past 10 years. The Chaumont Bay hydro chart tells me there are plenty of weed beds shallow and deep for juvies to hang out all Summer long, yet the information I found states those areas are filled with Pike, Muskie, and Smallies instead. I scratch my head over that and wonder if the juvies Walleye are just not targeted. I'm guessing like BOQ, the shad come in after the spawns and feast on the eggs, then the tide turns on them, and they become the preferred feast of all species. This should fatten up those juvie walleye and make them nice and husky by August. But no one talks about them. I love catching 'eyes of all sizes but only enjoy eating a certain size range. Give me a limit of 18-24's and I have a bag of filets. Give me a 13 pounder and I have a potential wall-hanger. Give me anything between and I have a great fight, memory, and picture as it goes back to the water to do what it does best. I call them too big for the pan and too small for the wall. Given this information, am I correct to believe there is a hold-over population of juvies in that 18-24" range? Or, like the shad, do they become forage themselves?

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