Darren Petersen got into a mess of walleye recently
on the Red Deer. The Spikey/Toothy critters were eager to gobble up clouser minnows dead
drifted on the bottom with the occasional twitch to inspire a strike. Walleye are a neat
looking camouflaged fish. They seem to be pretty efficient predators, hunting
in packs and moving into the shallows as it gets dark. Walking back to the
vehicle past dusk their eyes can be spotted with my headlamp glowing in mere
inches of water where they have come to shore to hunt for baitfish. Darren suspects the
modest numbers of brown trout in this river have to be quick and avoid favored
walleye haunts to get any chance at maturity.
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