Red River Walleye Fishing

Each fall walleye migrate down from the enormous waters of the 12th biggest freshwater lake in the world -- Lake Winnipeg, to inhabit the Red River and Winnipeg River. These giant fish are truly unique in that they are an iridescent opal green that shimmers in the light like no other walleye in North America. Locals call the walleye out of Lake Winnipeg "Greenbacks" because of their unique coloration. Besides their special coloration these walleye are big. To turn a head on either the Red River or the Winnipeg River you have to be hoisting a walleye of more than ten pounds. Walleye as big as fifteen pounds are caught every year. The greenback run begins about the middle of September and continues on into November.