Walleye typically will start to move to spawning when the water starts reaching the upper 40's and spawn is in full swing when the water temperature start to reach around 49deg. Walleye prefer much cooler water temperatures than most other game fish are generally the most active when the water temperature is between 58deg and 71deg. Above 75deg, the activety starts to decrease. In late fall when the water temp dips below 40 the activety falls off. Then things are on again in the dead of winter when the lakes are frozen, time to get our the ice auger.
Food Source
Walleye main diet sourse comes from small fish such as minnows, shad, and perch. They also are often caught on nightcrawler, grubs, leeches, snails, crawfish, insects, small and larval salamanders.
Walleye normally reach around 2lbs in 6-8 years in the north and half that in the south.