Big Keene

were gonna be down next weekend, how would you approach daytime walleye fishing? i was thinking jerkbaits early and late, and maybe jigs and crawlers a little deeper during the day? any tips greatly appriciated. we will be fishing out of mutton creek in a boat with limited range.

how deep were the crappie at aldrich?

ill be down next weekend, can someone set aside a couple of limits of walleye for me please? and some crappie as well...those sound good.

when do the walleye normally move up shallow? when is the spawn(as far as water temp is concerned)? to you guys that fish this water on a regular basis, if you were fishing walleye out of mutton creek area 2 weeks from now, how would you approach it? when do you fish jerkbaits and shallow stickbaits for Eyes? is mutton to far south for good walleye fishing, so i need to be closer to the dam? sorry for all the questions, thanks for any answers

i am planning on heading down to Stockton the weekend of March 21st. if the weather stays average for the next 2 weeks, what kind of pattern does anyone think the crappie will be on? planning on fishing out of Mutton Creek, does anyone think the walleye will be biting on jerkbaits that time of year? thanks for the advice

what were they biting on?

what are the best spoons to use? and for the most part how long does the bite tend to last? would a late January trip be productive?

nice fish! thanks for the report. we will be down this weekend after walleye 1st, crappie 2nd, and then anything else. Are the walleye out on the points, or back in the coves, or scattered?

Hi all, we will be down this weekend hunting for 'Eyes. Has anyone been having any consistent success catching them during this late summer heat wave? looks like the weather will break a little by then, but do you think that a cold front will have as much of an impact now as it does in the spring? planning on jigs and crawlers, bottom bouncers and trolling cranks in the 10-20 fow zone. we will be fishing out of the state park marina. P.S. where do the crappie go this time of year? thanks all Keene

it seems that this year has been anything but normal, but on a normal year what would the pattern be for walleye in early september? what about crappie? i am going to try to get down for a weekend in the beginning of september, and would like to try to get a mess of 'eyes or crappie for the fryer. thanks in advance for any advice. ps. i am thinking we will be fishing out of the State Park area. thanks all

Thanks for all of the advice. Sorry ill have to plead ignorance on the football topic. Dont dislike, just dont follow either. My plan is a crawdad boil with the big boys, and bait or just throwing back the little ones. On a side note, any one know or care to share where and how to catch a limit of crappie around Kimberling City/ HWY 13 in early July? Its funny, i have been consistently catching bass out of TLR for over 20 years in the summer, but i dont think ive ever caught a crappie out of there. Now my kids want to have a fish fry and (sorry to offend) i just think crappie taste better than bass. Walleye would be good to, but while i have caught a couple keepers over the years, i dont walleye fish enough to know how to properly target them. Been to Stockton for walleye "practice" a few times, but still learning the tricks for 'eyes. Again, thanks to everybody for being on here and being so willing to share, this site and you people are awesome!

Hi all, I plan on taking my younguns down for a couple of days of bass fishing in about a month. i feel confident that we can find some fish, but my son mentioned crawdads, and that reminded me of a guy i met on the dock at kimberling inn years ago checking his crawdad traps. he had some monsters. i would like to run a couple of crawdad traps while we are down there, does anyone have any experience catching these mini-lobsters? what depths do the biguns tend to congregate?

9LB, were you on the flats or points? also, you mentioned Crappie, are they up shallow yet?

Nice job passing it on. we were fishing out of Mutton Creek last weekend, and it was pretty slow. No walleye, 6 total-4 slab12+" crappie, 1 white bass, and about 15 LM, 2 keepers. all crappie were 15', and the bass were scattered. crappie hit jigs and minnows and trolled cranks, bass hit cranks, jigs, jerkbaits and jigs tipped with crawlers.

ill be heading down tomorrow night and will be fishing friday and saturday for walley and crappie out of Mutton Creek. Is any body catching any crappie and walleye out of that area? also, how bad is this cold front going to damage the bite? thanks

Thanks J.M.

I know that the limit for walleye is 15" 4 daily and 8 possesion, but what are they for the crappie? Ill be fishing out of mutton creek next weekend and if the early weather reports hold true, it has potential. Any tips, ideas, or secret honey holes are appriciated.

it looks like we will be down the 13 and 14th of april. do you think that they will still be shallow? Again, i cannot thank you guys enough for your help.

BTW, WalleyedMike, i looked into those slow death rigs and immediately ordered some. they look...well...deadly. ive never fished a spinner rig/crawler harness/bottom bouncer before. do you drift, electric motor, or troll with the gas motor? do the walleye tend to be more scattered as far as depth is concerned, or do they tend to concentrate in one particular depth? And do the crappie move up shallow that early in April on stockton? sorry for the 20 questions, this might be my only chance to fish stockton this year, and i would love to go into it as armed as possible.

thanks again for the tips. you guys are awesome for sharing your knowledge and experience with everybody on here!

Walleyedmike, as a bass fisherman, i can respect the catch and release mindset, but...if they didnt want us to eat the walleye, why i ask are they so darn tasty? and i have fished with my brother long enough to know that we are a MINIMAL threat to ANY fish population. LOL! Thanks all for the pointers. would the same sort of tactics worked if we switched up and fished out of Mutton Creek? I cant wait to get back, we havnt been on stockton in over a year, and i love that lake.

when fishing the grubs and swimming minnows, do you bounce them off the bottom or cast and retrieve? Also, do the;y hit crank and stickbaits that time of the year? So many questions, and all i really know about walleye is that they are delicious fried.

My brother and i are gonna be on Stockton the second weekend in april. We will be fishing out of Orleans Trail. Our target is as many walleye(1st priority) and crappie fillets as we can get in 2 hopefully 3 days of fishing. Experienced with bass and crappie fishing, but rookies with the Eye's. Any advice, as detailed as you care to be:) would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

are the walleye biting, is anybody catching keepers anywhere? I'm itchin to fry some walleye!!

At what water temp and in what depth range do the walleye at stockton spawn? Where would be a good place for a novice walleye angler to try and catch a limit? Also, what do they eat during the spawn, and whats the best baits for catching them? Any info is greatly appreciated. Thanks a bunch.