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Jeff, I didn't fish up that far but I had a good limit in between DC and Tucker on Wednesday on the points. Fish in between 19 an 23 inches. Had a half dozen or so shorts. They were in between 25 and 30 foot deep. I found working the ordinary contours along a precise depth did not work for me. I had to actually work from the inside of the contour outward and bring the crawler rig off of the contour into deeper water. As soon as the rig hit deeper water they would smack it. So basically bounce bounce, bounce, come off contour and bang. Also caught a couple on a jigging rap in the same areas. DC flats has been dead for me anytime I tried it. Hit horseshoe bend. There will be fish there.

Like pulling in a boot full of water Ham, but it is a technique that works. If one wanted more of a fight I would recommend snap weights.

I have to agree with PD, I have numerous delivery systems though and it all depends on what kind of bait I am trying to present. I also use bottom bouncers with a stickbait as well as 3 way rigs. Snap weights are a cool deal too.

I fished last week out of diamond city and went about 7 miles in each direction...Had a banner week with a total unknown amount of walleye caught. Had good quality fish everyday and a number of them..Trolling was not the most productive for me however did catch couple of 19 inchers on #7 flicker shads and lost a 27+ on A #9 Flicker Shad. Most fish were on the downlake side of points with most consistent depth being 18-26 feet. Caught 99.9 percent of my fish on crawler rigs pulled at 1.1-1.4mph.. Find a point with some brsh of some sort and the walleye will be there. On a side note, a few cleaned did have crawdads in them. Sad part is I only have a couple of photos of some of the fish, as I fished by myself most of the week. It was relaxing though.... :-)

I have been waiting for this for awhile...Should be a very informative app and his stuff is generally pretty spot on.

I would have to agree with F@F. Fish the right areas, and big bass will come. I have trolled up a number of large specimans in BS pulling cranks in 35 to 40 foot of water with leadore while fishing for eyes. Bass are indeed a pain in the butt, second in line behind white bass. To each, his own though.....

We the few men who exclusively target walleye on Table Rock Lake have lost a good friend. As known on this forum as "Martin", aka Table Rock on our Walleye Forum, has passed away this past weekend at his home in Lampe. He was ALWAYS willing to share information on locations and provided "how to's" to anyone with walleye fishing questions on Table Rock. He was a fine man and truly one the of friendliest individuals one could meet. He will be missed by us "walleye guys". RIP Marty....May they all be 12 pounders.....

Fished out of PB2 Tuesday...Had a quick limit. From what I had seen out of the ones I caught the eggs were still fairly tight. I caught all of my bigger ones 12+ inchers suspended about 2 foot off the bottom in about 25 foot of water. Naturally the smaller ones were staged about 5 to 10 foot off the bank. I really didnt seem to think they were spawning hot and heavy in that portion of the lake yet. Water temp was 59 degrees. I caught a few off of flat points throwing a #5 Berkley Flicker shad. Deep ones were caught on 1/8 ounch pink and white marabou jig. Shallow ones on just about any color under the rainbow.

Didnt scale them out however on mine one beard was almost 10 1/2 and the second was 8 1/2. Spurs were only around 1 inch but they were wore down pretty good.

Pulled up to the farm, got out and got 4 birds shock gobbling to every noise made. The school bus on the county road really got them going :-). We set up about 100 yards from their roost site, They were on a string from the time they hit the ground. Had 3 close enough to wack, and we managed to shoot the two largest. It took about 45 minutes of total hunt time. We were back in before the rain hit. I really love hunting doubled up. Two guys calling seems to REALLY get the birds stirred up and it is always fun to share the hunt with a good friend especially when you double out.

I used to be huge into bow fishing...I am lucky to have a lake house on TR and it was by far one of my favority places to enjoy the sport. I had a gold 20 foot champion with a matching 5X4 platform on the front. It was very unique indeed and was one fo the favorites among guys bow fished with. Wish I had a picture of it. :-(

Lampreys!! Those things are nasty! Good fish though.

Defnintely a cool post...Very informative.

I agree Ham, they can go when they want to, hence the name of forum member "powerdive".

I like fatheads ALOT...They are fairly easy to raise as long as you got a small pond somewhere. I had a well stocked stock pond that was teaming with them. The drought the past couple of years killed alot of them off due to the low oxygen levels. The best place down there to buy them is the general store in Galena. The size range was very good however, I havent had to purchase any there in a LONG time so I dont know if they still carry them, but I imagine they do. I have been seining creek shiners (bleeding shiners). They are hardy for being of the shiner variety and work great on either a jig or bottom bouncer. I have cages built that I put them in after catching them. Keep them well oxygenated and they will live fine. I use a Frabill Bait Station Bucket. Put a small amount of shad keeper in the bucket to keep the ammonia down and calm them a bit. The only enemy is warm water. Once the water warms to a certain point they become a nightmare to keep alive unless you change the water a bunch.

The last pure bred I caught below Bagnell was ten or so years ago and it was 17 pounds. Caught one other smaller one around 13 and that was it.

PD, RPS you guys forgot one place......The Bay of Quinte is pretty much a cool water fishery and look at the sheer numbers of monster eyes they pull out. I think the biggest part of being able to catch big uns' from any body of water is the familiarity with where you are fishing. I definitely love seeing RPS get those hawgs up on the white river arm. I go back every once in awhile and look at those posted pics. Pics of big walleye are a thing of beauty.

From what I have read in different articles, other than letting big girls go to grow bigger, the best spawners (most fertile) are the females in the 23 to 27 inch range.

Late on this subject, great discussions though and thanks Bill and Bry for the intel. The largest eye I know of in recent years was 17.4 from the upper bull and was caught vertically jigging gulp. I am to aggresive when it comes to stickbait fishing for eyes which is something I have tried to change but can't seem to. I generally done better using BB and large fresh trapped shiners. Good to see lots of big girls around though. I may have missed it but whats the water temp up around Beaver right now?

Thanks Mike! keep me informed...pleeeaaasee.

Mike you are definitely the striper catchin man down there... Did you try any shallow water trolling with cranks yet?

Definitely perch...Any bank with bluff rock will hold green sunfish..1/32 ounce brown marabou jig..

Fish the banks with good flat shale rock and a little timber. Good luck to ya Brad.

Brad As of a week or so ago, my neighbor was catching lots of good flatties in the back of coves. He was fishing with green sunfish. /You can generally catch green sunfish in abundance on small brown marabou jigs and an ultralight. You'll definitely have to get on it cause once the water cools to a certain point the flatheads will really slow down. May/June is a good month. Along with October/early November. And I fully agree with Wayne. TR has the most abundant flathead population I seen anywhere. If you hit the right spot with a short Trotline (12 hooks or less), you may arrive to find half the line full. My best morning trotlining I had a 13 hook line which had 8 flatheads on it. Best of which was 22 pounds. Pole fishing TR naturally takes a little more waiting.......

FW has a nac for catchin' eyes on a flyrod...