Walleye Question

[shaker]

Just something that I thought about in the years past I have been told by local oldtimer to use hornyhead minnows. He just used a straight hook and enough split shot to get to the bottom in the deeper holes. You'll have to trap these yourself as that you can't buy them, he trapped his in small streams in the area and don't use slickies (small store bought minners, I think} Anyway for what that is worth Good luck! Would like to hear how all of this turns out.

[chub minnow]

There are definitely eyes above romp hole when the river is up. I have seen others hauling 'em out of holes adjacent to bluffs over a mile upstream from romp hole (3 years ago, I think). At any rate, you can pretty much catch anything on a crankbait up there. We've caught several cats while fishing for smallies.

[brownieman]

Those large chubs are very good bait...sometimes they run the minnows off and that's all you end up with in your trap.

Some of my largest smallies have been taken on huge live chubs, they love em and generally when you use a large chub you will catch a nice one or nothing and they stay alive on a hook well.

My favorite has to be topwater minnows...they live forever in a minnow bucket, bait tank and on a hook. Can't trap em but you can seine them in backwater...they are always a treat for me, beautiful minnows too.

[shaker]

Well hoglaw how did the walleye fishing go? Any whites up the river yet?

[hoglaw]

I didn't get to go. My efforts have been diverted elsewhere. I imagine the whites were getting going until this recent cold snap. Not sure what they're doing now.