Trip Report For 7/31

[kwall]

Kwall, I fished that area below CC for Walleye last week. Got skunked too. Eyeman said we should fish on the North end of the lake if we wont to catch walleye this time of year. That man really knows his stuff. I cant wait till he makes it back down. I need help BIGGGGG TIMMMMMME. I get skunked every time I go. (I definitely got the LINE WRAPPING TECHNIQUE DOWN )

I can usually get a few up untill it gets really hot then I have to go deep for them.I usually drag deep divers for hours and hours and come across one ever so often this time of year,but the heat got the best of me last weekend.Your right about Eyeman he has learned alot about walleyes the past few years.

[Professor Jim]

I can usually get a few up untill it gets really hot then I have to go deep for them.I usually drag deep divers for hours and hours and come across one ever so often this time of year,but the heat got the best of me last weekend.Your right about Eyeman he has learned alot about walleyes the past few years.

Walleye go pretty deep (25 - 40' depending on the lake) this time of year, even in Northern Minnesota and Wisconsin. They can be really hit and miss. The only advice I can give is to look for irregularities on the bottom in deeper water such as humps, foundations, roads, ends of points, etc... Up north, they feed on these during the summer and are caught using jigs and leeches or worms on crawler harnesses. Only rarely will you find them in less than 20' of water and that's later at night when they come up to feed on points and around deeper weedbeds. Because they're so hit and miss, I tend to crappie fish over brush piles or bass fish in late evenings until the water cools in fall. In fact, I'm hitting the lake Thursday with my boys who have convinced me to take them camping in this heat so they can fish and knee board. I'll just melt, but it will be worth it. My biggest concern is finding the brush piles with my very outdated gps that I've never quite mastered.

[kwall]

Thanks , I think I'll go a little deeper next time out. Up North , sure would like to try it sometime , finding a place to catch Eyes that's not to overrun and in U.S. Would be nice.

[Fly_Guy]

We're going out from noon to 8 August 9th - I'm thinking trolling crankbaits and bottom bouncers. I got some Berkley Gulp black leeches I'm going to try behind a spinner on a bottom bouncer. Anyone ever use them before for walleye? Also, will we get hungup alot bottom bouncing? We trolled crankbaits last year, and picked up a few walleye and some crappie, but I havent used a bottom rig since Canada.

[kwall]

We're going out from noon to 8 August 9th - I'm thinking trolling crankbaits and bottom bouncers. I got some Berkley Gulp black leeches I'm going to try behind a spinner on a bottom bouncer. Anyone ever use them before for walleye? Also, will we get hungup alot bottom bouncing? We trolled crankbaits last year, and picked up a few walleye and some crappie, but I havent used a bottom rig since Canada.

I have used them quite often earlier,April thru late June, then I change to troll'in divers when it gets hot. When I use them I use half a crawler, never tried leeches however. I also use

1/8 and 1/4 oz. jigs like you would for crappie tipped with minner' or 1/3 crawler.

[Predator1]

Have you all ever tried the crappie nibble injector? Those nibbles seem to come off the hook rather easy. If they don't, the bluegill will do it for you

Jason

Set a few nibbles out on the boat in the sun. They will harden up a little....this way they will stay on your hook longer. I did learn that in the seminar.

[Professor Jim]

Thanks , I think I'll go a little deeper next time out. Up North , sure would like to try it sometime , finding a place to catch Eyes that's not to overrun and in U.S. Would be nice.

You still get some pressure in the U.S. However, Minnesota and Wisconsin protect walleye with slot limits and by allowing you to keep fewer of them. For example on the Chippewa Flowage (Hayward, WI) you're only allowed 3 keepers, while in Ely, MN I'll allowed three keepers, but none between 17 - 25" and only one over 25". In many places people are encouraged to eat smallmouth rather than walleye. In Quetico Provincial Park you're allowed two keepers, but you're in a canoe anyway. That's were you can have real fun with bass and walleye on not blow the budget or travel too far.

[kwall]

thanks professor jim, may have to get up there next summer,Been to Lake of the Woods a few times and had a good time,but long drive,caught alot of pike and a few short walleye each time I went.

[walleyerich]

We went out last Sat. and caught 12 walleye. Less than 20 feet of water.

[kwall]

We went out last Sat. and caught 12 walleye. Less than 20 feet of water.

Good to hear, Size? most of the ones I have caught this year are 13 to 14 3/4 .