Advice For First Timer

[brian prewitt75]

Be heading down and staying a week in mid june for vacation. Just wondering where to start and what to use. Mainly be targeting smallies, crappie, and walleye. Would nights be best for eyes? Staying a couple miles from dam. Any advice would be appreciated.

[Ham]

NIghttime seems to be a little more of a reliable bite for walleye, and you're likely to pick up a few smallies as well.

Brushpiles and docks = crappie. Soft plastics on 1/32 oz jigheads.

I would throw topwater early and late for smallies and grubs or tubes during the day.

Good Luck BUT return ALL the smallies to the water immediately.

[brian prewitt75]

Thanks. Do poppers or prop baits seem best?

[Fishin Hodge]

I am more of a popper fan than a prop bait guy, but wake baits like a redfin, and walking baits like a Super Spook Jr. are my favorites on Bull.

[Bill Jr.]

I agree with Hodge on this. I really like to fish a Super Spook Jr. on top in the summer. You can throw it a mile if you need to get to a surfacing school on a main lake bluff end. If you are not comfortable with a walking bait i like poppers over props but just my taste. For poppers i usually use a Heddon Pop N Image in threafin shad. If you are fishing shoreline don't need to work it fast at all. May get a hodpodge of bass on top in the morning and not just smallies but I love the topwater bite. Have fun and Good luck.

[Bill Jr.]

Brian,

I also get a lot of smallies on a 1/2 oz. PB&J FB jig with a green pumpkin or cinnamon purple craw trailer on main lake points or swing banks. Don't fish much for crappie but i think I'll give it a try after some success this spring. I'm going down for Memorial Day weekend at the end of May so I'll give a report when i get back.