New to area, taking son fishing

[LoweSTX175]

You'll notice that most on here are fans of Berkley's FlickerShad.  They come in 5, 7 & 9 cm sizes.  Several of the guys on the forum troll the 7s.  I do as well but will go up to th 9s from time to time.  At 150-165 foot of line out the 7s will go about 12 foot deep.  The 9s will run about 14-15 while trolling at 2+ mph.  You just have to pay attention to the lake contour to make sure you don't accidently find yourself in 4 fow.  This summer I had my nephew (6 years old) on the boat with me trolling... he landed a couple keeper walleye and several crappie.  I mounted rod holders specifically for trolling.  The nephew struggled with the feel initially but got the hang of it.

[audiochem]

I really appreciate the info. I've got pretty good electronics, so hopefully I can keep from getting hung up. I'm not going until Sunday, but I'll post the results.

Regards,

[eking66756]

I'm fishing the next 2 days for walleye as well. Fairly new to the lake. Any areas of the lake I ahould concentrate  on? Launching out of Orleans Trail but will motor anywhere. Planning on bottom bouncing crawlers. Any tips are appreciated. Will report out as well. Thanks. Great website here. 

[Shorelineangler]

I have had decent luck fishing the rocky shoreline going towards the cc bridge from the launch using med depth shad colored cranks and colorado spinners. usually white/gold or chartreuse and silver. Seems to be a good spot for the smallmouth bass there before sunset.

[eking66756]

Spent a great couple of days on the lake with my Dad. Fished Monday eve, all day tues and Wednesday morning. Targeting walleye. Tough bite. Caught 15 total with 3 keepers. Still new to the fish and trying to figure them out. Caught most trolling cranks with a couple on night crawlers. A few were taken near Orleans trail and a few around Ruark Bluff and a couple across from #5 point on east side. Caught 15-20 largemouth while trolling as well as a few whites. No size to either. Hooked a big old carp on a crawler and thought I had a giant walleye. Big disappointment but a fun 5 minute fight. Decided to bass fish  a little the last morning and managed a nice 18" largemouth on a shad colored spinnerbait on the bank in the back of the cove at Orleans Trail. So not much success overall for the hours spent but a couple beautiful days on Stockton with my Pa. Doesn't get any better than that. Would like to be able to do a nice walleye fish fry though. We will keep learnin and searching for 'Em.  Tight lines all.