walleye on beaver ?

[dan hufferd]

Is there any ?

[J-Doc]

About a thousand between 15-17 inches. 

 

Lol!

Yes.  But we are in between a good crop year.  Takes 6-8 years they say to get a keeper size walleye and no one seems to be releasing any. So once caught, they all go home.  Unless you're a bass angler and believe all unicorns should roam free and happy forever.  I believe in select harvesting and controlled harvests. Which is why there are limits set that allow fish to be kept.  To help maintain a healthy environment vs over crowding. 

[Blll]

J-Doc, you're right. As soon as the walleyes' tail touches that magic line, he's a goner. I've not caught a keeper sized eye since April. Plenty of almosts but with the limited amount of fish it will be hard to grow many 4-5 lbrs. Next year should have lots of "just made it" fish. Lower limit of keeps or lower size minimum? 

[Jack Perdew]

Recommend Table Rock Kings river , that's where I go when I want them. Using Bottom bouncer and Night crawler rig with

sherbert color spinner

[dan hufferd]

Thank you very much, sounds like there will be some good #'s in a couple years,

I fish Stockton a lot and did not want to make the drive if the walleye were few and far between. You can catch them between 14 and 20 inches with the possible but seemingly rare fatty (at least for me) all day if you know were to look.

I finally learned how to be a walleye fishing fool, I love it. My goal is to catch them from Stockton every month of the year, if I can make it to Mothers Day I will have done it !

[J-Doc]

You would be better off on Stockton. 

 

No one releases the just made it fish. And this summer they all looked like Snoopy's frail cousin that lives in the desert. 

[Stump bumper]

A little well kept secret about the Walleye on Beaver. The big ones like to hang out behind the trees and tree stumps. Most of the fish that thrived in the channel have been fried up and served. But if you spend the time dropping baits to the bottom of the trees, you might be surprise how many 6-8 lb fish are there. I have found them dropping 4inch worms through the branches, but they really hit spoons. My best bass on Beaver went almost 8lbs, my best walleye went almost 9 and I have caught a lot more 6lb walleye then 6lb bass.

 

I don't think the trollers took near as many home as they think.

[J-Doc]

You are letting a big cat out of a big bag. 

 

Dang it!!  :-)

[dan hufferd]

2 hours ago, Stump bumper said:

A little well kept secret about the Walleye on Beaver. The big ones like to hang out behind the trees and tree stumps. Most of the fish that thrived in the channel have been fried up and served. But if you spend the time dropping baits to the bottom of the trees, you might be surprise how many 6-8 lb fish are there. I have found them dropping 4inch worms through the branches, but they really hit spoons. My best bass on Beaver went almost 8lbs, my best walleye went almost 9 and I have caught a lot more 6lb walleye then 6lb bass.

 

I don't think the trollers took near as many home as they think.

I love the spoon bite, but I fish bouncers, and crank baits to too. Thank you guys for sharing if you get up around Stockton let me know.

[1969Larson]

4 hours ago, J-Doc said:

And this summer they all looked like Snoopy's frail cousin that lives in the desert. 

You mean Spike... Snoopy's BROTHER!