walleye on beaver ?

[bfishn]

8 hours ago, J-Doc said:

 ...Takes 6-8 years they say to get a keeper size walleye... 

Maybe in Canada... It's actually closer to half that (3-4 yrs) in the WR chain.

Except for the spawn run, you'll seldom find a 4+lb eye running with the cigar packs. Even with the attrition rate being what it is there are still decent numbers of ~big eyes in Beaver. They're just not as easy to come by. Much of the year they stay suspended in open water like (and occasionally with) the stripers. You can increase your odds at those times by trolling your BBs and cranks in the same zone across open water when moving from one point or flat to another instead of picking up to relocate. Same goes for working a point or flat, instead of making tight turns to stay on a contour, try long circle turns over open water before returning to the contour. With the occasional exception of Great Lakes charters, big eyes are rarely a numbers game.

[Stump bumper]

I was pulling shad today looking for stripper, I went over trees about 50 feet high in 70 feet of water and hooked 4 walleye in about an hour all over 18 in but no really big ones. Those tree tops were loaded with fish and the shad made it look like the trees were all connected. So pulling shad looks like a good way to find them especially if you are geared up for 30lb stripper. That heavy rod didn't even bend on a 20in walleye.

[Champ188]

I've caught quite a few suspended in the cedar tops in wintertime while throwing a jerk bait.