King's River report 2/12 and 2/18

[Devan S.]

2/12- Set out specifically headed way up river to look for walleye. Found a flat and marked quite a bit of fish on the way up. Stopped to pull cranks nothing. Found a lay down in 14' of water. First time over hooked up. Knew instantly it was big, 7lb walleye(6.96 on my scale). Trolled back over the same lay down several times(said 2 times in a row no fish and we would leave) caught several short bass. Wife caught a 21.5" largemouth, 18" white, and 11.5 crappie. Went up to bridge caught nothing else.

I set my goal for 2017 to fish for walleye specifically and try to break the 5lb mark. First time out and one goal has been accomplished. Still gonna work on catching them through the whole year. Also big thanks to RPS for sharing the information he has. I am trying to duplicate patterns and locations up the Kings and learning almost every time out.

2/18-Once again after the walleye, all the way to dollar hole, nothing. Caught a catfish and 2 crappie between sweetwater and dollar hole. Pretty discourage but marked lots of fish on flat in same area as the weekend before. One the way back noticed 8-10 boats trolling the flat where we marked fish in the morning. Cruise though and caught 8 big whites and several short bass. Also got checked by the game warden. Ironically the flat cleared out once he showed up and started checking boats. 

Trolled flicker shads in various colors targeting between 15' and 25' of water.

 

 

 

 

 

[abkeenan]

Nice report. Also nice to see a game warden out keeping people honest.

[wareaglecamo]

WOW!!! 7 pound walleye . . . NICE!!