Walleye

[RyanLane]

Got some family in Branson and the dad is wanting to get his oldest boy out fishing. They are in town for a softball tourney but have Friday evening free. Would like to take them to Stockton as that is my preferred fishing hole where I have some success. With all going on for them was thinking to head to Kdock or put them in at Beaver if need be. I fish for walleye 90% of the time. Love to bottom bounce. Figured I could give it a go down that direction Friday evening. I fished Kdock a few summers ago on the big flat right there just up lake from the marina. Fished the channel breaks and did okay. Trolling motor battery ended up being dead so I couldn’t do my normal thing. 

Any advice would be appreciated. Hoping to show them a new area and maybe catch some fish. I usually pull 2oz bottom bouncers with spinner rigs I like to tie up. Spin n glows and smile blades With slow death hooks at 1mph or so. 

Figured if that wasn’t working could jig some bink spoons. Once it starts to get dark will probably move a little more shallow and further off the channel breaks. 

Thats the plan anyhow. Thanks guys 

[JQL]

Fished Bull several days the last 3 weeks for Walleye,  bite has been good. Your  plan will work,  fish seem to be moving deeper as the hot weather persists, start at 20’and work into deeper water until you find them. Don’t know about K Dock and what the water level is on the ramp there 

good luck and have fun 

 

[mojorig]

I'm not sure about the upper end but the members of the Twin lakes Walleye club have been slaying them from Peel to the Dam. Bottom bouncing on points has been the ticket for them. In the morning, they have been catching them in 20' of water. As the day goes on, they start to catch them in 30' of water. Numerous reports have mentioned using orange or gold blades.

[RyanLane]

Thanks guys.  I was gonna call down to Kdock and see what they had to say.  Can just put in at Beaver and run down lake a little bit to where I am fairly familiar to the area. 

JQL - glad to hear you been doing well.  
Mojo- I will be sure to take plenty of orange

[RyanLane]

put in at Beaver around 3 and fished till 10. 

Lots of blue gill stealing the worms and boated some also. Nothing of any size though. The youngster caught his first walleye a little over 18” and that ended up being the only one of the night. Had a couple other nice ones that came off before we got to the boat. I got hooked up on something that was big but never got a look at it. Didn’t feel like a walleye but who knows  

I need to get down thst area a little more and try to figure it out. Not being real familiar with the depths I am sure we could of done better if I did a better job staying on the channel breaks. Also that water being up puts some of those breaks below the thermocline assuming my graph was reading right??  It was real faint on the sonar side but when I ran split screen with DI it was very clear. 

Wish we could of caught more but overall a great night to be on the water. 

[Fish24/7]

first walter, nice!  thanks for posting