Walleye

[Phil S]

We just recently purchased a home on the lake between rocky branch and starkey. Anyone have any tips for locating and catching walleye now through fall? I went out yesterday evening and tried dragging some crawler harnesses across points and had no luck. Marked some fish on the graph but not large concentrations. I know it’s going to take some time to figure it out, but would like a head start if anyone has some tips. Thanks!

[bfishn]

Good location for that. "Large concentrations" are pretty rare. Find the shad. Until the water cools, fast troll (2-4 mph) weighted cranks or harnesses 2-3 ft above the thermocline to cover water. When you pick one up, give it another pass, but no more, they're scattered and moving. Except when they're not. 

[Ron Burgundy]

6 hours ago, Phil S said:

We just recently purchased a home on the lake between rocky branch and starkey. Anyone have any tips for locating and catching walleye now through fall? I went out yesterday evening and tried dragging some crawler harnesses across points and had no luck. Marked some fish on the graph but not large concentrations. I know it’s going to take some time to figure it out, but would like a head start if anyone has some tips. Thanks!

You were doing the right thing just keep trying , the last two years it’s been harder for me to catch them like I once did.

[EzFishN]

I would look in the back of Big and Little Clifty, secondary coves with flooded timber. Throw small chartreuse jigs over flooded timber. I've never netted any huge ones this way, but have found it odd they stage in timber. 

This video may help you out. I've rigged up some spinners but have yet to try them. 

 

[Phil S]

Thanks guys. I am going to make another run at them this weekend. 

[rps]

This time of year is the most difficult. What the others have said is good stuff.

This time of year I would focus on the thermocline on the outside bends, just at the fall off into the channel. Think vertical spoons. In the next 4 to 6 weeks the thermocline breaks and everything changes.

 

[Phil S]

Thanks, @rps. Good info. How to you tackle the fall bite when the water cools?

[rps]

3 hours ago, Phil S said:

Thanks, @rps. Good info. How to you tackle the fall bite when the water cools?

After the thermocline breaks, they tend to suspend in tree tops to ambush bait fish. Trolling cranks is my preferred method to deal with that, but you can swim a Keitech as well. Use a NuTech jig to minimize the hang ups.

By late fall, switch to a light jig with minimal skirt and tip it with a minnow.

[dan hufferd]

Throw a spoon at them now😃

[dan hufferd]

On 8/27/2020 at 8:32 AM, EzFishN said:

I would look in the back of Big and Little Clifty, secondary coves with flooded timber. Throw small chartreuse jigs over flooded timber. I've never netted any huge ones this way, but have found it odd they stage in timber. 

This video may help you out. I've rigged up some spinners but have yet to try them. 

 

I really like this video !