Quick Walleye Report

[Bill Babler]

Totally impossible to tell how long a fish is from a picture. Holding them up like that. What ever Randy says they were is gospel to me. 

[Hunter91]

Totally agree with Bill. If you have been fishing and taking pictures of fish long enough you can make them "look" big or small. Seen many 8lb bass look like 4s and vice versa.

Knowing Randy also, I agree with what he says about eyes is gospel to me also.

[rps]

If I remember correctly they were 18.5, 21.5, 24, and 26. Somewhere around 14 pounds total. The irony is that until the week before that day, I had one fish a day maybe for at least a month. Then, in week, I had a 3 good fish, 3 good fish, and a 4 good fish trip.

I hope @Tim M and @Liprippa702 continue to explore Big M to Beaver.

[Bill Babler]

Saw a guy trolling today in the KC area and watched him catch a 5 pounder.  He trolled by and caught another one about 3 pounds right in front of me. Said he had 11 this morning with with 9 keepers up to 7 pounds. Said he threw them all back. 

I don't doubt him as I watched him catch a third about 15 minutes later.  Looked like 25 to 35 feet trolling DD Cranks. 

 

[Bill Babler]

One of the local guides told me yesterday that last week on an AFTERNOON group trip out of Big Cedar, that he and 2 other guides sat on one gravel point 26' and caught and released 21 walleye with lots of keepers. Crawlers. 

More walleye in here than bass. 

I would think you would just hammer them on a traditional bottom bouncer rig in that 24' to 30' depth range on gravel if you put your mind to it. 

RPS moved to soon. 

[rps]

17 minutes ago, Bill Babler said:

One of the local guides told me yesterday that last week on an AFTERNOON group trip out of Big Cedar, that he and 2 other guides sat on one gravel point 26' and caught and released 21 walleye with lots of keepers. Crawlers. 

More walleye in here than bass. 

I would think you would just hammer them on a traditional bottom bouncer rig in that 24' to 30' depth range on gravel if you put your mind to it. 

RPS moved to soon. 

Don't I know it.

A Lindy style rig dragged slowly would slay them as well.

[Bgctrading]

1 hour ago, Bill Babler said:

One of the local guides told me yesterday that last week on an AFTERNOON group trip out of Big Cedar, that he and 2 other guides sat on one gravel point 26' and caught and released 21 walleye with lots of keepers. Crawlers. 

More walleye in here than bass. 

I would think you would just hammer them on a traditional bottom bouncer rig in that 24' to 30' depth range on gravel if you put your mind to it. 

RPS moved to soon. 

I'm 90 percent sure I saw them. I first saw that 3 boats were in casting distance of each other which is weird for this lake. And when I moved I cruised by slowly and saw they were guide boats. All within sight of big cedar.

[rps]

6 hours ago, Bgctrading said:

I'm 90 percent sure I saw them. I first saw that 3 boats were in casting distance of each other which is weird for this lake. And when I moved I cruised by slowly and saw they were guide boats. All within sight of big cedar.

In some of the good walleye areas, when the fish are semi cooperative,  you take a number in line to follow the pattern. I always tried to find a way to vary the pattern, but sometimes you just need to give up and join in. BTW, when you find an alternative, those following the "pattern" become confused and resentful.

[Ron Burgundy]

We had over 20 walleye yesterday    bouncers with a crawler, switched over to spoons once we ran out of crawlers ….only 3 keepers though.