Walleye

[Amish Bill]

I am new to this lake,actually lets say new to fishing I havn't fished since I was a kid. Now I've sold the farm and bought a boat.

I mainly fish for crappie but would really like to find the walleye. I have been fishing mainly from masters towards the dam. A friend told me not to fish north of mutton creek on the other side, any suggestions on this and what kind of lures or bait to use is appreciated.

[Dutch]

Yesterday we caught some keeper walleye along bluffy banks on plastics. They were 10-15' deep. Color or type of plastic didn't seem to matter as long as it was a dark color, but it was cloudy, windy, and cold.

[Amish Bill]

I appreciate it Dutch, I'm going after Christmas and give it a try. I heard about drop shot, or I guess it would be just tight line fishing the way I understood the it. Anyway it sounded like it would work good in the winter when the fish are gatherd up in their winter pool.

[Dutch]

If you are planning on trying that type of fishing I suggest you read a little about it. Here are some links for you.

http://bassresource.com/fishing/dropshot_fish.html

http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/guides/dropshot.html

http://www.bigfishtackle.com/articles/fish...eshwater44.html

http://www.richz.com/fishing/articles/dropshot.html

[Quillback]

I appreciate the reports, I might head up there over the holidays myself and do a little walleyeing.

[Amish Bill]

Thanks again Dutch, I was about to ask if that would work on walleye but I think Quillback answered that. When I was about 12 I took a 4H trip to Cannon falls Minnisota to learn their hog farming technics, the family I stayed with liked to fish, I remember they used nightcrawlers pumped up with air. I wonder if that would work with the drop shot?

[Dutch]

AB check your PM.

[walleyehunter]

You could try lindy rigging. I use this system with a nightcrawler pump full of air to get the crawler just off bottom. I would start out with a one foot leader to the hook and crawler. If there is wind just slip drift the area your fishing. You can do a search on lindy rigging to learn more or I'll be glad to talk you through it.

[Dutch]

Amish Bill, I hope you are getting out there. I am catching keeper walleye everytime I go. They are pretty deep but are hitting a variety of baits.