bowhunten4life Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 Hey, I have fished my whole life but almost all of it has been smallmouth fishing in small creeks and rivers. My buddy just bought a bass boat and we are interested in walleye fishing but anytime we try we dont do any good. I have caught a few Saugeye, but they were from wading the tailwaters...lol going back to my roots. We have tried crankbaits nightcrawler rigs...casting trolling and jigging. We just dont have a clue how to fish big lakes for fish we have never fished for. Any help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 Walleye fishing was about all I did from about 12 years old to now. I was extremely lucky to have perhaps the best walleye fishery in the world in the form of the Western Basin of Lake Erie. My uncle has a cottage on Kelleys Island. I guess the best advice I could give you would be to make sure walleye are in the water you are fishing. A lot of man made lakes don't have them. As far as the great lakes like Erie, find structure like reefs. I know Kelleys Island like the back of my hand so if you're headed that way, let me know and I can give you better advice on where to go. Proven tactics up there include trolling hot-n-tots, deep divers and weight forward spinners tipped with crawlers. We always drift casted for eyes. Any weight forward spinner in just about any color tipped with a night crawler is money. My favorite is a 3/8 or 4/8 ounce chartreuse and white Erie Dearie on a medium weight rod/reel using 8 or 6lb test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig mack Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 Walleye fishing was about all I did from about 12 years old to now. I was extremely lucky to have perhaps the best walleye fishery in the world in the form of the Western Basin of Lake Erie. My uncle has a cottage on Kelleys Island. I guess the best advice I could give you would be to make sure walleye are in the water you are fishing. A lot of man made lakes don't have them. As far as the great lakes like Erie, find structure like reefs. I know Kelleys Island like the back of my hand so if you're headed that way, let me know and I can give you better advice on where to go. Proven tactics up there include trolling hot-n-tots, deep divers and weight forward spinners tipped with crawlers. We always drift casted for eyes. Any weight forward spinner in just about any color tipped with a night crawler is money. My favorite is a 3/8 or 4/8 ounce chartreuse and white Erie Dearie on a medium weight rod/reel using 8 or 6lb test. Well said. You can also try jigging, keep your line straight up and down and bounce it off the bottom. Tip it with a crawler, minnow, or a plastic grub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.