Anyone think the high muddy creeks dumping into the lake will put them off tomorrow night, or will the warmer rain water keep them moving? Fish Creek and Oneida Creek are very high and chocolate brown.
Water color is off, but didn't effect the fishing. FM and I got our limit last night color is not a bad thing
ICE ADDICT........I will see you on the ice as soon as this off season is done. great job with the eyes my freind this past weekend.
Any one know a good spot on the North East side of the lake to take a young child for Rock bass, sunfish or perch? We have a small row boat we can use if there isn't a good location by land.
Congrats to everyone on yet ANOTHER fantastic opener! My crew and I did well jiggin' by day and tossin' sticks by night, my biggest fish was a 21". Caught fish anywhere from out in 25 FOW on in to about 14...At night we threw at rocks in as little as 2 feet and out to 5. I was getting all my fish on 5/8 oz. Bucktails, tipped with plastic during the day, and at night various Rapalas worked just nice. I knew it was gonna be another steller opener when I caught my first Eye jiggin' a slip float at Apps for crappies on Friday morning! Stayed until Monday Morning, and had a fantastic time!! CAN'T WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR!! The Ice Addict will be giving the GoggleEyes a chance to recover until ICE!! Keep em' in check for me brotha's!! Thank you for stopping by and delivering my beanie Mr. President, You, Filet and Mr. Release are ALL swell guys! Rick's PO'd we didn't invite him to join our club!! I can see why, HE lies about fishing more than anyone I know!! Heres the one I caught at Rick's marina Friday. I think that was my favorite one of the weekend! And heres a nice shot of my favorite spot on the North shore!
The fish we caught were mostly on structure and rapid depth changes. We got some early (daybreak) throwing 5/8 oz black/purple bucktails in shallow shoals (5 to 13 fow). I know 5/8 seems big, and it is, but they seem to like it. That bite died off for us as the sun came up. We switched to the deeper structure ( 21 - 29 fow ). Right now, as you can read in posts from the veterans, you can get 'em by throwing a bucktail or a sonar. There are cases where they are grouped up a little on the flats, mostly the post-spawn males, but usually a better bet is to locate and fish the sloping bottom. Take a run-and-gun approach. Spend 15 or 20 minutes on a spot. If they ain't there ... they ain't there ... move on. For a few of us there seems to be a morning pattern and a separate evening pattern. An empty spot in the morning can have walleyes on it after supper.There are a zillion ways to catch walleyes on this lake. Choose your weapon (sticks, cranks, spinners, plastics, jigs, sonars, live bait, etc., etc.). Pick one or two and get good at it. Hitch a ride with a veteran when you can. Good luck!!