Walleye's anyone?

[Barb Baggott]

Well, going to northern Wisc. for a week in July. Suppose to be a great walleye lake. Problem being, never fished for walleye's. Anyone got some info for me on what to use for bait, where do these toothy creatures hang out in a lake, and any special way of catching this things?



Thanks for the help!



Barb

 

[JAMES MOORE]

Fish for bass and you'll probably catch walleys. IE we catch them every year on tube baits and jig and pig on Lake Ontario and St. Lawrence River during bass tournaments. Last year got an eye close to 16 lbs on Lake Ontario on jig and pig.

 

[Richard Ehlers (SevenPin)]

Barb,



Which lake? I'll be in the area from July 3rd to the 9th but way far North (Near Ashland / Bayfield). In the lakes I fished up there, I caught them with the same baits as I was using for Bass. Most of the "walleye" shows look like they're using nightcrawler rigs or jigs with plastic trailers down deep.



SevenPin

 

[Barb Baggott]

Sevenpin,

I'll be at Cable lake outside of Spooner, near Hayward. So in other words, walleye patterns are the same as bass?

 

[TOMMY RICH]

Crawler Harness's, grubs and maybe some Dipsy Diver's with spoons

 

[Richard Ehlers (SevenPin)]

Barb,



Cable is south and west of where I'll be.



I think the 'eye's like rocky hang-outs instead of weedy ones but TEE is the master on them.



SevenPin

 

[TOMMY RICH]

I'd post some but, my puter's jacked up. Just check my library Barb.

Also the good ol' plain worm rig has caught some nice eyes over the years. Those are just a few of many

 

[JAMES MOORE]

Get yourself some 1/8 oz jig heads and white and brown tripple ripple grubs and have at it. Throw these on 4-6 lb test line and just drag them along the bottom. Black head with a white grub works best, 3" and 4" tripple ripples. Should be the perfect time of year for these.

 

[Barb Baggott]

Thanks guys!

 

[Staci Matheis]

Barb -



You need to hook up with Greg Meyer.

He's the pro when it comes to walleyes!



You and I still need to hook up some time - your area or mine!



me!

 

[Barb Baggott]

me!

How well do you know Shelbyville and the boat ramps?

 

[Staci Matheis]

I've been there about half-a-dozen times..... The ramp I've always used is at the western edge of the dam. It's an excellent facility with lots of parking and - if I remember correctly - 2 double ramps. (4 lanes)



Are you going to Greg's mini rally?



Give me a call at work: 800-325-9053.

 

[fatrap]

My early season walleye rig is a 1/8 oz firetiger jig with a minnow. Get out the fryer.

fatrap

 

[Rich D]

I use as light a jig as possible to get to bottom, on calm days, I could be down to 1/16th. Grub and nightcrawler or minnow if you can get them. You get less bites from rockbass and perch using minnows. If you find any cabbage filled bays close to where you are getting walleyes, try rigging a larger grub (weedless) on a heavier jig and ripping it through the weeds, settling in pockets. We have caught some monster walleye on shield lakes doing this.



Rich D

 

[Pierre Voisine]

Use the technique explained by Bassin Fool, tip the jig with a minnow, crawler or leech for best results. Look for un-even bottom terrain rockky bottom as you would for Smallies. Walleyes have been know to hide deep in the weeds too.



Pierre

 

[Rich Kulakowski]

My brother-in-law lives in Arbor Vitae up there and swears by the thunderstick fished at sundown along the eastern shore at the break where the water goes from 8' to 4' or so. Says the eyes come in to feed then, staging deep and running in to get the chow. Seems to work. Cast into the shallow areas and keep moving. Best after days where wind was out of the west. He typically fishes Trout Lake.

 

[TOMMY RICH]

 

[TOMMY RICH]

Finally got my puter to work

 

[TOMMY RICH]

 

[Barb Baggott]

Looks awesome....can't wait to catch a few of them there toothy critters!

 

[Staci Matheis]

Are you referring to the fish or the humans?

 

[Greg Meyer]

Barb... Seven Pin.... e-mail me so I can target the specific lakes... I have maps/coordinates for mos of the popular walleye lakes in WI... July will be tough.. pretty warm but as I said, I will give you any info I can...

 

[Tim Jeffers]

Barb,

Is that Cable Lake in Cable, WI (18 mi. North of Hayward)? If so, I don't THINK there are walleyes in that lake. I get up there regularly - my friend has a cabin in Cable - and I've pulled a bunch of Northerns through the ice on that lake, but never a single walleye. I'll check into it.



TJ

 

[Ken Neeley]

We ran into these tasty 'eyes while smallie fishing on Erie last summer.

 

[Staci Matheis]

M-m-m-m-m-m!!!!!

Sauteed in 'shrooms!!!!!

M-m-m-m-m-m!!!!!

 

[Dan J.]

Nice string of 'eyes!! Definitely worth "stinking up a blade".



Barb - A #7 Shad Rap in firetiger or minnow pulled/cast on 6-8# test will catch Waldo too! The plain 'ol jig and minnow combination is the age old fall back plan. Have a great time and enjoy the experience!