Can someone give some advice on fishing for walleye? When I go out I never catch any walleye. I have only caught one in the local reservoir. I use a bottom bouncer and a worm or minnow.

Are there walleye in the reservoir? If so, try near the dam or any wind blown points you can find. Also look for areas where there is a bottom transition from mud to rock etc. Try leeches if you can get them, and take some time to read the old posts found here. Tom
Fishin' fool in NE Illinois

OK I will have to try that. Thanks!

Ok come close and I'll tell you the secret where to catch walleyes right now. Weedy areas near walleye spawning areas in three to ten feet of water. Around dawn and dusk are the best times. If the water is colored or there is good cloud cover or some wind, it can be an all day affair.

I could help you better if I know were your fishing for them and do you have a boat? If you have a boat try jerk fishing at nite. Anchor in about 16 20 feet of water. Try variuos colors of pencil plugs. After dark when they usaully bite. Use one color for about 15 to 20 minutes then change,you will cacth some. If your fishing from shore try mistertwister 4 inch works best for me. try pink head with white grub. I have always caught walleys on that. Good Luck

try jointed lures troll in circles once you catch one chances are you'll catch another going same direction. i like eelet jointed.

another good thing to try are shakey head jigs with a gulp minnow just twitch them on the bottom and ever 30 seconds or so jig it. or try fireball jigs from northland tackle or they sell another jig that has proven really good for me in pink its a jig with a rattle tub and spinner the pink one with a pink and white fuzzy grub and a minnow hooked in the back has caught me alot of fish in the past.

If you do troll and use two rods, and have to turn in a cove or following the river channel and you do catch a walleye, remember the speed on the rod you caught it on. One lure is always going to run faster then the other one. So that should give you an idea how fast to troll.

If you do troll and use two rods, and have to turn in a cove or following the river channel and you do catch a walleye, remember the speed on the rod you caught it on. One lure is always going to run faster then the other one when you turn. So that should give you an idea how fast to troll.

fish will face into the current as that is the direction there food will come . look for transitions .Try fishing at different times of the day, most bodies of water have a preference .

fish will face into the current as that is the direction there food will come . look for transitions .Try fishing at different times of the day, most bodies of water have a preference .

I read an article in a magizine describing wind current and return current. Long and the short of it, basically the return current goes in the oppisite direction of the wind direction. If you have an underwater hump it will act like a hump in a river unless it's below the thermocline. So when trolling past the hump you want to try your first passes going into the wind which would be dragging your lures into the face of the walleye. Don't know how well it works yet but I'm working on it.

I find catching walleye is easy! The hard part is finding them!

I fish the same way you do , using bottom bouncers and crawlers. " Slow Death " rigs work well for me , but slow speed is a must. Speed should be in the range of about ( .8 to no more then 1.4 mph ) . Slower is best most of the time.

Walleyes will move up the res as the season progresses. Lets say a lake runs from north to south. The dam being on the north and incomming water comming in from the south. In the spring walleyes spawn on the south end then start to disperse into mid lake. As the season goes on you'll find them farther north and in deeper water. At this time of year I like to fish the deeper underwater points ( 20 to 40 feet ) GPS mapping is a great way to find spots you didn't know were there. Mid lake flats are sometimes good producers too! Also look for bottom transtions . I don't know why, but comming from a mud flat to a rocky bottom the eyes may be right on the edge. It goes both ways too , they may be in the mud from the rocks! Weedy to gravel , any change in bottom. And the best way to "feel" the bottom is with a bouncer.

For this type of fishing I use a one peice st croix light bouncer rod (casting rod) fitted with a flipping reed loaded with 20 lb fireline 2 1/2 oz bouncer and 4 foot leader (12 lb test) an 8mm ruby red bead and a slow death hook. The flipping reel is a pleasure to use when the deep changes, I have caught eyes dropping from 20foot drop offs going down to over 70 foot just by feeling the bottom and keeping the bait in the zone. The fish can be at any depth.

Find them first and look for the same type of structure through out the lake.

I hope this is of some help. I could go on forever but its time to go to work.

Joe

Check my site out. You might find alot of info on catching walleyes. We've been fishing Canada and the eastern seaboard for many years for different species. But in the last 15 years our target fish is the walleye. Sign my guestbook with your email address I'll try to pass on what we've learned over the years in puttting walleyes in the boat.
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16claisa, now's the time to go to the dam on your local reservoir and fish the spillway until ice up. Cranks, jigs and live bait will all work. Start out by fishing current seams close to shore to start out.