| If you are going after Walleye the best places are | | | | sunny days Walleye spend their time in shade by |
| from the Midwest Northward and into Canada. | | | | weeds or near the bottom in deeper water. |
| Walleye prefer sand and gravel bottoms and lakes | | | | Fishing in the evening with a slip bobber and leech is a |
| with perch which they readily eat. I fish a lot of lakes | | | | great way to catch Walleye. Anchor at the edge of |
| that have a healthy Walleye population but no perch. | | | | a drop off and cast up into 4 to 8 feet of water. |
| Walleye are finding themselves in lakes further south. | | | | Trolling with minnow lures and shad raps is good also. |
| Lakes with Walleye will also have a population of | | | | there is usually a good bite for 3 or 4 hours after |
| other gamefish such as Northern, Smallmouth, | | | | dark.walleyes will hang at about 12 to 18 feet along |
| Largemouth, Crappie, Musky and sunfish. | | | | the edge of the dropoff's during the day. Slow trolling |
| Finding Walleye's has a lot to do with the Oxygen in | | | | or back trolling with a 3 way rig with a leech or |
| the lake. Lot's of fertile lakes don't have a good | | | | minnow or casting with a jig and minnow are good |
| oxygen level at the lower depths especially below | | | | methods of catching them. During summer nights, troll |
| the thermocline. This will force Walleye into shallow | | | | in eight to ten feet of water along the tops of the |
| water 10 ft. or shallower. | | | | midlake flats, next to the drop-off. Back trolling with |
| Walleye spawn in water along shoreline's where there | | | | a jig and minnow is very effective. |
| is good water movement and gravel on the bottom. | | | | Mid summer is not as good of time to fish for |
| Spawning begins when water gets to around 48 | | | | Walleye but they can be caught. You may think that |
| degrees. From this time until about 10 days after | | | | it is because it is so hot out but it is because the |
| spawning females don't bite. Smaller males will bite | | | | perch and bait fish are reaching the proper size (3 |
| during spawning. After spawning Walleye | | | | inches and bigger) to look really food to walleye and |
| You usually find Walleye's in 30 ft. of water or less. In | | | | they gorge themselves on these fish. I am a firm |
| the deeper lakes you will find walleye along shorelines | | | | believer in the bigger the minnow the bigger the fish |
| and hanging around shallow mid lake humps. I caught | | | | caught! |
| a 10LB Walleye right up on a rock cliff in Canada that | | | | Walleye can be caught through the ice around points |
| went down into the water. I bounced a jointed | | | | and mid lake flats in 10 to 12 ft of water in early ice |
| Rapala off the wall. My uncle and cousin caught bigger | | | | season. Jan. and later find them in 18 to 30 ft. depths. |
| the same way. | | | | This article would not be complete without saying a |
| Lot's of Walleye's are caught at night. Cloudy breezy | | | | little something of how good Walleye are to eat! |
| days with a little chop ( The Walleye Chop ) are | | | | They are great! |
| good because this deflects the sun's rays. On calm | | | | |