What A Walleye Season

[gregnwtf]

Most captains, like the ones that post on here regularly will talk fish and help you find fish. Most of us have years of experience and have fished the lake since we were young kids. If you just started fishing the lake, you need to do some reading on walleye. Understand the lake, baitfish, other prey, water temp, affects of weather, pressure and so on. I havent seen it all but have seen alot. Everyday is different and adapting to changing conditions. Even then, if the fish wont bite no matter what you do , you just enjoy the day and maybe they will turn on. Walleye and perch have patterns, relate to spawn, water temps then start to warm, they move deeper and hold on structure most of the time. Summertime you will find them in 3 places, reefs, deep structure or suspended over deep open flats. Some move boats east as the main body of numbers of fish head for the deep flats and some of us keep working the same area most of the year. Some troll, some drift (my preference) some do both. Finding fish can be tough at times. Summer high water temps normally slows the bite for awhile then all the stars align for the next phase of the bite. You need to find a niche for the way you want to catch fish. Then get comfortable doing that and you will start learning some areas of the lake that you feel comfortable fishing.
Call one of us to chat about fish and maybe we can help sort out your problems with what you did or didnt do this year.

[gangwest40]

gregnwtf is dead ON, with what he is saying... and no this is not a paid advertisement... I reached out to him because I am new to the lake with a bigger boat and I called him up and he provided a wealth of information. Additionally, he helped me locate some fish when I hadn't been to the lake for a while. And I agree with helping each other out, but also finding your own style. Even if you don't catch fish, but you learn something about the lake, or yourself, it is a great reward in itself. I have chatted with a few of these guys and have yet to meet them. They are straight shooters and very helpful. I just wanted to chime in and say THANK YOU for all that the captains have done, both on the off the water. GOD Bless them.. and God Bless America...

[iwanteyes]

hey guys! thanks for all the great responses. i didnt have problems catching fish when i was on them. it was my first year of trolling and seemed to figure it out a bit. the only time i caught lots of fish all year was when they were west of green. someone recommended to read up on the lake. i think ill do that. i dock in east harbor. i know skipper was heading north of vermillion. im curious on how far that is. and maybe it is necessary to go that far. like i said just starting out and learning. love the info tho guys. and very willing to learn! thanks! Logan