06-02-2025, 06:52 PM
Hey CC,
We were there on Sunday taking a bunch of fishing managers from other states, kind of a work/fishing workshop. W we caught quite a few and had about a million bugs in our boats when we were finished. Like you we found our walleye shallow. Usually when you find one, you'll find many more nearby. Keep at it! One quick tip. Once you locate some eyes, keep circling back through the same spot at the same depth, or try fishing with just a 1/8-1/4 ounce jig tipped with a half of a nightcrawler and keep it near the bottom. You can also throw swimbaits and retrieve them slowly through the brush that is now showing up near the shorelines. That was our technique, and it worked well today. We also had boats that just trolled #7 flicker shad in the middle and did well. We tried that in our boat but only caught a few so we switched to the shallows near the dikes and found them. Good luck!
We were there on Sunday taking a bunch of fishing managers from other states, kind of a work/fishing workshop. W we caught quite a few and had about a million bugs in our boats when we were finished. Like you we found our walleye shallow. Usually when you find one, you'll find many more nearby. Keep at it! One quick tip. Once you locate some eyes, keep circling back through the same spot at the same depth, or try fishing with just a 1/8-1/4 ounce jig tipped with a half of a nightcrawler and keep it near the bottom. You can also throw swimbaits and retrieve them slowly through the brush that is now showing up near the shorelines. That was our technique, and it worked well today. We also had boats that just trolled #7 flicker shad in the middle and did well. We tried that in our boat but only caught a few so we switched to the shallows near the dikes and found them. Good luck!