12-29-2005, 05:55 AM
Well, it looks like you have a great spot for catching fish. Due to the current, you must fish close to bottom. Yes, you will snag up often. Since you are fishing from shore, you will have to do a lot of experimenting in order to memorize the depths of the water in various places where you fish.
Since you can't go out on the water, you could use a sliding float with a stopper on your line so that your bait will drift along just off bottom.
For sinkers, use various size split shot with the lowest and smallest split shot about 18 inches from the bait. Yes, you deducted right....use more than one split shot. You place about 3 split shot about 1 foot apart. The largest split shot is at the top and the smallest on the bottom. This way, your bait will drift ahead of the sliding float. Use a long slim float (Thill style float)...they move a bit slower in the current. The current is much slower near bottom. The larger split shot will be directly below the float, the next size split shot will be a bit further downstream and the smallest split shot will be even further downstream. The first thing the fish will see is the bait. Don't cast upstream until you have figured out the depth you should set up the float stopper. Use a natural bait. The fish are there because they feed on bait that is disloged from the bottom or minnows who have wandered too far from the bottom and get swept down a few feet before they can regain the bottom.
At nightfall, you can use crank baits close to shore for walleye. You can also choose floating or suspending crankbaits that swim at specifique depths.
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Since you can't go out on the water, you could use a sliding float with a stopper on your line so that your bait will drift along just off bottom.
For sinkers, use various size split shot with the lowest and smallest split shot about 18 inches from the bait. Yes, you deducted right....use more than one split shot. You place about 3 split shot about 1 foot apart. The largest split shot is at the top and the smallest on the bottom. This way, your bait will drift ahead of the sliding float. Use a long slim float (Thill style float)...they move a bit slower in the current. The current is much slower near bottom. The larger split shot will be directly below the float, the next size split shot will be a bit further downstream and the smallest split shot will be even further downstream. The first thing the fish will see is the bait. Don't cast upstream until you have figured out the depth you should set up the float stopper. Use a natural bait. The fish are there because they feed on bait that is disloged from the bottom or minnows who have wandered too far from the bottom and get swept down a few feet before they can regain the bottom.
At nightfall, you can use crank baits close to shore for walleye. You can also choose floating or suspending crankbaits that swim at specifique depths.
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