05-28-2009, 09:30 PM
I have a float tube, but just for the sake of learning, what kind of approach should a guy take when targeting walleye from shore?
First, some tips I got from knowledgable anglers that didn't work out for me.
Casting 3" white curly jigs or deeper running silver/white cranks away from the dike at Willard and reeling up fast along the rocks. Lost a lot of jigs, no fish.
I saw a guy catch one in very shallow water near the Bubble Up (I think) in UL. Just a 3" grub below a bobber. I was shocked, and I couldn't replicate his feat in two hours of fishing.
I saw one guy casting a big, dead goldfish with a bullet weight ahead of it's nose from the dike at UL, but didn't see him catch anything.
But, here's the crazy thing. Once after trolling jigs and cranks in Willard 'til my thighs hurt, I pull out in my float tube, and there's this kid who just caught a 22"-er. On a wadded-up worm, in mid-June, maybe two feet below a big fat, red-and-white bobber! WHAT!?
I've only caught one, out of Holmes Creek when it was drained down to redo the dam. I learned this from another good fisherman I used to work with, and it works great on trout in mountain lakes. I was casting a whole nightcrawler on a worm-harness, behind a clear casting bubble, filled full of water so it would sink.
It's a good technique, because after the initial large splash, the bubble sinks very slowly and unobtrusively, and can be retrieved along the bottom, or close to it, without a lot of snagging. And you can cast a LONG way.
Anything else?
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First, some tips I got from knowledgable anglers that didn't work out for me.
Casting 3" white curly jigs or deeper running silver/white cranks away from the dike at Willard and reeling up fast along the rocks. Lost a lot of jigs, no fish.
I saw a guy catch one in very shallow water near the Bubble Up (I think) in UL. Just a 3" grub below a bobber. I was shocked, and I couldn't replicate his feat in two hours of fishing.
I saw one guy casting a big, dead goldfish with a bullet weight ahead of it's nose from the dike at UL, but didn't see him catch anything.
But, here's the crazy thing. Once after trolling jigs and cranks in Willard 'til my thighs hurt, I pull out in my float tube, and there's this kid who just caught a 22"-er. On a wadded-up worm, in mid-June, maybe two feet below a big fat, red-and-white bobber! WHAT!?
I've only caught one, out of Holmes Creek when it was drained down to redo the dam. I learned this from another good fisherman I used to work with, and it works great on trout in mountain lakes. I was casting a whole nightcrawler on a worm-harness, behind a clear casting bubble, filled full of water so it would sink.
It's a good technique, because after the initial large splash, the bubble sinks very slowly and unobtrusively, and can be retrieved along the bottom, or close to it, without a lot of snagging. And you can cast a LONG way.
Anything else?
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