07-28-2005, 01:30 PM
Launched at 4PM Tuesday. Fished right on the dam and caught one smallmouth. Worked our way around the north picking up a few more smallmouth. Then fished the canyons straight across from the boat dock and found the walleye! I caught one and my father caught 3.
Next mourning got out at 6AM. Walleye where still there. Caught walleye, smallmouth and perch. My father caught a 3-pound brown also. Most eyes ranged from 10-12 inches but a few where bigger. My father caught the big ones. One was 18 and the other 20 inches. We each caught abouth 12 eyes and abouth the same number of smallmouth. Caught 5 or 6 perch, one of which was big enought to eat. We where using small feather white jigs. Water temp was 68 degrees. Walleye were in 10-20 feet. Perch were deeper. Smallmouth were hanging in the shade in the shadows.
We decided to go to the inlet end and explore. We followed the channel all the way up until it was only two feet deep. Were hoping for rushing rocky water to meet still water for some trout action but the elevation change is to gradual.
Where the open water meets the channel my father caught his biggest walleye. Bonus....We saw a golden Eagle and a coyote close up while up on the inlet end. The eage looked at us like it was trying to decide if it wanted to fly away or have us as dinner.
I have an Aqua-Vu camer and droped it down where we were catching the walleye. I expected to see a fish here and there but scattered. To my amazement, there where walleye everywhere. At times I could see six or seven at the same time.
Looks like the walleye are spawning well but just don't have enough to eat.
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Next mourning got out at 6AM. Walleye where still there. Caught walleye, smallmouth and perch. My father caught a 3-pound brown also. Most eyes ranged from 10-12 inches but a few where bigger. My father caught the big ones. One was 18 and the other 20 inches. We each caught abouth 12 eyes and abouth the same number of smallmouth. Caught 5 or 6 perch, one of which was big enought to eat. We where using small feather white jigs. Water temp was 68 degrees. Walleye were in 10-20 feet. Perch were deeper. Smallmouth were hanging in the shade in the shadows.
We decided to go to the inlet end and explore. We followed the channel all the way up until it was only two feet deep. Were hoping for rushing rocky water to meet still water for some trout action but the elevation change is to gradual.
Where the open water meets the channel my father caught his biggest walleye. Bonus....We saw a golden Eagle and a coyote close up while up on the inlet end. The eage looked at us like it was trying to decide if it wanted to fly away or have us as dinner.
I have an Aqua-Vu camer and droped it down where we were catching the walleye. I expected to see a fish here and there but scattered. To my amazement, there where walleye everywhere. At times I could see six or seven at the same time.
Looks like the walleye are spawning well but just don't have enough to eat.
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