05-07-2021, 10:20 PM
Walleye from the shore are difficult to begin with.
Swim jigs are a better option to reduce snags. You can fish the bottom and slide right over most snags.
I use to feel that fishing for Walleye was like fishing for Steelhead, tough to detect most strikes, requires extreme skill in reading water, and demands more than your fair share of luck.
Once you get a few, you will start to figure it out. Eventually can get to the point you think that they are easy. Still, Walleye in Utah are different than Walleye in more normal conditions, due to the strange conditions they live in. Walleye are structure fish, but you have almost no structure in Willard or Utah Lake. Walleye like deep weed edges, or ledges, or drop offs, or rocks, or ...... none of which are found at the two aforementioned lakes.
Still, life finds a way, and Walleye are no different. They adapt to the food and conditions available to them. At Willard right now, with the fish in post spawn, they will be scattered. Scattered active fish are easier to locate, if you can cover lots of water. If you are limited in the ability to cover lots of water, it can and will be tough.
Swim jigs are a better option to reduce snags. You can fish the bottom and slide right over most snags.
I use to feel that fishing for Walleye was like fishing for Steelhead, tough to detect most strikes, requires extreme skill in reading water, and demands more than your fair share of luck.
Once you get a few, you will start to figure it out. Eventually can get to the point you think that they are easy. Still, Walleye in Utah are different than Walleye in more normal conditions, due to the strange conditions they live in. Walleye are structure fish, but you have almost no structure in Willard or Utah Lake. Walleye like deep weed edges, or ledges, or drop offs, or rocks, or ...... none of which are found at the two aforementioned lakes.
Still, life finds a way, and Walleye are no different. They adapt to the food and conditions available to them. At Willard right now, with the fish in post spawn, they will be scattered. Scattered active fish are easier to locate, if you can cover lots of water. If you are limited in the ability to cover lots of water, it can and will be tough.