Thread: Walleyes scarce, Rockfish good 3/19/20

As usual, a great report. Gary's smile says it all. I bet there is not an angler here that would not want to go fishing with you. I have an idea. Don't know if Slab would approve, but what about a raffle, sell tickets and draw one lucky guy/gal. Send the proceeds to St. Jude's Children's Hospital in Memphis. Of coarse you would have to be willing, but I bet it would not take much to talk you into it, particularly since you like to teach the fine art of crappie pursuit!
Heck, I'll pick up the tab for y'alls lunch!

Congrats on another great day!

DK do you vertical jig for the walleye? Here in Michigan, when fishing the Detroit River, we use the trolling motor to slow our drift and keep the jig/line vertical, bouncing the jig on the bottom. We fish anywhere from 8 fow to 40 fow and use 1/2 oz up to 1 oz jigs. Just curious if you use a similar technique. Get some big ones, too.

Originally Posted by spartannation

DK do you vertical jig for the walleye? Here in Michigan, when fishing the Detroit River, we use the trolling motor to slow our drift and keep the jig/line vertical, bouncing the jig on the bottom. We fish anywhere from 8 fow to 40 fow and use 1/2 oz up to 1 oz jigs. Just curious if you use a similar technique. Get some big ones, too.

DANDY stringer right there. Do miss those big fish up North. Ever fish for em' on the Maumee River during the spring run? That's similar to how it's done down here (except out of boats instead of waders). Little different baits, a little deeper and WAYYY wider water.

DK wrote the book on southern tailwater 'eye fishin', made me give up bass fishin' almost completely.

M
GO BLUE!

You guys are good! Especially now that you’re fishing for birds!

Originally Posted by spartannation

DK do you vertical jig for the walleye? Here in Michigan, when fishing the Detroit River, we use the trolling motor to slow our drift and keep the jig/line vertical, bouncing the jig on the bottom. We fish anywhere from 8 fow to 40 fow and use 1/2 oz up to 1 oz jigs. Just curious if you use a similar technique. Get some big ones, too.

Hello friend from up north. I fish for Walleyes just like I fish for Stripers. I drift seams below dam and cast, bump bottom, snapping jig up occasionally or very 5 seconds. Whatever it takes. If I can somehow get the jig to drift in the current about the same speed that the boat is drifting seems to give us best success. I don’t know much about the Walleyes because they have only been stocked in Chickamauga since 2013.

But, I found that they like the same jigs that I use to fish for Striped bass. Our best day, we caught a double limit. I love to catch them and can tell within 3-5 seconds after hookup whether I have a Walleye or a Striper. Grin. Water clarity seems to dictate what color they prefer and we adjust accordingly.

here is a list of my favorite plastics in no certain order. Zoom super flukes in white ice color and chartreuse. I usually dip the tail in chartreuse spike it. BPS Sassy Sally in the sexy Shad color. It is a killer and has been for years. 4 and 5 inch Sassy Shads in pearl color. Albino Shad color in I think bass assassins. Salt water 5” bass assassins in Treuse Goose Color. Salt water bassassins in green moon color.

Got any other tips for me anyone?

Originally Posted by USMA65

As usual, a great report. Gary's smile says it all. I bet there is not an angler here that would not want to go fishing with you. I have an idea. Don't know if Slab would approve, but what about a raffle, sell tickets and draw one lucky guy/gal. Send the proceeds to St. Jude's Children's Hospital in Memphis. Of coarse you would have to be willing, but I bet it would not take much to talk you into it, particularly since you like to teach the fine art of crappie pursuit!
Heck, I'll pick up the tab for y'alls lunch!

Interesting thought. I am willing to take most people that want to know how I fish and not just where I fish. There are no big secrets really. I’m not as good as you may think that I am, but I love to teach what little I know with the limitations that I put on my fishing. I don’t ever use live bait. I don’t do any kind of trolling even though at times trolling will locate and put more fish in the boat than my single pole casting. I only fish 1/2 days at my age (77). But I love the way that I go about fishing and learning how to fish. I love scouting for structure and fish. Although I don’t fish spoonplugs, Buck Perry’s books have taught me so much about fishing.

Originally Posted by M GO BLUE

DANDY stringer right there. Do miss those big fish up North. Ever fish for em' on the Maumee River during the spring run? That's similar to how it's done down here (except out of boats instead of waders). Little different baits, a little deeper and WAYYY wider water.

DK wrote the book on southern tailwater 'eye fishin', made me give up bass fishin' almost completely.

M
GO BLUE!

I used to fish the Maumee years ago. Started wading and ended up taking the boat to get away from the crowds. We would cast upstream and reel in as the current took the jig downstream. Seemed to snag as many as we caught in the mouth.