Reply With Quotejigs were the only thing we caught walleye on,it was just an 1/8th ounce jighead with a grub. we were fishing the main channel and we got some ohe flats and some on rocky drop offs
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Slabmaster
tell us a little more about your jig "throwing". Did they work better for the walleye and which channel were you fishing?
Trophy King II
jigs were the only thing we caught walleye on,it was just an 1/8th ounce jighead with a grub. we were fishing the main channel and we got some ohe flats and some on rocky drop offs
Crappie Wall Hanger II
i have never got a walleye on a grub. (i haven't got many in general). it seems like when ever i try for them i have very little luck but when i am fishing for something else i get them. i was crappie fishing last year at the dock tournament at mar-don and got the winner doing that. and another time at the potholes i was trolling when my dad picked up the tackle box........ and it wasn't closed
fishing isn't a sport, it's a way of life.
a motto i live by :D
go dawgs!!
Trophy King II
well the main thing i learned about walleye, and this is only my second attempt at walleye. is that the key to catching them seems to be a slow presentation, like if they were bass in cold water. Fast trolling for walleye means 1.5 mph according to the people i talked to over there. It also seemed like they liked the same places basically as smallmouth so it was nice to get to fish for two things at once
Crappie Wall Hanger II
i always catch bass when i am fishing for them to. caught some real nice largies last year trolling in the dunes with shadraps. caught a couple on swimbaits to. to bad bass don't taste as good as wallys. they get a free pass...... the walleyes arn't as lucky :D
fishing isn't a sport, it's a way of life.
a motto i live by :D
go dawgs!!
Minnow
When we were throwing the jigs, the people trolling looked at us like we were crazy....until we started pulling in fish after fish and they were busy getting their bottom bouncers snagged in the rocks. It was nice being the only people consistently catching fish, and doing in a way that nobody else was. And like urban said, it was awesome to fish for both wallies and smallies at the same time.
Slabmaster
Very nice fish.. I need to fish moses more often.
Trophy King II
yea moses seems like a really nice lake. there is so much great lookin water to fish it is overwhelming. another thing about it that was hard for me to adjust to waast the the eges you wanted to fish were sometimes so far off shore it seemed ridiculous because in lake washington it would be 60 - 100 feet deep that far from shore. sometimes i felt like i was just casting into the middle of nowhere. it was also fun gettin to see some smallies on the underwater camera lookin at my jig and then suckin it in. one thing i forgot to mention in my report was that the first walleye i caught had a bent backbone or somethin like that. has anyone else ever seen this? it was kind of wierd lookin but it tasted great
Crappie Wall Hanger II
another cool thing about that lake is that it is stuffed with walleye. (good for anglers, bad for panfish). i am really glad they changed the regulations in moses and the potholes so you can keep smaller ones and more of them. i got quite a few small ones when i was perch fishing there in february that i could probably keep know
fishing isn't a sport, it's a way of life.
a motto i live by :D
go dawgs!!
Crappie Wall Hanger II
Jigs are the only way to go I think. Trolling is fun but you'll catch more and bigger fish by targeting structure and bouncing jigs off it. If the wind is blowing (like it does most of the time out there) I'll set up a slip float with a jig, cast it up wind of the structure, and let the wind push the jig over the structure while the waves do all the jigging. I've nail some big trout out there while using the float as well. The float setup is killer back in the dunes if you fish the areas that have current. Also, the humps outside the dunes are a good place to try it.
I hear you on people looking at you like you're nuts LOL!!! When I fish out there in the early spring during the spawn I fish some unusual spots. I'll motor back up Lind Coulee past the bridge and follow the channel with my depth finder. I'll find a bend in the channel with willows next to it. Then I'll pull right up to the willows and cast into the holes and pockets between them with a grub. Almost looks like I'm crappie fishing lol. I catch more than enough walleye that way....fish that would otherwise go untouched.
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