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Tips and Tricks for Catching Walleye
Would you like
to catch more fish when you come to visit us at Lodge of Whispering
Pines, then take your fishing expeditions to the next level by using some
tips and tricks from Big Lake’s best fishermen that stay with us at our Resort.
Big Lake has a ton of
structure and I think you can find a walleye just about anywhere if you give
it some thought, time, and read the conditions.
One of the most consistent places to fish is 30 seconds from the lodge, the
rock pile between the lodge and the big island.
I troll mostly, but if the wind is not too strong, I like to drift too. I
use a 3/8 ounce or 1/2 ounce Lindy type slip sinker with a 5 ft plus leader.
The line is 8lb test and the leader is 6lb test. I like the florocarbons.
The line is hard to see. I use a no.6 octupus type hook and bait it with a
leech or half a night crawler. I'm partial to the nightcrawlers. I
constantly raise and lower my rod tip 6 inches or so, bouncing the sinker
off the bottom. It gives the bait a jerk movement for a reaction bite and
the sinker bouncing off the bottom creates a slight disturbance on the
bottom that I thinks attracts fish.
The heavier sinker keeps the line more vertical. You don't get caught as
much.
I catch most of my fish from 8 to 14 feet. 9 to 12 seems to be the favorite
depth during the time of summer we are up there.
I troll backwards about as slow as I can go and much prefer an electric
trolling motor. It's quiet and less apt to spook the fish. A depth finder
will keep you where you need to be. Don't look for the fish so much as look
for the street corners, (structure), they'll be hanging around. When you
catch a fish or two trolling, throw a marker out and anchor to use slip
bobbers. This worked well when my two boys were small. Trolling gets a
little boring for a nine year old and I got less lines tangled up.
Evening, (an hour before sunset), is a good time to anchor near the shore,
(3 to 6 ft of water), and use slip bobbers for the fish coming in shallow to
feed. The main boat dock is as good a place as any to give this a shot.
By Mike Kellner
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