We are going in at Moose Lake the first week in September. Heading up towards Knife and probably over to Eddy Lake. I would really like to catch some Walleye on this trip. Any suggestions for lakes and strategy. Also should we spend most of our time with TGO, crank baits. slip bobber/leach, jigs or other presentation? Any help will be appreciated. Rick

I've had my best luck catching walleyes on Knife using bottom bouncers and lindy rigs. Night crawlers have worked the best but leeches have worked too. One consistent thing seemed to be that you need to go 5+ feet deeper than you usually would because of the clear water.

quote drrick: "We are going in at Moose Lake the first week in September. Heading up towards Knife and probably over to Eddy Lake. I would really like to catch some Walleye on this trip. Any suggestions for lakes and strategy. Also should we spend most of our time with TGO, crank baits. slip bobber/leach, jigs or other presentation? Any help will be appreciated. Rick"

Forget the crank baits!! :)

I catch Walleye every trip on Crankbaits. They make for great search baits while trolling and covering ground. My go to is the Cotton Cordell Wally Diver in Chartreuse. It has a rattle and floats. If you need to stop than no snag problems. There are all kinds of Crankbaits that will catch walleye but this one has always produced for me.

I would suggest going to several satellite sites and view your route. There are more than just Google Earth. Note any mid lake humps. Mark them on your maps. Walleye will often relate to these areas. Hang off in deeper water and move up on them in low light to feed. Try and be accurate in marking your maps so you can be more accurate triangulating while on the water to get close. Trolling a crankbait is often useful in locating these humps.

Once locating a midlake hump or a saddle between two basins my favorite techique is vertical jigging. Some like tossing a jig out and jigging back to the boat. This can be very effective however snagging can be an issue. I prefer to drop directly below the boat. I get better feel and less snags. You can slide the canoe around to check a few areas. I have the bail open and finger on the line. As soon as I feel a bite I release the line from finger. Watch your line. When it starts moving means fish has jig in mouth. Set the hook. If line ain't moving either he spit it and you resume jigging or he has it and didn't move. When you resume jigging you get em.

Another sure way to find walleyes is locating current areas. Look at your maps. You know which way the water flows. You can see the areas where neck down areas where the lake narrows and opens back up into another basin area. There will be current in these areas. There will be Walleye here. There are a number of techniques you can use to catch them. I personally troll or throw crankbaits to see where the walleye are relating to this current area. Once you find them you can switch techniques as you like.

IMO Walleye will relate to current areas in mid day sunny conditions more than they will mid lake humps without current.

I have also had success with a Lindy type rig while drifting. A lot of what presentation you choose will depend on wind. I use a three way rig with a rubber core weight on the tag line. When you snag just pull on line and you get your rig back minus the weight.

Good Luck to you. Make sure to share your success.

K

a jig and twister tail is always a good option , i'll add a jig spinner and cast to cover more area. yellow twister tail is my main go to color. green with sparkles is good too.

2 up ^^^ i've had very good success with diving suspending crankbaits , they stay in the strike zone during turns and the pause and go affect that it creates can really trigger a neutral fish into striking.