Headed to Thomas, ima, Fraser in June.

Any advice on getting on some walleyes in these lakes? Never had much luck finding ding walleyes on lakes with lake trout, especially in early to mid june.

We've done a lot better for walleyes on Knife the last couple years than we did the first couple trips there. The one pattern that proved to work more often than we ever would have thought was just to move deeper. We had pretty good success even on sunny days but had to slide out to 18'-20' to do it. A few different presentations worked but it seems I always seemed to fall back on trolling a night crawler on a live bait rig around.

plittle- I can only speak in general terms as different fish will be doing different things. Walleyes on those deep clear lakes tend to be migratory and will concentrate in predictable spots throughout the year. Most of June, until the last week or so, bays are the spots you want to key in on. Not all bays are created equal and the lakes you mentioned have several different spots to check out. Look for bays with a nice gradual drop that have the wind blowing into them. This could be a little pocket along a shoreline or deep in a back bay. Look for fish, you can see them sometimes. Although once you make eye contact with walleyes they usually don't bite. The best technique during daylight hours is to let a bobber drift to them. Don't get too close or you will only catch a couple of fish. If you can set up a long ways away from the fish you can catch several more per spot. Walleyes in clear shallow water are almost as spooky as stealhead. If you like mosquitoes you can troll these same spots after dark with a floating rapala. Make sure you have at least 150 ft of line out.

I have a lake I would like to pick your brain about that has everything it needs to produce big trout; clear water, good oxygen levels, good deep water forage, rumors of big fish, etc. I just want to see if you'd troll the same spots that I plan on trolling.

quote plittle: "Headed to Thomas, ima, Fraser in June.

Any advice on getting on some walleyes in these lakes? Never had much luck finding ding walleyes on lakes with lake trout, especially in early to mid june.

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During the day I fish either emergent weedbeds or I fish deep when its sunny either in the bays or on structure just outside of the bay. if its raining trolling or casting with rapalas or swim baits really works well. The best pattern for Clearwater lakes is to fish at night, in shallow areas.

Thanks guys.

Basspro- are you talking after dark fishing? How shallow?

DeanL- you think leeches will work as good as crawlers?

WH - I'll PM ya

If theres a reef that comes up to even a foot or 2 deep I will fish it at night, my favorite depth at night is 4 to 8 feet.

Leeches have worked fine, we've always done just a little better with crawlers. The downside is they're a little more work than leeches, the biggest issues being space and heat. I like using a bottom bouncer so you can stay close to the bottom without snagging. You may need to go to a longer smell in the clear water.