I'm heading to Basswood in early June. I'm mainly a smallie fisherman and catch walleye occasionally while throwing plastics. I used to go to BWCAW and slip bobber fish with leeches and have no problem catching them. Now we cannot take leeches into Quetico so I have not fished for them much other than trolling crankbaits going from point A to point B. Any suggestions on consistently catching eyes that time of the year in Quetico including places to key on and techniques. I'd like to become a better walleye fisherman and many of you key on eyes more than smallies.

thanks for the input.

Start fishing now...I mean, get a topi map and start looking for areas. Walleyes spawn in current, and then drift back to the main lake stopping in areas that might hold minnows on their way back to the lake. That's the theory. Look for current breaks while still in current...as you get out towards the lake look for high spots, Fast breaks...on the water look for chunk rock(because baitfish will hide there). Eliminate areas now. I look for mud bottom bays...troll across small coves with a deep crank, if it digs up mud, YAY!! That water will warm faster, invertebrates hatch, minnows eat them, wallies eat minnows. Black grubs, simulates bugs(I'm guessing), white grubs minnows. Interesting time of year...don't discount really shallow(2 feet!) water. They are going to 'da food, wherever it is. Frankly, I'd bring a flyrod and a handful of bead head Clouser minnow. Lots of actual GOOD walleye fisherman on this forum, I just do what works me...I'd just tie on a big floating Rapala, start paddling downstreamas far upstream as I could go, turn on the graph, and paddle slowly downstream...stopping at interesting structure and casting a grub. Remember, sharp, barbless(or bend them down) hooks... and remember that you are on one of the best walleye/SMB lakes in North America. Have fun!!

Find deep weed edges and fish soft plastic jerk baits on a jig.

As Quetico Mike stated in another post
"Always fish current when you see it, there will be fish there.
Find the reefs and humps and jig them.
Fish points.
Fish downed timber.
Fish slowly sloping shores.
Fish between islands ( saddles ) or water between mainland and islands.
Fish any unusual looking structures.
Fish pinch points.
Look for bait fish. Look for them skipping on the surface.
Look for birds on the lakes feeding on bait fish."

My son and I will be in North Bay June 6-14. We're excited to get our first lake trout and will be casting top waters for smallies. When we switch to walleyes no doubt will be hitting the spots AmarilloJim says, along with wind blown areas/points. This is my first time into Quetico since the bait ban, and we love to jig for walleyes, so I was planning twister tails and gulp leeches. Hopefully our search for lakers will give us some insight to the walleye bite too.....

Usually the hardest part of walleye fishing is finding them. It sounds like you are pretty good at that already.

Jigs with grubs, soft plastic minnows or artificial leeches pitched or fished vertically in the same types of places you bobber fish in the BWCA will work well for you.