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mocha |
felt like i was right with you landing those fish and watching some get away. looking forward to hearing about winter trout fishing 2012. |
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mocha |
quote walleye_hunter: "quote TomT: "You are living the dream." congratulations on the baby news, Kevin! very exciting, indeed! |
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SunCatcher |
Also, enjoyed the photo's and especially that you took your MOM, that was really nice! Happy New Year, and thanks for the Psalm. SunCatcher |
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bruceye |
Hope to see you at Duluth/Cloquet wingnight! |
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walleye_hunter |
quote TomT: "You are living the dream." I have had a lot of time to fish in recent years but that will change this summer with a baby on the way. I am excited about this next chapter in life though. |
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walleye_hunter |
I probably have more stories than answers. I fish actively with my bobbers trying to find that ‘spot on a spot’. A decent sized walleye is an awesome predator that can get a meal when it pleases, and really doesn’t have a reason to swim too far from its nice shaded rock just to grab a leech or night crawler. I try to focus on fishing specific rocks, not just a reef. If I have a lot of confidence in a particular area I will fish my bobbers at a lot of different depths. For instance; if I were anchored off the side of a rock pile where a little 18’ flat butts against a rise I will try a few depths on that little flat. The fish might be belly to the bottom or they might prefer if the bait is a few feet off the bottom. Let the fish tell you what they want. I won’t let my bobber sit and drift until it gets snagged in 10’ of water. If I want to fish the top off a rock pile for a minute I will set my bobber shallow and cast it up there. This summer I was fishing a nice finger with a friend one evening and decided to set my bobber stop so it was a few feet off the bottom while my friend was only about 6” off the bottom. After I caught 3 quick fish I told him what I had done. Two years ago while I was fishing a 14’ rock pile I started catching fish like crazy when I cast way out to the shaded side. My bobber was set at 14’ but I was over 30-40’ of water. A big walleye that is actively feeding on a rock pile will probably willingly take a jumbo leech whether it is presented with a bobber, jig, or rig. I like bobbers, small hooks, and light line in a lot of clear water situations during the day cause it often gives me the best chance of catching a big walleye without spooking it. I think there are better methods at night though and if I want to become the real deal when it comes to big walleyes I need to spend more nights on the water. I have heard of big walleyes exploding at spinner baits that were heaved up on rock piles by guys casting for pike which makes me wonder why I am not out casting big crank baits at night. |
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