Walleyes are often concentrated in specific areas in the fall, like sharp-breaking drop-offs and along the edges of deep underwater humps and reefs waiting for a potential meal to swim by.
When you…
With the rapid approach of fall, water temperatures are dropping. And the walleyes will be biting. One of the best ways of contacting walleyes is by trolling, particularly when you use a versatile…
When in doubt about what bait to us in the fall for walleye, it's never a bad idea to imitate their main prey. In the fall, that's minnows. And one of the best minnow imitators around is the…
On a lot of walleye waters, particularly shield lakes (but some reservoirs as well), a good number of walleyes relate to deep rock structure from summer well into fall. We did a show on Lake of the…
Fall time signals a change in the attitude of walleye. With the onset of winter just around the corner, now is the time for walleye to begin gorging on baitfish and other food sources in order to…
A couple of years ago, I started using Fluorocarbon line to tie up my walleye spinner harnesses because Fluorocarbon has the same light index as water, meaning that is was virtually invisible under…
Did you ever have one of those walleye fishing trips where you just couldn't find the right pattern to put any fish in the boat? We all have! Well there's one presentation that doesn't get much…
A couple days ago, while fishing a couple backwoods creeks, I spied some color in a few red maple leaves — a sign that fall will be coming soon. And the arrival of fall means the river walleyes will…
Though the popularity of drop-shot rigging came about as a finesse tactic for pressured bass waters, the notion of suspending a bait above the sinker has found numerous applications when pursuing…
Weeds are often underutilized by walleye anglers, but make no mistake that catchable fish frequently lurk in the greenery. Fish may hunker down under the shade of the canopy or prowl along the…
Some great fishing for river walleyes can be had right from the bank by fishing eddies where you find holding spots where the current swirls back on itself behind an obstruction. Simply start on the…
During mid- and late-summer's typically low flow, river walleyes will be found in surprisingly shallow water, often in "flat riffles" that other angler bypass.
Flat riffles are river stretches that…
