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Jeff Knotts Owner of JB's Guide Service fishes
for Walleye from Boardman to the Tri-Cities from
March through early September. Jeff's 30+ years
of experience fishing the Columbia Basin and
surrounding fisheries gives you a great chance
for the best possible fishing trip. In addition
to targeting on Walleye, Jeff fishes Spring
Salmon and Hanford Reach Fall Chinook,
Steelhead, Sturgeon, Spring Smallmouth Bass and
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Some tips to help
you catch Walleye and to help you learn Popular Walleye
fishing tips and Walleye techniques so you know HOW TO
CATCH WALLEYE.
Most walleye anglers overlook big rocks and boulders,
but under the right conditions, they can be the key to
filling your live well.
During postspawn in many shad based western reservoirs,
walleye must find alternative food sources until the
shad population blossoms in the summer. This is
especially true on lakes that have a large shad winter
kill. The lack of large numbers of shad will force the
walleyes to hunt for spawning perch in the weeds, other
spawning baitfish, insect larva or small invertebrates.
Under these conditions, I sometimes look for
rock/boulder areas directly adjacent to deep water and
in close proximity to a spawning area.
The proximity to a spawning area is the key to finding
the walleyes. If they can find food close to their
spawning areas, they are likely to stay until the food
leaves, or better food is available somewhere else.
These areas are largely overlooked, because the walleyes
hide between rocks and under boulders, and are difficult
to see with your electronics. Look for rocks basketball
size and larger with large boulders. Find drop-offs into
deep water close to the rocks. It's not uncommon to be
20 feet from shore in 30 feet of water. On bright sunny
days in clear water, look for shadows cast by trees.
Areas with these types of features can hold walleyes
feeding on insect larva and invertebrates until mid
summer.
Many Walleye fishermen want a magic fix to catch
fish. They hear of a new crank bait color, a new
rattling jig, a new rigging technique, and they run
right out and start trying it. These "magic" lures and
techniques have their place when experimenting with
subtle presentation patterns, but you can't refine a
pattern until you find fish and determine their
attitude.
There are enough variables in fishing, don't complicate
things by blindly adding new colors and new lures too
early. Keep it simple:
Get free information. Talk to folks in bait shops and at
the boat ramp that are done fishing and going home. Ask,
"where were you catching fish, what depth, what
structure, water temperature, what did you see on your
electronics when you caught fish, what is your theory on
why you caught fish, were you using fast or slow
presentations, were the fish hitting hard or subtle,
where didn't you catch fish?" Get on the lake and look
for areas that you have been told about. Are there other
boats there? What are they doing? What's their depth?
Are some boats catching more fish than others? Try to
figure out what's working, and use that as a starting
point. Determine a productive depth and structure type.
Try several techniques at that depth until you find one
that's better than another. Keep this early
experimentation simple. For example, don't try 30
different crankbait colors until you know that they are
hitting crankbaits, and the depth they are hitting them.
Rather than experimenting with subtle things, try wide
ranging techniques such as: slow bait rigs, fast
spinners, crankbaits and jigging. Once you find a depth
and a presentation that seems to work, you are starting
to establish a pattern. Try to find other areas of the
lake that have similar features. As you go to different
areas and try different things, you are starting to
define your pattern with greater detail. When a clear
pattern emerges, then start trying some of the subtle
variations on that pattern. For example, if they are
biting on slow bait rigs, try different leader lengths,
baits, colors, etc.
Thanks to Larry Hyatt for sending us these great Walleye
catching techniques.
