Muskie Matt
02-02-2010, 09:45 AM
Sub-zero weather slowed down the walleye bite. In situations like this I go to fishing different areas looking for these more inactive walleye. Was out Saturday and found 12-15 inches of ice. Travel was easy due to recent warm weather which melted snow cover then we got -15 temps at night which re-froze everything and made a great surface for icefishermen.
Locations for severe cold front walleyes... I'm famous for backing way off my usual structures I fish. How far? Sometimes a couple hundred yards. I basically fish suspended walleye during these times. Smaller fish will group together out deeper and hold in 35-45 feet of water. These fish can be good action for very short periods, what I'm after takes a slightly different approach. I'd like to catch those 26-30in walleye and those fish will go deep also but have more of a tendency to suspend and roam at the depths they suspend at over the deeper water.
I'm fishing over deep water, 30-60ft, but the key is to hang the bait down at 25, 30, or 35 feet over the deeper water. An example is, I set a tip-up in 40ft of water but pull the bait 8-10 feet up off bottom. I will begin setting in shallower water as our weather warms this week but something to keep in mind is I will set deep as mentioned above during the daylight hours, I've taken some very big walleyes on bluebird days at 1 in the afternoon fishing in this manner. Small shiners are still producing well for me at this time.
Dennis P: That is a very good question and I hate math too, to the right of the post title is the time posted, it seems to be showing correct CST for me.
Good fishing to everybody...
Locations for severe cold front walleyes... I'm famous for backing way off my usual structures I fish. How far? Sometimes a couple hundred yards. I basically fish suspended walleye during these times. Smaller fish will group together out deeper and hold in 35-45 feet of water. These fish can be good action for very short periods, what I'm after takes a slightly different approach. I'd like to catch those 26-30in walleye and those fish will go deep also but have more of a tendency to suspend and roam at the depths they suspend at over the deeper water.
I'm fishing over deep water, 30-60ft, but the key is to hang the bait down at 25, 30, or 35 feet over the deeper water. An example is, I set a tip-up in 40ft of water but pull the bait 8-10 feet up off bottom. I will begin setting in shallower water as our weather warms this week but something to keep in mind is I will set deep as mentioned above during the daylight hours, I've taken some very big walleyes on bluebird days at 1 in the afternoon fishing in this manner. Small shiners are still producing well for me at this time.
Dennis P: That is a very good question and I hate math too, to the right of the post title is the time posted, it seems to be showing correct CST for me.
Good fishing to everybody...