Perch / Walleyes LBDN

[raywriter]

We have been catching some keeper sized walleyes and decent perch in 20 to 30 feet along the west shore breaklines by fishing mornings between 7 to 10 am. We are still marking lots of fish that do not bite, but when larger fish show up one or two feet off bottom, we sometimes find walleyes. The biggest was 20 inches on Friday 7-19. Half-ounce Rock Runner bottom bouncers with Rainbow Spinner rigs or Baitfish Spinner rigs (Northland Tackle)and pieces of crawler or two inch minnows have been good. Also using #3 Swedish Pimples with a two inch leader and a single hook with a piece of crawler. The Pimples are fished straight over the side while anchored. The spinner rigs are drifted or backtrolled with an electric trolling motor.

[FishEater]

We have been catching some keeper sized walleyes and decent perch in 20 to 30 feet along the west shore breaklines by fishing mornings between 7 to 10 am. We are still marking lots of fish that do not bite, but when larger fish show up one or two feet off bottom, we sometimes find walleyes. The biggest was 20 inches on Friday 7-19. Half-ounce Rock Runner bottom bouncers with Rainbow Spinner rigs or Baitfish Spinner rigs (Northland Tackle)and pieces of crawler or two inch minnows have been good. Also using #3 Swedish Pimples with a two inch leader and a single hook with a piece of crawler. The Pimples are fished straight over the side while anchored. The spinner rigs are drifted or backtrolled with an electric trolling motor.

Raywriter,
For an informative Post and a technique for "Neutral to Negative fish" I tend to "Backtroll" look for the marks and pound them with a jig{when I can control the Boat}

[raywriter]

Thanks for the tip. When we fish the Swedish Pimple rigs, we often anchor upwind of the spot on a one-hundred foot rope. At first we use just 40 feet or so, but release more rope as time goes on to drift back farther over new water. Also, the swing of the boat increases as we let out more rope. That also helps covers more water.