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Walleyes and Weeds???

DateTuesday, June 17, 2008 at 05:14PM

wallwac.jpgIt's pretty obvious to say that our weather has really had an impact on the fishing conditions this season.  While all fish species are about 2 to 3 weeks behind schedule, the success has been rather high yet again.  Reasons for this...adapting to the conditions.  And, in all honesty, the fish, specifically the walleyes, are far more active at this time of the year than on many years with warmer springs.  While certain parts of the state started slowly, it sounds as if everybody is caught up, and the typically early spring walleye bite is hot and heavy.

The metro waters near my hometown have been producing very well for me yet again.  And how am I catching them you ask???  Well, the simplest method to ever exist.  The jig and minnow combination.  The key to my madness is where and when I am catching them.  I have been finding my walleyes in shallow water during daylight hours.  I am finding the thickest milfoil / weedgrowth in my lake and fishing right in the stuff.  I fish during high sun and there are fish stacked in these spots.

The reasons for this???  Well, I am fishing a couple of lakes that have stocked walleyes in them.  What does that mean?  Ron and I discussed this a few times, so here are our thoughts.  Stocked walleyes tend to act differently than natural walleyes.  A stocked walleye spends its first year of life in a shallow stock pond that is full of weeds.  As this fish grows, it knows only one thing...Weeds!  When it is transplanted, to a new lake, it goes to what it knows, and that is weeds.  Therefore, many of the traditional deep walleye haunts such as midlake reefs and rockpiles become less effective as the thick weeds.  Not only that, but all the baitfish that a walleye needs for survival is stuck in the same areas of thick weed growth. 

I spend about 100% of my time fishing the weeds on metro waters.  This is from spring to fall, and the fish seem to always be in their homebase and cover.  My advice, is fish the walleyes like they are bass, you just might be surprised what comes out of the weeds.

Good luck!

Travis Frank ~ Livin The Dream!

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    Response: www.torreabbondanza.com
    at www.torreabbondanza.com on June 11, 2013
    cool posting
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    at gFTeBnwk on June 11, 2013
    Walleyes and Weeds??? - Travis Frank's Blog - Due North Outdoors
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    Walleyes and Weeds??? - Travis Frank's Blog - Due North Outdoors Way too Chaotic To Deal With Fitness Anywhere ?

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