my girlfreind's family is coming!

[Nick]

Well my girlfriend's family is coming up for a visit at the end of august and her father is a huge walleye fan, and I would like to take him fishing, to make a great first impression. The problem is I only fish for bass and pike, and I don't know of any good walleye lakes. Would anyone know of some good places to try within a 3 hour radius of North Bay? any help is greatly appreciated. thanks

 

[Bow Man]

Well my girlfriend's family is coming up for a visit at the end of august and her father is a huge walleye fan, and I would like to take him fishing, to make a great first impression. The problem is I only fish for bass and pike, and I don't know of any good walleye lakes. Would anyone know of some good places to try within a 3 hour radius of North Bay? any help is greatly appreciated. thanks

Sorry dont know around norht bay, but Lake Erie is great right now.

 

[AaronKrick]

Try jig heads with mr twisters or cut the head off a minnow and put it on the same way. As for spots, whereabout are you?

 

[BASSMASTER19]

try an eerie deerie those things are deadly for eyes

 

[ShouldaUsedaLiter]

Im not sure of any spots near you, but everytime I catch nice walleye its at a dam. They hang around the fast moving water of the dam and wait for all the weakened/stunned fish to come out of the fast moving current then Bang. Walleye have eyes that are on the top of their head and they hate light so I only fish at night for them. Shine a nice flashlight into the water at night and their eyes will glow, thats how I see if they are in the shallows of the dam, and if i see no eyes I will Throw out a Jig and jig the bottom of the dams current. If night fishing is not an option, and you have a boat, go out200-350 feet and jig the bottom. I never have gone in the day but a family friend has caught nice walleye in the day like this with a Neon yellow or bright green Jig

 

[BASSMASTER19]

Im not sure of any spots near you, but everytime I catch nice walleye its at a dam. They hang around the fast moving water of the dam and wait for all the weakened/stunned fish to come out of the fast moving current then Bang. Walleye have eyes that are on the top of their head and they hate light so I only fish at night for them. Shine a nice flashlight into the water at night and their eyes will glow, thats how I see if they are in the shallows of the dam, and if i see no eyes I will Throw out a Jig and jig the bottom of the dams current. If night fishing is not an option, and you have a boat, go out200-350 feet and jig the bottom. I never have gone in the day but a family friend has caught nice walleye in the day like this with a Neon yellow or bright green Jig

i dont know how but i once caught a walleye in mid day water temp was 77 fahrenheit and outside was 31 celsius on a bright day, throwing spinnerbaits for muskie, pike in 5-6ft water

 

[ShouldaUsedaLiter]

I also caught a walleye in the daytime before, but just one. It was just a small guy and I got him on a micro crankbait. Im sure its possible the catch them more often in the day somehow, I just have most success in the night for walleye.

 

[jmmartin]

google search a lake with walleye in it. i live in Guelph and with in a 15 min drive the is a lake with one on it. I've olny went twice but had sucsess with a spinner on a jig. hope i could help

 

[Nick]

Thanks guys, you all had great advice and I'm going to try your ideas. I'm heading out tonight to try a lake I heard about. what kind of bottom should I look for? do they like a weedy or rocky or sunken log kind of habitat?

 

[BASSMASTER19]

Thanks guys, you all had great advice and I'm going to try your ideas. I'm heading out tonight to try a lake I heard about. what kind of bottom should I look for? do they like a weedy or rocky or sunken log kind of habitat?

I'm no expert but look for rock points with dropoffs a point which directs water out to make a Cove are pretty good for walleye use jigs

 

[Nick]

Thanks I'm going to try the french river. and maybe saturday wasi lake.

 

[ShouldaUsedaLiter]

Like chasintails said, rocky points or drop offs. Also where fast moving water meets slow moving water.

 

[buck]

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[Nick]

I have actually never been on Lake Nipissing because I only have a 14 foot row boat and it wouldn't last to long in those big waves.

 

[Clab]

If you only have a row boat I'd advise you about the french river, currents there can get pretty swift. Watch out for those rapids they come up on you pretty quick.

 

[concant]

Talon lake. Fish the edge of weedbeds in 20 feet of water or so. Wasi is good too. Just troll all over it and your bound to pick up a few.

 

[Nick]

Talon lake. Fish the edge of weedbeds in 20 feet of water or so. Wasi is good too. Just troll all over it and your bound to pick up a few.

Thanks for the tip, I can't wait to try it. Does it have an dangerous spots I should stay away from?

 

[concant]

Hey sorry for late reply but, no, no dangerous spots I can think of to stay away from. Shoals are marked pretty well on both lakes.

 

[BaitCaster]

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