Hey Sean….?!

Hey Sean i’ll be coming up saturday and staying for a week. Just wondering what the best plan of attack may be for getting some walleyes. We’ll be staying at 4 Seasons. I was thinking of trying a few new things up there i’ve never tried before. Tell me if you’ve ever had any luck doing any of these. Pulling bottom bouncers and spinners on the edge of the midlake structure or even say on the edge of Ravens point at first light. I figure if im out there at first light there might be some eyes prowling some of the shallow points. How hout pulling 3-ways and cranks on the same structure. Been doing pretty good on Lake Pepin doing this. Or how about slip corking some pinpoint areas such as weedlines or the top edges of midlake structure. These are all things i’ve had great luck with this year on different bodies of water and i never hear of anyone doing these kinds of things on Winnie. Im also wondering why Winnie doesnt seem to have a nightbite? Is it a water clarity issue? Maybe there is a limited night bite if a guy can get the right spot? Hopefully a week from right now i’ll be the eyes somewhere somehow on the lake!

All great ideas to try. The weed fish have come alive here the last week or so, yet the midlake fish are still there. It seems that there is a more consistent weedline bite for those better fish. A slip bobber set up wight work great if the fishseem a bit sluggish, but when they are active its tough to argue with the ol jig and minnow or spinner/crawler combination. As for the nightbite, it is non exsistent, it seems that when that sunsets over the tree line the fish completely shutdown. NUmbers of people have tried it including myself with minimal to no success.
Cranks along the shoreline break in 17-21 feet has been producing some numbers of pike and eyes as of late. Musky BAy along with the ravens point and pigoen river weedlines have been the best here lately….good luck

On Sunday we had great action on the north shore – not real big but plenty of action. Walleye seemed to be sitting on top of the vegetation in 7-9 feet of water. Perch were everwhere in the shallows. The bite was agressive – no need for long counts on the rigs with crawlers We ran out of crawlers, switch to leeches, ran out of leeches and switched to minows all with the same result.

Sean – Jason and I are probably going to back up on Friday – long story on how that has come about.

Is there a certain time of day that seems to be better for these shallow fish or are they there all day long?

Normally the weed fish go most of the day, but one might hit a patch or two that is slow at times during any part of the day. Keep moving if your not finding the action that your looking for, if you do find a productive area stick with it until they slow down…good luck

The only thing I would add to Sean’s advice is not to be afraid to go shallow and when Sean says shallow he can be talking about as little as 4 feet of water. Most of us amatures are hesitant to fish that shallow but during the past two weeks the 7-4 foot range has been very active for me. So tilt the motor up and go in get them

Tim your absolutely right on that one, I tend to overlook the how shallow is shallow. The baitfish that these fish are eating are mainly the perch hatch and they are holding in that 4-7 foot range, making for a pretty easy prey when up that shallow for all the species interested.