Whitefish Chain

I’m heading up to the Whitefish Chain of Lakes this coming weekend with a buddy to his parent’s cabin. Does anybody know what the walleye action is doing on any of the lakes? I’ve never fished any of the lakes and would appreciate any info anybody would be willing to share.

I haven’t been up there yet this year, some reports I’ve seen have said minnows, ( which probably means redtails) and lindy rigging ( though I’d be inclined to use some black and white spinner rigs if you have them) around the 20 fow range, with the whitefish and rush lakes being mentioned as fair for walleye, that being said our cabin is on cross and I have not had much luck up there, ever.

Oh eat at Zorbaz, their food is great IMO and you can pull right up on the boat

Good Luck meat wagon. It is supposed to be a great weekend. Let me know how you guys do.

BG

I haven’t fished on Cross and Whitefish for over 10 years. But, we had a cabin on the south bay of Cross for many years, and being a walleye fan, I spent a lot of time on these lakes looking for walleye. Those were the days of Lindy rigs with crawlers or leeches and back trolling.
Good places to try then were, on Cross; try the break alongside the state campground by the dam entrance [east side], just out from the boat launch is some interesting structure; try the break to the east of the two small islands on the south end of the main lake; try the southeast corner of the main lake, it has a very fast drop. There are two sunken islands, the largest is to the northeast of the two small islands, and the smaller elongated sunken island, [called the rockpile] is further up the lake from the larger island. The breaks were at 18-20 feet.
On Whitefish; try out from the entrance into Trout Lake, again follow the breaks. There is a sunken channel here, it is the old river bed. Try both sides.
Try the west side of the long bar that divides upper and lower Whitefish. There are other places that produced fish, but I just can’t reference you to these spots. Ya gotta be there.
There is much structure on these lakes, and anytime you find something on your sonar while running the center of these lakes it would be worth a few minutes to give it a try.
Good luck, and let us know how you do. Rider and I are interested. [Nick, we never did get out together on pool 2. Should try to do that sometime when the levels drop. Where is your place on Cross?]
Swede

Our cabin is basically due east of the big island near the boat launch on the south bay, probably very close to where yours was. I want to say we’re on perkins road, I but not totally sure about that. I’ll certainlly look into the spots you mentioned too .

The fishing has been very good on pool 2, I really like fishing high water personally. I’ll pm you when I have a chance to get out, it’s very likely I’ll have an open seat