Late Fall Walleyes and Creeks Question?

Just curious if during late fall do river walleyes sometimes move into creeks chasing river shinners? If they do, wouldn’t they do this under the cover of darkness?

I read thats why mouths and inlets are hot spots in fall BC the baitfish will exit those creeks, streams, backwater areas come freeze time and low water levels which wouldn’t sustain them through winter. No personal experience and interested in responses, but went and checked all the creeks in my areas to check out structure for the spring sucker run and couldn’t see any gamefish present in the area even in dark BC water levels are about 6-12″

Riverbottoms,

I would say you are onto something there! Experiment with time and tactics and it will likely produce results. You may find yourself on a pattern worthy of keeping to yourself!! I would not say I am an expert, but I do fish in creeks and shallow smallish rivers in the fall. Up here in my neck of the woods it seems to be more of an “early” fall type deal. I would say from mid September to mid October. As November rolls around the fish seem to get a little tougher to locate until they end up in their wintering locations. I am not sure if that is related to the shiner migrations or not, but the numbers of fish I get during an outing declines as fall wears on. Size may not decline however…

Go get ’em and good thinking.

Deron DoRight
Rainy Lake, MN