reservoir channel fishing walleye

No Walters in reservoirs I guess.
Kidding aside, wish i could help, have always thought some looked promising.

What reservoirs are you fishing? Might help to get some more details. I don’t think there are a bunch of guys on this site fishing reservoirs.

The reservoirs I fish are Lake Eau Claire Lake Holcombe Chippewa flowage and the dreaded Lake Wissota. All are located in Wisconsin. I am looking for some patterns that can transfer from flowage to flowage. We have a lot of flowages in this part of the state.

Mike

Is a Flowage similar to a Reservoir? I Fish a few flowages winter and summer and having good mapping is key. I look for sharp breaks or turns in the main river channel and fish the edges. When I work areas and find trees or brush piles, I certainly mark them and work that area too, jigging and with tipups

Catfishing is one I haven’t done but man is it interesting to me. Those suckers can be so aggressive. Caught a 3-4 lb channel on a popper in one of my favorite walleye/smallie spots over 6-7fow one time. I’ve heard flatheads will nail a big artificial. I’d like to think rolling a bulldawg or big Jake/grandma past their nose would get a big one to eat. Hmm

bigstorm wrote:

Is a Flowage similar to a Reservoir? I Fish a few flowages winter and summer and having good mapping is key. I look for sharp breaks or turns in the main river channel and fish the edges. When I work areas and find trees or brush piles, I certainly mark them and work that area too, jigging and with tipups

Yep I’m pretty sure flowage/reservoir are interchangeable terms. But maybe I’m wrong.

Once as a kid I got the chance to bring some ice gear to a relatives house on part of the castle rock/petenwell flowage and I caught a big crappie and multiple eater size walleyes in a short period of time. Was like fishing Mille lacs or red except it was a little backwater type area in Sconnie. Will never forget it.

mike mulhern wrote:

What do you look for when fishing reservoir channels. brush,logs, depth change sharpness, bottom content,weed edge, curve in the main channel. How would you rank them for fishing threw the ice. If you have something else to be added. Please feel free. On another note what shortcuts do you use to discover them.

Mike

Yes to all of the above in a general sense. I would start at bends in the river and then work the structure from there. Transitions will then hold more fishin general. Weed rock weed sand rock sand sand mud etc.

I target cats with bass gear a few times a year, It’s a blast, do more next year Lab.

One of the largest cats I’ve ever caught was on a crawdad crankbait.