A couple weeks ago I was on a family trip to Detroit lake. I was fishing in 18 fow lindy rigging a leach & I caught 3 4+ lbs. bass plus a few small eyes. It just surprised me to bass holding on this sandy point in 18 fow. Is common of what you bass guy’s have seen before? It’s not something I’ve seen before. 
YEP! That’s my favorite pattern. Mid summer the schools of large fish move to deep water on alot of lakes. (Primarily holding on rocks.) I’ve caught fish in 25ft on tonka mid summer. Boy can it be fun!
Hi Mark,
I had the same experience in md-June near Aitkin. The Bass would filter up into the cabbage beds in 5-9 feet of water during low light periods but during the day they were out along the deep weedline. I tried slip bobbering in 20 feet of water for Walleyes using leeches and caught over 20 Bass for every Walleye I caught….
There are different populations of Bass in a lake. Some fish are going to spend most of their time shallow in the heavy slop, and others are going to stay out deep along the weedline. It can be easier (and it’s certainly more traditional) to fish for the shallow Bass. But there are a lot of nice fish out deep and it can be very rewarding to seek them out.
They might not have been the Walleyes you were looking for, but I’ll bet those Bass were fun to catch!
Rootski
I think that bass and walleye share more spots than people would think. They both have to eat and both need water that has ample oxygen. I have heard of many walleye guys catching bass and first hand caught some big walleyes on spinnerbaits and flipping a jig in less than a foot of water.
Mark, I often catch bass while jigging a leech off weed edges in 18-24 FOW. When targeting those deeper bass, I like to use a Carolina rig and a plastic worm. I’ll sometime catch walleye doing that. I can’t say that I have caught many large mouth on sandy points in the deeper water, but we do catch quite a few smallies on those sandy points. I guess the lesson is that the fish will be anywhere there’s food for them to eat.
Yes, those bass are an invasive species and should have their numbers thinned way down. Nothing is sacred any longer. I mean when those slimy bass start lurking in walleye haunts then there has to be a problem with too-many bass. We need to get the word out that bass aren’t all that bad to eat and maybe people will start keeping more of them. We certainly can’t have them invading any more walleye waters.
Eyehunter
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Yes, those bass are an invasive species and should have their numbers thinned way down. Nothing is sacred any longer. I mean when those slimy bass start lurking in walleye haunts then there has to be a problem with too-many bass. We need to get the word out that bass aren’t all that bad to eat and maybe people will start keeping more of them. We certainly can’t have them invading any more walleye waters.
Eyehunter
Thats strange…I just lookerd at a lake map and didn’t see anything labeled “walleye only”, “no bass allowed”, or “Segrigation in effect”.
Dileberately thinning out a gamefish is a prime example of good sportsmanship. 
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Thats strange…I just lookerd at a lake map and didn’t see anything labeled “walleye only”, “no bass allowed”, or “Segrigation in effect”.
Dileberately thinning out a gamefish is a prime example of good sportsmanship.
Wow you Bass guy’s are thin skinned, I could tell he was kidding. But that’s what I get for asking a question in this fourm.
It sure is hard to tell a person’s attitude and demeanor through a computer screen. Sometimes ya never can tell who’s joking and who’s not.
I was hoping he was joking. I still am……
I agree with Blue, I think, (hope) he was kidding!
Perhaps the thread should be named
Walleye in Bass spots! 
Lastly we bass guys should be thanking him for giving us a new place to catch our favorite fish. God knows us bass guys would be way to tight lipped to give any such info! 
Yes, I was kidding around. I enjoy catching bass just as much as the next guy especially those bronze colored ones that dance and fight twice as much as the slimy green ones. Still I don’t like seeing them mixing it up with the walleyes. I mean walleyes are real fish with sharp teeth and all. A real man’s fish to be certain.
Eyehunter
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Still I don’t like seeing them mixing it up with the walleyes. I mean walleyes are real fish with sharp teeth and all. A real man’s fish to be certain.
I love the smell of sarcasm in the afternoon. 
When I caught those fish I thought I had a real nice walleye each time. The reason I posted this is I, was very surprised that those fish where there. Because there were no weeds around just a sand bar surrounded by deep water. I’ve fished that lake may times before on that spot, but this was a first, that was quite nice since I was a 6’6″ ml rod with 6 lb test the fight they gave me in that deep water was a blast.
Welcome to the bass forum! Turn up da heat… 
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Still I don’t like seeing them mixing it up with the walleyes. I mean walleyes are real fish with sharp teeth and all. A real man’s fish to be certain.
I love the smell of sarcasm in the afternoon.
What is really hosed about all of this, is now the bass guys are going to be tight-lipped about lindy rigging bass in deep walleye waters!
That doesn’t surprise me at all. My biggest LM Bass ever came off a Firetiger Bomber fishing for Walleyes. It was 22″ long. I caught 5 LM Bass that day with the smallest being 17.5″ 
Here’s the real problem…
I was out the other night fishing a wing dam that I usually throw the C-rig on. For whatever reason I decided to try a DT-6 instead. Wacked a 17″ smallie, a 21″ walleye, lost one more that felt like a walleye…then caught a SHEEPHEAD…ON A DT-6…NOW THATS A PROBLEM!!! Fun times though!
Many of my largest bass have come while walleye fishing. My biggest smallie came when I was fishing a walleye tournament. I fished a tournament out of Lansing one year when my partner and I caught more SM than walleyes. This time of the year I find lots of LM on wingdams and some pretty nice ones at that.
Eyehunter
Gary. We call the lindy rig a Carolina rig!
Yep, next thing you know they’ll be Dubuque rigging swim jigs on the river, and they won’t tell anybody about that either!
What really gets me is, I am in 4 feet of water throwing a spinnerbait and catching walleyes.
They are invading bass territory now, not just bass areas but smallie areas 
Ron
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When I caught those fish I thought I had a real nice walleye each time.
Yeah, a 12″ bass beats the pants off a “wet sock” 22″ walleye any day
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Yeah, a 12″ bass beats the pants off a “wet sock” 22″ walleye any day
Agreed!
The texture/firmness/taste of the filet for the frypan is much better! 
I’ve been catching walleyes in my bass spots. Been catching them in the pads. Nice ones too.
I’ve been getting them in the slop. They are coming up smashing frogs. (Walleyes)
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Yeah, a 12″ bass beats the pants off a “wet sock” 22″ walleye any day
Agreed!
The texture/firmness/taste of the filet for the frypan is much better!
True that nothing better than a good smallie fillet 
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I think that bass and walleye share more spots than people would think. They both have to eat and both need water that has ample oxygen. I have heard of many walleye guys catching bass and first hand caught some big walleyes on spinnerbaits and flipping a jig in less than a foot of water.
I agree totally with that statement. I caught a sauger early this summer flipping rock that went over 20″ long! It was definitely my biggest saug ever. This was shortly after catching several 2-3 lb smallmouth and largemouth.
I witnessed a friend catching a nice eater eye one time on a swim jig over coontail in 2 ft of water. Bass use the stuff that walleyes use, and vise versa. However I think it’s a lot more common to catch bass on a sand point in 18 fow than it is to catch eyes in 2 feet of water in grass at mid day. my personal best eye was 7lbs9oz and came out of 2 feet of water in coontail on a tip up with a crappie minnow
I consider the eyes a nice bonus at times when I am bass fishing. The fight is different, but the taste is great
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I’ve been getting them in the slop. They are coming up smashing frogs. (Walleyes)
that was a joke, right? 
I was in early on this thread and when it came to Walleyes smashing frogs I laughed just like the rest,
BUT THEN I went out fishing frogs in slop last 7/9 night and guess what? On a Hard nose frog in 4 fow (very sloppy) and pulling across the top, I pull out a 20″ eye! NO JOKE.
I knew it could not be a bass cuz the fight sucked!
My daughter had a quick answer for me though, “I bet Mr. Walleye was there visiting his friends Mr. Snake (aka Pike)”
It made sense to me!
I wasn’t kidding either. One of biggest walleyes
came out of pads on a senko. 29″.
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