Pool 16/17 Summer Walleye?

Hey VikeFan,

You say that you’ve been working the wingdams, but what about the clam beds and channel edges? The last time I was out on 17 I was pulling stick baits on a three-way along the channel edge and managed to get a limit in 2 hours.

I was out Saturday on 16 with my better half and we did well trolling cranks on the flats. Next time you get out this way give me a ring and I’ll try to help you out. Hope to hear from you soon.

Tony is a great guy to talk to for advice for fishing this area.
He has helped me out alot!

Thanks for the tips. I am heading to Muscatine this afternoon, and will try some different things out. I do know of one clam bed in the area that holds fish during the spring and fall.

Have fun out there and let us know how you did.

So how do you find a clam bed?

John, I have my boat down here now, we might have to split a trip some day. Let me know what your schedule looks like.

If you like sheepshead, go fish crawlers or crankbaits on Pool 17 right now. I must have caught twenty-five of them today. No walleye, but I did pick up a sauger off a clam bed. A couple of eater channel cats showed up on my rigs, too. Channel edges produced sheepshead, as did the front of the wing dams and the clam bed. I was fishing the upper end of the pool, but with fairly low and falling water levels I might have been better off on the lower end of a pool–that is the rule of thumb I have found.

I saw a few fishfly/lakefly/Mayfly-type bugs floating around–was there a hatch of them, or maybe one just starting? I got into a HUGE lakefly hatch up on Pepin this time last year.

Dave,
I have to work the rest of this week–I am supposed to be going to three-day weeks after Sunday, but I don’t know the details.