Hey all,
Where’s everybody been?! I’m seeing very few, if any, boats on the water lately. Yeah, its hot, but the fishing’s been GREAT!
Ok, so granted, the heat this past week nearly did me in on several occassions but the walleye just kept on biting! We’re still seeing numbers of nice 18″ – 21″ fish plus a handful of 25″ – 27″ fish coming to net as well. We’ve defintiely been blessed lately with the opportunity to CPR some real dandies when the general consencus has been that the fish just shouldn’t be biting during such an intense heat wave!
Little has changed in regards to location and technique. Rigging bait in 9′-12′ of water, slightly deeper than past reports, has been the top producing method. Leeches have been putting almost all the bigger fish in the boat while crawlers have been responsible for the pure numbers of fish boated. Rigging a plain hook and bait or floating jighead will produce fish. Color hasn’t been too terribly important. Oddly enough, early mornings were responsible this week for the majority of the “eaters” while the intense mid-day heat seemed to kick the big fish into feeding mode as we typically saw our best fish come to net from 11 AM -1 PM. I have not been on the water fishing walleye since the weather cooled markedly, I had a couple bass trips late this week, so I can’t comment (YET… but soon) on the effects the cooler weather has had on the walleye action. Look for an update from both Dustin and I after the weekend.
Good fishin’,
James Holst
Moving Waters Guide Service
http://www.movingwaters.net
