West Rush Walleye

What types of structure and depth are people catching walleye on at West Rush right now?

Going up there this weekend and looking for a starting point.

Thanks,

Gavin

There is no walleyes in that lake.

What West Rush lake are you talking about. I know of several Rush lakes here in Minnesota

Go to where ever you see the most flag poles. And start right there.
If your lucky the flag poles will turn to strobes and extreme led light shows

Bearcat89 wrote:

Go to where ever you see the most flag poles. And start right there.
If your lucky the flag poles will turn to strobes and extreme led light shows

YES!!!

the Chisago County, West Rush.

Bearcat89 wrote:

Go to where ever you see the most flag poles. And start right there.
If your lucky the flag poles will turn to strobes and extreme led light shows

Just a heads up heard they are having trouble with break-ins on West Rush.

To at least attempt to answer the op’s question, I’d highly recommend fishing the classic walleye structures. Steep breaks, inside turns, weed edges, points etc. No one here is going to give up their spot, but if you do your homework, you’ll find fish. I know the lake fairly well in open water but I find myself looking for new and underutilized spots every time I go because the public holes get a lot of pressure.

Unfortunately I can’t even really point out any areas for you as I rarely fish it myself in the winter. I do know though that this lake has an uncanny ability to put out decent crappies in spite of the enormous amount of pressure it gets.

Now that people feel comfortable driving its getting a bit zooish.

tim hurley wrote:

Now that people feel comfortable driving its getting a bit zooish.

Yes this is quite true. It has been pretty extreme this last week

Get your azz out there and start drilling holes and figure it out like most of us do.

Sorry, couldn’t resist.

Good luck. May your bobber go under often

Bearcat89 wrote:

Go to where ever you see the most flag poles. And start right there.
If your lucky the flag poles will turn to strobes and extreme led light shows

you really hate flag poles dont ya. LOL

You would be wise to go where the ice has no holes. West is a zoo this time of year. Fyi, there is open water near a couple islands to the left of the access. Don’t go there.

Thanks for actually helping, Gill, and not just patronizing me like the rest of you guys…

I realize no one is going to give up their spots, i wasn’t looking for that. I was just looking for types of structure people may have been catching eyes on as of late, to let me bypass certain structures and find structure that has been working lately. Thanks for the reply

Anyone else who ACTUALLY wants to help me out id appreciate any input

Don’t fish walleyes on West Rush very often but on East Rush we find them on hard bottom flats off of drop-offs and on the rock piles. The problem becomes finding one of those spots that is not loaded with shacks.

muskie-tim wrote:

Don’t fish <strong class=”ido-tag-strong”>walleyes on West Rush very often but on East Rush we find them on hard bottom flats off of drop-offs and on the rock piles. The problem becomes finding one of those spots that is not loaded with shacks.

That’s a great point. For me, these lakes have a lot of unfished water I think mainly because people gravitate toward the same hot spots from the past 50+ years. Especially for east rush, it would be worth scanning the entire lake with side imaging to find undiscovered hard bottoms or transitions.

Biggill I posted about scouting lakes in the fall for ice fishing-wow ‘que the crickets” very little response, I think people do not do it-(James H. did BTW)
5 minutes with SI could cover what hundreds of holes would cover.

tim hurley wrote:

Biggill I posted about scouting lakes in the fall for ice fishing-wow ‘que the crickets” very little response, I think people do not do it-(James H. did BTW)
5 minutes with SI could cover what hundreds of holes would cover.

We do it really late fall on east and west.

And to the OP if you PM me I can help you out a bit. It’s a lake I fish daily. But spots with out any pressure

biggill wrote:

To at least attempt to answer the op’s question, I’d highly recommend fishing the classic <strong class=”ido-tag-strong”>walleye structures. Steep breaks, inside turns, weed edges, points etc. No one here is going to give up their spot, but if you do your homework, you’ll find fish. I know the lake fairly well in open water but I find myself looking for new and underutilized spots every time I go because the public holes get a lot of pressure.

Unfortunately I can’t even really point out any areas for you as I rarely fish it myself in the winter. I do know though that this lake has an uncanny ability to put out decent crappies in spite of the enormous amount of pressure it gets.

Thanks for actually helping, Gill, and not just patronizing me like the rest of you guys…

I realize no one is going to give up their spots, i wasn’t looking for that. I was just looking for types of structure people may have been catching eyes on as of late, to let me bypass certain structures and find structure that has been working lately. Thanks for the reply

Most of the walleyes I caught on W. Rush were over by Cigar Island. Fishing the backside has a deeper hole and a rock pile nearby. Fishing all around that area has produced some good sized eyes for me in the past. Haven’t made it out there yet this year. Generally the rock piles and other structure points are where most people start.