supercat wrote:

That might not be a bad evening considering I know nothing about the walleye population of the lake. When you said you hole hopped I’m assuming you took your shack with you? If you did you are creating a lot of noise in that shallow of water which can spook the fish. If you want fish out of your shack set it up in the area that you have caught the fish before and don’t move. If you want to hole hop just take your bucket and sonar and move around every 5 mins or so. Also you can catch none one night and 15 the next. The later the winter gets the feeding patterns will get shorter and shorter until spring. Good luck

No I didn’t take the shack with me. All I walked around with is my sonar and a rod.

Thanks

Only caught 2 small ones this evening in 8ft of water on the tip of the point. I dud alot of hole hopping… before my sonar arm broke

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supercat wrote:

Ok I didn’t realize the water was that clear it will probably be a right before dark into dark and hour or so for the bite. Clear waters are little harder to fish but they should feed once the sun goes down. Keep your movements down especially in that shallow of water. I would of thought the weed line would be deeper in that clear of water.good luck

OK thank you. Going out again tomorrow to make swiss cheese… hopefully I can get on some.

supercat wrote:

I would not even worry about fishing the deeper water during the day I would focus on the last 1.5 hrs of the day next to the weeds but not in the weeds. I’m assuming this water clarity is on the darker side?

In 21ft of water I can see right to the bottom. Some days are better then others for clarity.

Jake D wrote:

get out there and fish. Its not going to help at all sitting and waiting for a response on the internet. There is only 1 way to find where the fish are, and sitting behind a computer asking isn’t one of them

Dude… I fish everyday. I’m just asking for advise on this piece of structure!

Was out yesterday evening till 6pm. I drilled lots of holes ranging from 6-21ft on the point. I set up my shack in the middle of the point as the home base but hole hopped around and targeted mostly the deeper water 17-21ft as you guys suggested. I didn’t mark anything other then schools of perch (which weren’t bitting) I set my tip-up out in the deep water too, like 17ft, but I didn’t get anything. So I decided to move it shallower to about the top of the point in about 6ft of water. Not to long after that I caught a walleye, he was about 14″. Should I move up shallower due to that catch? I should also say that this is a relatively shallow weed like lake. 21ft is as deep as this lake gets for the most part.

Thanks

Ok thanks guys! I’m only allowed 2 lines here so I use one tip up and then jig as well. So if I understand you correctly I’d be jigging in about 13-14 ft of water then have my tip up in 7 ft of water all on the tip of that point?

Here’s a screenshot of it. Disregard the pins and markers… I was just messing around with navionics.

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Hey folks! Thanks for all the awesome replys and help! It’s actually really helping! So I fished this evening where the fish icon is circled. I caught 4 Walleye and 2 perch, which is better then before! I caught my first eye at 2:30 pm and the bite was steady till 5:00 pm which is exactly when it got dark. The bite shut off completely at that time, i wasn’t even marking anything, I truly believe it’s because they simply weren’t passing through there anymore. I think they went shallower like you guys have said. So what I want to do tomorrow is set up in about 8 ft of water on the weed flat and see if I can catch any eyes after 5pm. I might not get my first fish as early as if I was set up in 12ft of water but I don’t care I’m curious if they are moving up into those weeds at that time. I want to figure out where they go late at night… I’m talking like 10pm- 3am. I will be fishing a small tournament on this lake for walleye in February and I plan to stay the night, if I can be on top of fish most of the night that would be ideal… any suggestions?

Thanks guys!

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SoDak Fisher Guy wrote:

I’d fish the weedline….run tip ups along it with 4-6″ sucker minnows about 2ft off the bottom while jigging near by

That’s what I have been doing, I’m only allowed 2 lines, I use one tip-up and jig in the shack. I feel like I’m only getting the walleye as they pass through. The bite seems to shut off shortly after dark, I think at that point they have passed me and are in the weeds, am I right to be thinking this?

Matt Moen wrote:

I don’t see a bay…looks like a long shoreline with a distinct break. The <em class=”ido-tag-em”>walleyes likely cruise that edge in the early and late day.

If they really are in deeper water during the day it’s likely close to where they are in the evening. Look for the easiest path to get to the weeds from deeper water. Think about how you would walk from a valley up a hill to higher ground. You’re not going straight up the steepest section. You likely find the easiest path and make your way. Fish are no different.

I’d draw a line from the “pickerel” spot on the south to the “sm bass” spot on the north and connect each to your marks up shallow. That gives you a big pie shape section to work.

Sorry, I should have made the original picture bigger. I drew a yellow circle that shows the bay I was talking about (but i mean maybe “bay” wasn’t the correct word for it) its probably better to call it a weed flat to be honest… but you get the point. I also drew a green line to roughly show where the weedline is from my experience out there.

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Yeah I know they come up to the weeds at dusk. Had other experienced people out there tell me that and it matches everything I’ve read and watched. Just trying to figure out where the majority of them are entering the bay so I can get on multiple fish back to back instead of just catching the odd one passing by. I’ll drill a series of holes along 12 ft of water and hole hop and see if I can learn anything.