Well summer is fast approaching with the children almost done school and the walleye fishing is starting to heat up. I have been out on the water working all the kinks out of the new boat and spending quality time with my six year old son. The image you can see is a nice walleye he caught while bottom bouncing with a slow death hook and chunk of crawler. He was very excited to get his photo taken and it was quite the treat to watch him try to catch it out of the large 63″ live-well in the Tundra.
While out on a couple of lakes in the past few days I have noticed walleye are starting to spread out and suspended out to the side of structure. Soon the spoons, cranks and open water spinners will start to work as these fish continue to feed during the warm summer months.
Just remember, contrary to popular belief walleye do feed during the summer in bright sunlight and they may only be a few inches below the surface when suspended out over deep water.
June 22nd, 2008 by sheldon
The fishing has been very good on Mississippi Lake with the walleye taking crawlers on spinners behind bottom bouncers. The water temp this week has jumped into the 70+ degree F so the fish are moving into summer locations and the weeds are starting to grow quickly. Some heavy winds in the pat few days have really stirred up the shallows and mud lines have been a very good location to find some active fish.
Boat Update: The new boat is on the water and running great, the engine(s) break-in went great with the 250 XS really hauling the Tundra along quickly. With a full load and live-well the boat will run at 61.6 mph, which is just fine for a 21 foot walleye boat. Still need to complete some of the final touches on the rigging by adding the rod holders up front for dead-sticking. The storage is crazy in this boat as the hole front deck is a rod locker and storage area. I have most everything in the boat and still have 2 completely empty storage compartments.
I hope to get out some more this week and will report back on the fishing in the area as the walleye bite should really start to heat up as the water temps rise into the summer range. Also it is a good time to try the slow death hook as the fish are feeding on May Flys.
June 12th, 2008 by sheldon
Well summer is fast approaching with the children almost done school and the walleye fishing is starting to heat up. I have been out on the water working all the kinks out of the new boat and spending quality time with my six year old son. The image you can see is a nice walleye he caught while bottom bouncing with a slow death hook and chunk of crawler. He was very excited to get his photo taken and it was quite the treat to watch him try to catch it out of the large 63″ live-well in the Tundra.
