fishing balsam lake

[John T]

I am going to balsam lake on friday august 1 for the week and i would love some bait tips if anyone can give them. I also would like to know if it is worth my while trying to fish for walleye and if so where and what to use. thanks

John T

[rskie]

where are you staying at the provincial park ???
there is awesome fishing right out from the provincial park
good bass and walleye and even the odd Musky
fish the edge of the weed line

[lnguyen0929]

Hi there,
There are basses in the lake,use live leeches ....I fish in that lake almost every weekend in summer...I never try to catch walleye...but bass...no problem...

[gordy28]

Balsam is a great multi lake fishery
Best baits for me have always been:
Musky - bucktails cast ito and around weedbeds, trolling weedlines with large cranks - believers, jakes, and rapala super shad raps
LM Bass - wacky rigged yum dingers, plastic frogs, spinnerbaits, and smaller, fat cranks - like the rapala fat rap, coredell big o - crayfish or perch colour
SM bass - wacky rigged yum dingers, spinner baits, topwater (jitterbugs, poppers and chug baits), cranks - my favourite is a perch coloured fat free shad by bomber - 7-12 ft model
Walleye - trolling stickbaits around weed edges, drifting weededges and channel contours with spinner rigs w worms/leeches or minnows, jigging wedd edges - jig and minnow combo

[esoxseeker]

We got a 45 inch muskie there 3 weeks ago. As soon as I figure out how to put up pics, I will show it. Right in front of the park, huge waves, and she hit a worm harness!

[Sniper]

Im glad Im not the only one who doesn't know how put pics.

[John T]

Thanks guys for the advice. I'm going to try my best with the tips you given to me. I'll come back with some feedback. Once again THANKS

[Tu Kewl]

I'm heading up this weekend. Anybody have anything else to contribute to this thread?