Walleye Opener

Post by **bl8ant** » Sun May 16, 2010 9:12 pm

Well my girlfriend and I headed out to a new lake today to try for some walleye. Bluebird skies (clear water) and very light winds had me worried but we ended up getting a pattern together landing 6 fish in as many hours.

All of our fish were caught on jigging spoons on flats in the 35-38 foot range with one coming from over 40 feet of water.

What surprised us both was the amount of surface activity...big fish boiling all over the surface in 30+ fow all day in the sun. Even managed to sneak up on a school of 4-5 of these mystery fish cruising 3-5 feet down over 40 feet of water. The lake has a population of lake trout as well as whitefish but I don't know what the likelihood of these fish busting the surface is all day long in the bright sun in 55 degree water. Someone suggested they were walleye feeding on insects on the surface...

Anyways here are some pics.

Post by **cprince** » Sun May 16, 2010 9:24 pm

Those smiles say it all!

Lucky man to have your favorite girl come along and be more than a passenger. Thanks for the report!

Craig

Post by **Chevy Champagne** » Mon May 17, 2010 5:28 am

awsome fish
glad to see someone catching them
and the boiling i have been noticing it alot latley to
i have eaven been catching pike on topwaters already and there exploding on them

weird year so far

Post by **DropShotr** » Mon May 17, 2010 5:39 am

Great report and pics.

Nice to see you did good on the walleye.

Thanks for reminding me I have jigging spoons in the tackle bag.

The one thing I forgot to try yesterday on the St. Lawrence.

Thanks for sharing,
DS

Post by **MTF** » Mon May 17, 2010 1:41 pm

Great work....looks like you had the pattern down.

Thanks for sharing

Marc

Post by **Fishing 24/7** » Mon May 17, 2010 2:26 pm

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Post by **HotelTango** » Mon May 17, 2010 2:36 pm

Good stuff

Cheers
Marc

Post by **lapointeric** » Mon May 17, 2010 4:54 pm

Fishing 24/7 wrote:du doreÃ©Ã©Ã©Ã©Ã©Ã©Ã©Ã©Ã©Ã©Ã©Ã©Ã©Ã©

well said.

Post by **troutnmuskiehunter** » Tue May 18, 2010 5:30 am

Nice fish bud!....looks like you guys picked an awesome day to be out on the water...

Post by **Mike P** » Tue May 18, 2010 5:35 am

Great outing bl8ant!

Post by **Dore** » Tue May 18, 2010 7:12 am

Awsome report dude

Great pics !

Post by **plncrzy** » Tue May 18, 2010 8:25 am

Pics are making me hungry for walleye.... Thanks for posting..... hmmmm

I got the week off, I know where I can catch walleye during the day... My boat motor is fixed... what am I waiting for????

Post by RJ » Tue May 18, 2010 8:30 am

Though I am no fan of the walleye that is some good fishin' on what I'm told was a tough weekend on the walleye dudes!

RJ

Post by **Mrktwatchr** » Tue May 18, 2010 10:17 am

Nice heading to 3 mile this weekend

Post by **bl8ant** » Tue May 18, 2010 10:21 pm

excuse my ignorance but where is 3 mile? An unexpected free day has presented itself, might hit up the same lake this Monday.