Walleye help needed - up north trip

[gordy28]

We will be leaving for Lady Evelyn on Friday, August 29th - and will be fishing her for 5 nights

We did okay last year, we went in during the middle of a major temperature change - from 18 degrees to 9 degrees overnight, and found we only managed to get a few Walleye (and small ones at that) at dawn and dusk fishing two main lake flats (drifting)

In general, on a northern lake - where would you look for walleye to be holding in early September, and what tackle/technique would you try?

Here’s a description of the lake from Ontario out of Doors
“Where we fished, features flats, eskers, flooded timber, sandbars, and weedbeds. It's a walleye factory and a structure-angler's heaven”

Last year all of our fish came on crawler harnesses or jigs tipped with worms/minnows

We are novice walleye fisherman, fairly experienced bass and pike fisherman (last year we caught lots of bass and pike)


Any help/tips/thoughts appreciated

Gordy

[Chevy Champagne]

well your doing what i would do but when you use your jigs use a mister twister tail with it try white or orange and with the worm harnisses try orange blue or purple youll get them with the jigs try to find a sand bar and drift it slowly bounceing of the botttom alos with the harnisses try useing minniows they work alot better i find well thats all oh nvm try the weed edges too
good luck
walleye man

[Boosterman]

I fished Lady evelyn many of times. You can't go wrong with a worm harness and draggring bottom on points and shoals. Minnows work well to or gulp shad with a trailer hook

[FishingIsHealing]

Black "Yum" curly tail jig with any type of jig head that has a SHARP hook.

Or Worms, natural baits etc.


Not sure where the Walleye would be in September.

I know in the Fall they go into the bays to feed like crazy. Which is why I'm gonna go up north on the Ottawa River to fish for them at the beginning of October.

But september, they still may be out 30 ftish.......

On Calabogie lake we went to the deepest part of the lake 80-85 ft and there were fish all over and near the bottom.....wonder what they were. I'm guessing either Ling Cod (burbot) or whitefish.....possibly Walleye but thats a bit too deep.

Anyways, GOOD LUCK up north! Hope you have a blast, it will certainly be a trip to remember.....

[Boosterman]

I find the total opposite. Right now the fish are shallow(Walleye) You can catch them all day long in 4 feet of water up to 12 feet. When the fall hits they start to go deeper then thats when you get your big suspended walleyes. Lady evelyn in September your gonna be catching them off points on the main body of water and weed beds at high noon. No need to go deep my friend.