walleyemaxx
06-28-2011, 07:52 AM
Hi everyone,
The bug hatch is in full swing. Bugs of all sizes are coming out of the water at night and returning the next day to lay their eggs on the water. The fish I cleaned yesterday were full of larvae. I fished hard all day untill I got chased off by a nasty storm in the late afternoon. I waited it out then went back out. What a difference in conditions. Before the storm it was mostly sunny with a moderate southwest wind and warm temps. After the storm it was down right cold with hurricane winds from the Northwest.
I managed to catch Walleyes from 4 different spots along with the usuall array of Perch, Blugills, and Bass. I kept throwing my second Walleye back so I could legally keep fishing for them. All the fish were caught on jigs and leeches and the spots that produced are the deeper wood spots in the soft bottom areas. I tried a lot of different type of spots, but the active Walleyes are deeper. All I can find in the weeds are the Northerns and musky. Even the Bass are in the deeper water with all the other species of fish. After the bug hatch slows down in about a month, I suspect we'll find more weed orientated fish. The Walleyes are always near their food source, and now I think the bugs are on top of their menu. The fish I cleaned yesterday were full of larvae. The larvae live in the softer mud bottoms, so that gives an indication where to look for active Walleyes. Also, when you pull up a stick from the soft bottom areas, look it over and you'll see bunches of bugs crawling around them. That is the larvae. There is millions of different types of bugs living in the water and the fish eat them all. The bugs all hatch at different times determined by water temps. this will go on all sumer long, but with determination, the well fed Walleyes can still be caught.
If you're coming up on vacation and want to learn the latest locational patterns for Walleyes, give me a call. I'll show you where and how to catch Walleyes as the seasons change. Good luck fishing everyone.
Walleyemaxx
The bug hatch is in full swing. Bugs of all sizes are coming out of the water at night and returning the next day to lay their eggs on the water. The fish I cleaned yesterday were full of larvae. I fished hard all day untill I got chased off by a nasty storm in the late afternoon. I waited it out then went back out. What a difference in conditions. Before the storm it was mostly sunny with a moderate southwest wind and warm temps. After the storm it was down right cold with hurricane winds from the Northwest.
I managed to catch Walleyes from 4 different spots along with the usuall array of Perch, Blugills, and Bass. I kept throwing my second Walleye back so I could legally keep fishing for them. All the fish were caught on jigs and leeches and the spots that produced are the deeper wood spots in the soft bottom areas. I tried a lot of different type of spots, but the active Walleyes are deeper. All I can find in the weeds are the Northerns and musky. Even the Bass are in the deeper water with all the other species of fish. After the bug hatch slows down in about a month, I suspect we'll find more weed orientated fish. The Walleyes are always near their food source, and now I think the bugs are on top of their menu. The fish I cleaned yesterday were full of larvae. The larvae live in the softer mud bottoms, so that gives an indication where to look for active Walleyes. Also, when you pull up a stick from the soft bottom areas, look it over and you'll see bunches of bugs crawling around them. That is the larvae. There is millions of different types of bugs living in the water and the fish eat them all. The bugs all hatch at different times determined by water temps. this will go on all sumer long, but with determination, the well fed Walleyes can still be caught.
If you're coming up on vacation and want to learn the latest locational patterns for Walleyes, give me a call. I'll show you where and how to catch Walleyes as the seasons change. Good luck fishing everyone.
Walleyemaxx