I'm not looking for you to catch them just help me do it....
Alright I spend most of my time Chasing Pike, in the summer, and every year I head up to Hill lake in Hill city and I chase crappies, (only time I do this until winter) Although I'm mixing it up this year. I would like to target a few eyes, and was wondering if you guys would be able to give me some help.
1) where would you start targeting eye's this time of year? This lake has Many points, some with some nice drop offs, as well as a few rock piles I know of, and is mainly a muddy, sandy bottom.
2) what type of presentation would you think would work best.
The lake is ONLY stocked with Eye's from what I can tell so outside of the native pike they are the top of the fish food chain.
I was thinking I would try maybe a slip bobber on the rock pile, and or some of the point where they can travel short distances to get their snack during the early morning, and evening hours. But during the day I was thinking I would give the Shak-E-Blades a try on some of the flats.
So I guess my really question would be HOW WRONG AM I????
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Quote: I'd crank the deep points for Pike. You might end up catching a few of those rough fish to fry up but thats the chance ya take I guess.
Yep, I'd leave the spinner rigs at home, with the lindy rigs too. May want to try night fishing. But burning big deep cranks for pike/eyes would be the meal ticket in my opinion!
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Quote: I'm not looking for you to catch them just help me do it....
Alright I spend most of my time Chasing Pike, in the summer, and every year I head up to Hill lake in Hill city and I chase crappies, (only time I do this until winter) Although I'm mixing it up this year. I would like to target a few eyes, and was wondering if you guys would be able to give me some help.
1) where would you start targeting eye's this time of year? This lake has Many points, some with some nice drop offs, as well as a few rock piles I know of, and is mainly a muddy, sandy bottom.
2) what type of presentation would you think would work best.
The lake is ONLY stocked with Eye's from what I can tell so outside of the native pike they are the top of the fish food chain.
I was thinking I would try maybe a slip bobber on the rock pile, and or some of the point where they can travel short distances to get their snack during the early morning, and evening hours. But during the day I was thinking I would give the Shak-E-Blades a try on some of the flats.
So I guess my really question would be HOW WRONG AM I????
What kind of water clarity does this lake have. Stained or clear?
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Rock piles and flats don't automatically mean walleyes. If the lake has healthy coontail or cabbage beds I would look them over for sure! And I would do it with spinners, contrary to some trains of thought. Many of the lakes in your area have a walleye weed bite. Spinners on short rigs (3') with bullet sinkers are deadly on these fish. If perch and sunnies are an issue, Berkley GULP! worms on 3 hook harnesses will catch eyes and keep the smaller fish off. You will get your occasional pike for sure. But you will be able to cover ground. Get well into the weeds, and shoot for 7-10 FOW if that is where the weeds are. Due to clarity, if good- maybe deeper. You can go one direction over the weeds. The other over the break in deeper water.
Throw in the leeches and crawler presentations on your rock piles and flats, and work the wind blown sides and you should find out if you have a decent walleye bite on that lake.
Oh, and I failed to mention...your point about the lake being stocked only? Those fish come out of rearing ponds normally. Normally those rearing ponds only have weeds for the walleye to relate to while growing up. You would do yourself a disservice by not checking them thouroughly.
James and I fished a gin-clear lake with humps and points last year for bass. That lake is in the top 10 in the State for water clarity. If you do not fish the weeds in that lake, you will NOT catch a walleye. Lake Elmo as well.
I'd save the rock humps and gravel flats for the low light periods of the day and focus my attentions on the weed edges if you can find some healthy cabbage. Weedless jigs with leeches, spinners or rigs with redtails would all get some time in my boat. Wind and wave action blowing into the area being fished will help immensely. Around sun up and sundown those rock reefs might not be a bad choice for slipper bobbering a leech but if you find walleyes working a weedline during the day that's where I would focus my late day and into the night slip bobber and leech efforts.
-------------------- James Holst - In-Depth Outdoors TV Host IDA Guides Guide Service
Ph. 507-271-0362
Thanks for all the help guys I'll make sure to give a full report when I get back. There are plenty of weed lines, specifically some that everyone seem to stay away from. I think I'm going to end up spending day one mainly scouting and coming up with game plans based off of this info, for the rest of the week.
1 week from right now I'll be on the water!
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Well I would like to say thanks for the Help guys. Sadly I never got a chance to test it out. The fishing boat had to stay home so I was limited to crappie fishing from a ski boat. Not that there is anything wrog with messing with a few 12-14" crappies on an UL but I was really hoping to mix it up this year. On the bright side I was out doing some Crappie scouting on night one of my vacation ad came across a HUGE cabage bed, with some coontails on each side of it. Well wouldn't you know it, with in 10 minutes a guy landed a 24" and a 27 3/4" walleyes. All while trolling the outside of this bed. Which was the 1st spot I wold have tried. SO thanks for the help. I guess I know where to start next time. Well that and another Bed I found too.
-------------------- When I'm not fishing I'm on IDO wishing I was fishing.
HELP!!!!
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You might end up catching a few of those rough fish to fry up but thats the chance ya take I guess. 
