I look for possible spawning areas. Example - cane or cattails on the wolf river are premo areas. I'll drag jigs in deeper water imediately next to these spawning areas. I also look for current breaks along the same spawning grounds. After a hard night of work, its my opinion they slip off to the slack water to rest up. Also, when that water gets up to a consistant 40+, you'll find walleyes in all stages of spawn. Some will be nearly spawned out while others are just starting. So when you find a staging area near a spawning area, check it frequently. It can hot spot today and slow down for a day or two and turn on again as more walleyes keep moving in. On the miss, I look for areas that have some sand/peastone sized gravel with some sort of stubble with moderate current moving accross. Then find the nearest current break and scope it out.
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I've never fished eyes that far south, though I'm sure history will always repeat itself. Hopefully some of the full time river guys can give you more to go on.
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Tops of flat are usually the best. When the river rises the current moves to fast to drag most of the stuff. usually vertical or pitching to current seams.
In the past years during the pre-spawn on Pool 16 and in the Rock I find that the fish stage in the same areas. There are only a few areas were this occurs. Good Luck.
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