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Location: Green Bay Wi. | Hi.
I'm new to this forum, and new to walleye fishing on soft water,
Last weekend was my first attempt at trolling on the lower end of Green Bay, We did pretty good, Caught 3 eye's, smallest one was 25" largest was 28",
What I want to know is, how can I get some eater size fish, smaller bait's maybe? different speed? (we were trolling at 2.5), Is this a dumb question?
I suppose I should be happy we caught anything at all. I'll post the pic's on the pic page if I can figure it out.
Thanks
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Location: Collins, WI | There are no eater fish in the bay. They say that you shouldn't eat fish out of there because the PCB level is way too high. They tested the fish from Door Co. with the same results. The fish on the other side of the bay up north of Pestigo tested better but still not good. Go to bago for eaters. I wouldn't complain about catching big fish. Some day you will want big fish and you will catch little ones. It is more of a trophy fishery than anything. Kinda like Little Bay de Noc in winter, easy to catch big ones but hard to catch eaters. |
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Location: Oshkosh | I agree with Trap- my partner and I refer to these fish as "Nuclear Walleyes," refering to the size as well as the toxicity of the fish. Fish for pictures, wall hangers, and memories, but DEFINITELY do not eat them!
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Location: Stink Town, Wisconsin | Greenhornet,
From my years of trolling for 'eyes I've found that speed is critical for your presentation! On winnebago we do better, most days early in the year, trolling around 1.5 mph. Now that can vary day to day. As the water warms and we start targeting fish in transition zones and open water flats, you may need to speed up to 2.5 or even 3.5 mph. As the water warms, the fish become more agressive and will chase a bait, or just reaction strike it as it zips by. Colder water usually requires slower speed to kind of "tease" the fish to bite. Last summer, around the beginning of July and into August we did best with crank baits going at least 2.5 mph. When the fish wanted spinner rigs instead, we did better at around a mile an hour. The use of a GPS is a must for measuring speeds that slow.
As always, you need to find fish to get 'em to hit, so trolling has always been a great way to find active schools of 'eyes. As for bait size, I'd say whatever has been working will catch fish, but we'll use up to #13 jointed floaters, and #9 or larger shad raps. We go as small as you can go also. The key seems to be start with a wide selection of bait sizes and switch to whatever seems to get the most bites. Hope I helped! Keep your line tight buddy. |
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