Walleye Fever

Man I got it bad, and as soon as this snow and ice gets out of here I'm gonna try them walleye on Spring River here in Ar. about 4 miles from my house.
I been living here over a year and haven't fished for them, but I got a friend that fishes the river here, and he told me about the big walleye he's caught here. :eek:
I spoke with a wildlife officer about the Spring River walleye, and he says it is very possible the next state record might come from Spring River, and get this the area where my friend is fishing in one the deep holes there. :eek:
Needless to say that got my attention. They were starting to bite pretty good before all the real cold weather and snow moved in.
So...I'm reading everything I can on the walleye to learn how to fish for them.

crappie cowboy

Let us know how you do everything oughta be thawing out pretty quick

They're still there and biting, its prespawn for the wallys and they be feeding, hard. Just when it's to cold and your eyelets freeze is the only problem. Heres one to try, take a fluke or Gulp style bait and rig it sideways and float it under a bobber. Twitching it like a dying baitfish, twitch-pause, twitch twitch-pause. Make your movements about 8" and wait. You can adjust your depth as needed. I have one river we set it about 16" through the shallows and another about 32". Its mind-blowing, but man we can flat stack em up. Keep me posted

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Originally Posted by crappiedoc

They're still there and biting, its prespawn for the wallys and they be feeding, hard. Just when it's to cold and your eyelets freeze is the only problem. Heres one to try, take a fluke or Gulp style bait and rig it sideways and float it under a bobber. Twitching it like a dying baitfish, twitch-pause, twitch twitch-pause. Make your movements about 8" and wait. You can adjust your depth as needed. I have one river we set it about 16" through the shallows and another about 32". Its mind-blowing, but man we can flat stack em up. Keep me posted

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Hey crappiedoc...I thought a fluke floated, so do you put some weight above it to get it to stay down?. There small water falls there, so I've heard that walleye feed up in the waterfall, so can I cast the fluke in the waterfall also?.
I'm a rookie at walleye fishing, matter of fact I'm worst than a rookie, I've never fished for them at all, so yall tell me how to do it please.
I here they taste like crappie, or maybe even better. Man that's hard to believe, a crappie is my favorite fish to eat other than a bream.
Another question...Are walleye spookie about line color. I've always used Triline xt 6 lb. test.

crappie cowboy

Hey there Cowboy, I'm sorry for leaving you hanging. The fluke(Zoom, not the jr.) or a tiny fluke or something similar. I use a 1/8 head with a 1/0 hook or a 1, and thread it on like a tube or grub, except sideways. We are trying to act like an injured baitfish with all that twitching and pausing. The jighead will provide all the weight you need, don't worry about line color to much because your using light line. The waterfalls, well in cold water conditions the fish will be extremely lethargic or lazy, avoiding the current as much as possible. They will set-up next to the chutes and eddys predominately, watching the boils of the falls for something to get injured or drop its guard. Wallys in the winter love to set-up in a current break thats shallow and sun themselves as much as possible or when the weather changes they'll lay down in the slower, deep holes. But they're still oppurtunists, just remember every river is different and the same, as well as peoples explanations. First and last twilight are best, but they might go all day especially if theres a bunch hoarded up below the falls. This is a excellent tackle saving technique. Good luck and keep me posted

Crappiedoc....Thanks for that great info., I'll try all of that on my first trip this coming week I hope. I'm just so grateful to be in a place like this to be able to fish for the walleye.

crappiecowboy