I am planning a walleye trip to kanopolis, webster, and kirwin lakes starting on may 12th. Any help i can get on fishing these lakes would surely be appreciated . Thanks for the help in advance
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I am planning a walleye trip to kanopolis, webster, and kirwin lakes starting on may 12th. Any help i can get on fishing these lakes would surely be appreciated . Thanks for the help in advance
I'm not familar with those lakes but you can sure find some nice walleys at Glen Elder...alot of people trolling for them when we were there Mon. -Wed....... surely someone on here can help you out....good luck.
This time of year, find the boats, you'll find the fish. Good luck. All 3 sound like they should be really good this year.
I'm sorry, but is that really ethical. You'll miss out on so much doing that. :popcorn Myself, it's the hunt I enjoy with the "prize" being successful in locating some fish. FYOF Just try to get a pattern established, all 3 lakes are chocked full of "eyes".Quote:
Originally Posted by tdinges
since i am coming from oklahoma i will probably go ahead and start out friday the 11th . may hit the chain starting at el dorado ,then kanopolis then webster and kirwin .i have a week so iffin any of ya'll see a gray lund explorer with a 4 stroke yamaha come by and say hi.
I don't want to sound like I chase boats around all day because I don't. But, what other boats/people are doing helps in developing a pattern on a lake that you've never been on. It's no fun (for me) traveling to a new lake to fish several hours and spending all day (many times there's only 1 day) just trying to find fish. Then get to the boat ramp and every other boat on the lake is tearing them up. Sorry if that last post was mis-leading.
I wouldn' t let any of that bother me if i was you just have fun thats what its really all about right? With a mess of fish thrown in. After all gas is expensive
Attachment 90280You might want to skip Kanapolis and head straight for Milford. Last weekend my buddy and I hooked into 8 keepers, two of those over 24". Here is a picture of the big daddy 28"-13.5lbs.
sounds good , nice fish guys . meet me there , i'm all about big wally's
On a side note, I caught that Walleye while fishing for Crappie. After we caught that ugly monster, we switched to trolling with deep diving stick baits and ended up hooking into 5-7 more Walleyes. I hear when the cotton is falling, the Walleyes are usually off the spawn searching for food. So, we trolled the flats and had decent success.
Excellent job and thanks for the info, good luck to you
I just spent last week at Kanopolis. It's difficult not to be where all the other boats are at. Its a small lake and on weekdays, the parking lot gets pretty full. It seems everyone is catching their limits just going to the flats. This is where you'll see the largest congregation of boats. I elected to fish the dam, north side shore line towards the north. My favorite depth was 8'-10' using jigs and crawlers. I prefer to drift or slow troll if there is no wind. I would invest in a quality drift sock if you dont already have one. This definitely slows the boat down on those windy days. It seems we didnt have to weed through so many little ones to get a keeper is why I elected to fish elsewhere. If you just want alot of action and you'll eventually get your limit throughout the day, just fish the flats. Bring a lot of worms. Its safe to say, you'll go through 4 dozen crawlers when cutting them in half tipped on a jig. We did catch some crappie in about 10-11' of water on along the dam. Most were females with eggs still in them. The carp were spawning last week so maybe crappie will move in there after they're done. Worth checking especailly once you get to your limit. Good luck!
thanks for the advice ,thankfully i have 3 different size socks and i will try the dam area just so i won't have to be in peoples way . unless its just too slow
Depending on the wind, was where we concentrated our efforts. We tend to fish the half that had the most wind. My boat partner doesnt like trolling but there were a lot of different species being caught trolling 10'-11' of water catching walleye, saugeye, whites, wipers, crappie and even some channel cats. We caught them drifting as well but we just stayed in certain key areas while they trolled along the dam and around Loders point and the north shore line.
good info , can't wait to leave next friday morning , probably stop at el dorado first .
My buddy is heading out there tomorrow. If anything has changed, I'll let you know. The bite has been going on for 5 weeks now. Our biggest fish was only 19.5. Last year, it was 24 and the year before that was 26. not the trend I like seeing but they have a lot of different classes in that lake. We caught them anywhere from 8" to 19.5"
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nice catch , if i had known it has been on for that long i would have made a 3 day weekend some time ago. thanks postman
made a day trip to coffee county , caught 10 or so walleye ,all were below the 21" limit. bummer