lake roosevelte walleye

[Phantom Gobbler]

Nanum, Its all about the "proper" jigging action and finding the fish.   

Thanks for your help in stimulating the economy yesterday at Cabela's and Wharehouse Sports!!

Mind ifen I dip into your new tackle bag when your not looking??    

[TeacherMan]

The second weekend the females will still be in less than 25' of water, and at first light as shallow as 4' I like to cast motor oil tube jigs in 3.5" against the shore and work them out slowly. I will also slowly troll my jig in 10-14' of water slowly bouncing it along the bottom until about 10 am. At that point I usually work out to about 18' I have picked them up past that but you usually tend to get the males or as I like to call them cigar walleye. If you want to use a bottom walker I like 3 ounces, keeps it from tailing back, and a chartruse or orange walleye spinner with a snake of a worm, I even tip my jigs with worm. Look for bays that turn into flats. If you can find a little rip on the edge of them you will do good if its not to deep. If you have any questions PM me.

good luck

[ridgefire]

phantom that was me that was at cabelas and sportsmans stimulating the economy nanum wants to go halfers on everything i bought thanks to all that replied

[Phantom Gobbler]

Good luck to all heading over to Roosie this weekend!  Lets see some pictures next week!  Anyone been fishing the spokane arm this past week?  Are the wallies in the shallows and what are they taking?

[bowhunterforever]

Where on the spokane arm are you planing on fishing? I haven't hit the spokane arm yet this year cause my other spots have been producing good. I might give it a try up there this weekend. I can imagine that they are biting good up there too, on Jigs, bottom walkers with spinners and crank baits/rapalas, Good luck and catch lots

[yelp]

Up the Spokane River...Buoy 5 is biting 15-25 jigs..A buddy of mine caught 17 the other day...I limited up by Enterprise on Friday..Also up river by China bend is pretty good right now....Lots of eaters.  Lat week of May we caught a few eaters up there...

[Phantom Gobbler]

Thanks for the info Yelp.  Couldn't seal the deal on a longbeard this year, but maybe my luck will change with walleyes!   

Not sure where buoy 5 is, we will be camping at the Ponderosa boat in.

Will be in Black Alumaweld if anyone is the arm this weekend, give a wave or horn blast!  Good luck!

[yelp]

I am in a white Lund..Lots of those..I meant 5 mile buoy..The river has lots of trash and wood debris..be careful.  I heard red spinners were working and purple headed jigs..worms.

[BLKBEARKLR]

Going to have to get over there and get some of those, just spent the last four days on Banks caught quite a few but could never break the 16 inch mark on them.  Oh yeah and caught a total of 146 smallmouths also

[yelp]

Lots of dinks on Banks right now..the punchbowl the last 4 days has been really good.  Most of the walleyes are being caught shallow..under 15 ft.  Lots of smallmouth biting right now. 

[yelp]

Here is my boat if you see me wave..

[BLKBEARKLR]

yes on Banks I was at barker flats, caught all the walleye in 8 feet or less water. Was still fun to catch them, caught them mostly drop shotting.

[LOVHUNTIN]

banks is always fun and easy to catch lots of fish lot of eater for sure

[Phantom Gobbler]

We had a good trip to the Spokane Arm this past weekend.  We caught eye limits both days using jigs, tipped with crawlers in variable colors.  Trolling blades and crawlers was also productive.  Fish generally were shallow from 3 ft to 20 ft.  Largest fish was 22 inches.  Lots of 12-14 inch fish made for good eating.  Should remain good.    

Yelp, Our Black Talon didn't see your White Lund!   

[yelp]

Phantom....Sorry man...Honey do's got the best of me...Did you go up to 5 mile or where did you try?..Sounds like you puts some fillets in the freezer...I am going to try and get out soon.  What kind of jig body did you use?