Banks Lake Walleye

[Ripper]

 My son and I went over to Potholes early last week, the fishing was terrible. Next we headed up to Banks and the results were more to our liking. The hot lure was an orange cha cha hootchie with a black gulp leach. Here is a picture of Tuesday mornings keepers from the Barker canyon/flats area. Good Fishing to all.

[jjdavis2222]

Thats great stuff right there. My dad I are leaving tuesday and staying until Sunday.

How deep were you fishing for them? Any with any size?

[yelp]

Nice Fish guys..I am guessing 15' - 20'  along the weed edge. 

[bowhunterforever]

Nice fish

[lokidog]

Nice.  I love Banks Lake, you never know what is going to come up fighting.

[Ripper]

These 4 fish were between 16.5" - 20". We lost a couple nicer fish. 16'-17' was the magic depth on this trip. Yup, right along the weed edges.

[Drop Tine]

Nice catch think ill head up there next weekend. Tried moses lake this weekend nothing very slow thanks for shearing. 

[yelp]

These 4 fish were between 16.5" - 20". We lost a couple nicer fish. 16'-17' was the magic depth on this trip. Yup, right along the weed edges.

HMMM sounds like I was pretty close..LOL  I live here fish it weekly.  Fish are biting good right now. What color worked the best for you guys??

[Dustin07]

whats a cha cha hootchie look like, and what are you using to keep the lure down, a 3 way swivel or bottom walkers? I'm probably going to potholes this weekend and dont 'want to get skunked again...

[yakimarcher]

Nice work, you gotta love banks lake. we limited out 2 out of three days last labor day. right on young man!!!

[Ripper]

We used a 2 oz bottom bouncer, works good up to 20'. Then I'd go to a 2.5 or 3oz. Rule of thumb is 1 oz per 10'. A cha cha hootchie is a floating hootchie skirt with a couple of beads in front and a smile blade. I'll see if I can get a pic up of one. I'd never heard of one till I went to Big Walley's. I thought they were just pulling my leg, trying to sell crap that was worthless. I bought one just because the guy was insistant that they work. After that morning we went back and bought more! They give good info at Big Walley's.

[Ripper]

Here it is, the infamous Cha Cha Hootchie. I couldn't believe it would catch fish either!

[Phantom Gobbler]

Thanks for sharing your successes and techniques.  Walleye is a great sport and pays big dividends for feeding the familiy with some of the finest!

[Dustin07]

thanks for sharing your rig pics Ripper- I've seen those setups before, but it gives you more confidence to try it when someone else is landing em!

[yelp]

I make lots of squidder rigs and they work great on banks..What is funny is taking someone for the first time they see those rigs and think we are going after some tuna or marlin..LOL.  Macks Lure makes the cha cha squidder.