07-15-2007, 02:25 AM
Thanks Saber .. I'm pretty well versed in Walleyes - been fishing for 'em my whole life. Just not with a flyrod at night[
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Time of day, depth of water, clarity, suspended water content, bottom material, stagnant water.. That pretty much covers @ two dozen of the the lakes I could try this approach at in my area .. North of where I am @ 2.5 hrs I'd substitute "tannin staind" for "clear".
I guess why I'm asking for thoughts and ideas here is because I'm trying to get some different ideas to try out.. If I was heading out for the night at 6pm with an arsenal of baitcasters I'd have my three styles of stickbaits pre-rigged in a few different colors and sizes ready to grab in the rod locker.. but the attributes of a fly aren't very close to those of a stickbait.. theres the challange I'm after []
If you haven't fished shallow in the dark for Eyes yet - You're missing out!! Its a good time. I've taken some 5-9lb footballs in less than a foot of water at night - its no walk in the park but if you're geared up for it and have black lights mounted under the gunwales of the boat its fun. Speaking for around here of course, Walleyes are notorious for coming into the shallows to feed at night. Their vision is geared for night/low light and when the feedbag is on the shallows holding baitfish and other creatures are like a road side gas staion - easy off, easy on fill up [cool] give it some thought on your local waters.. a good way to find 'em is ahead lamp or a rechargable spotlight. You'll know when you see "the whites of their eyes" if they're in or not. But when you go out scouting for 'em noise is a HUGE factor! and don't go throwing the beam of the light all over the place right away.. you want to move it slower than a strope- they can be spooky!
anywho.. I'm chewing on the hook point up. Thats something I haven't thought of at all.
Have you ever fished a stinger behind your fly for Eyes?
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]Quote: - night fishing
- 1-4' of water
- Clear water with minor algae
- scattered weeds with bottom material of sand, rock and gravel
- Still water
Time of day, depth of water, clarity, suspended water content, bottom material, stagnant water.. That pretty much covers @ two dozen of the the lakes I could try this approach at in my area .. North of where I am @ 2.5 hrs I'd substitute "tannin staind" for "clear".
I guess why I'm asking for thoughts and ideas here is because I'm trying to get some different ideas to try out.. If I was heading out for the night at 6pm with an arsenal of baitcasters I'd have my three styles of stickbaits pre-rigged in a few different colors and sizes ready to grab in the rod locker.. but the attributes of a fly aren't very close to those of a stickbait.. theres the challange I'm after [
] If you haven't fished shallow in the dark for Eyes yet - You're missing out!! Its a good time. I've taken some 5-9lb footballs in less than a foot of water at night - its no walk in the park but if you're geared up for it and have black lights mounted under the gunwales of the boat its fun. Speaking for around here of course, Walleyes are notorious for coming into the shallows to feed at night. Their vision is geared for night/low light and when the feedbag is on the shallows holding baitfish and other creatures are like a road side gas staion - easy off, easy on fill up [cool] give it some thought on your local waters.. a good way to find 'em is ahead lamp or a rechargable spotlight. You'll know when you see "the whites of their eyes" if they're in or not. But when you go out scouting for 'em noise is a HUGE factor! and don't go throwing the beam of the light all over the place right away.. you want to move it slower than a strope- they can be spooky!
anywho.. I'm chewing on the hook point up. Thats something I haven't thought of at all.
Have you ever fished a stinger behind your fly for Eyes?
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