How to fish breaks for Walleye

[Bogie04]

Just looking for some good walleye tips when it comes to fishing on breaks (shallow to deep) I've been switching it up lately with not much success. Is it best to set up on the bottom, top, or middle of a break. Any insight on this topic would be great

[Jim Almquist]

Let your flasher do the talking !

If your marking fish and catching a few your in the right spot. I guess I like to setup in 16' of water with it dropping into 20+ feet and the top of the break is around 10'. I seem to have better luck working inside turns rather then points. If it is a flat that is deep that tops off at 20' I like to fish right on the edge of the top.

[WalleyeChaser]

I like to fish the whole thing if its smaller. Say 50 yards or so from bottom to top. I like to drill plenty of holes up and down the break well as well as along it each way before go time and start at the bottom and follow them up to the top. With 3 poles rigged with different baits you will increase your catch by just changing poles rather than retying. Stay mobile and move w/the fish. I find it more productive than picking a particular depth and hope its the right one. I've hoped i picked the right depth many times and had a flurry of activity for about 15 mins. and catch a couple fish. Learned from a fellow FMer to drill about a dozen or more holes, depending on the size of the break, and keep moving up the break, and along it, and have activity for 30-45 mins. and taking home a limit or close to it almost every time out! Hope this helps!

[Bogie04]

Thanks for the info guys! I really need to start moving around more thats for sure. I've been sitting tight at one spot just hoping for something lol. I've been getting into plenty of small walleye anywhere from 9-11 inches...cant seem to find where the bigger ones hang out.

[TruthWalleyes]

Top of break during the night, Bottom of break during the day. and along the break during those twilight times.

[tunrevir]

I like to work the deeper water early before dark and hole hop back towards the shallower flat towards dark and will typically setup a tipup in the shallow water at the top of the break and work back towards it. If it is cold and I'm gonna sit I still drill holes shallow to deep and will set a tipup shallow or midway between the top edge and where I set the house to fish. Like has been said previously, let your flasher tell you where to go. Depending on the depths you are targeting, getting there early and drilling holes before primetime can greatly improve your odds if you are fishing in water 15' and less. Try to decipher the movement patterns of the fish. Is there a large flat or weedline nearby that creates a shallow feeding opportunity or is it the breakline itself. Are the fish relating to anything like a point or rockpile? Are the fish just travelling paralell to the break feeding as they go or moving into it perpendicular to chase bait onto shallower flats?

Tunrevir~

[Jim Almquist]

I've been getting into plenty of small walleye anywhere from 9-11 inches...cant seem to find where the bigger ones hang out.

You might have to give up on that spot and find a different one. It might be a problem this winter and the baitfish the bigger one's want just are not there or not there during prime time. I have found spots that work great for a few years and then they go bad for a few.

The one thing foe sure is the bigger walleyes do not school with the small ones.

[fishinfey8]

I like to fish the top of the closest flat, hump, sandbar whatever at low light periods. After the sun is up for the day, then I will move and fish the break. This year is different for some reason. The nice fish I have found have been deeper, like over 22FOW and aren't moving up to feed in the evening. Well, some nights they do, but most nights not. Lakemaster chip is maybe more useful than the vex IMO...especially when you are jigging and bobbering just off of bottom for eyes.

[thatoneguy]

I like to fish the top of the closest flat, hump, sandbar whatever at low light periods. After the sun is up for the day, then I will move and fish the break. This year is different for some reason. The nice fish I have found have been deeper, like over 22FOW and aren't moving up to feed in the evening. Well, some nights they do, but most nights not. Lakemaster chip is maybe more useful than the vex IMO...especially when you are jigging and bobbering just off of bottom for eyes.

The chip will help get you close, but the vex will let you know exactly where on the structure you are.

[jwmiller33]

fishinfey is right, the bigger fish are deeper this winter for some reason. i have found this trend all over the state, from the duluth area all the way down to the metro, and even up in the brainerd area as well as LOTW. go deep!

[gregg52]

just a thought depending on how big the lake with all the ice and snow oxygen levels could very well determine where fish are

i would think shallower than deeper as the yr goes on

just a thought though