What type of body of water do you prefer when walleye fishing?

[gloomiseye]

What is your favorite to fish? Natural lakes? Rivers? Reservoirs? For me I kind of prefer a combination of natural lakes with a river system running through it.

[BronzeBrother]

I grew up cutting my teeth on Mille Lacs so I am always fond of the natural lakes, just as long as I stay away from the big pond on opening weekend and any holidays as that tends to bring out every bonehead in a boat imaginable...

[My_Key]

I usually fish lakes, but when mid-summer comes and the bite is getting difficult on the lakes, I'll hit the rivers here and there.

[tunrevir]

I love them all! Each presents a different type of fishing scenario and that is what makes it fun trying to figure out the bite wherever you might be! Clearwater deep lakes are probably the hardest nut to crack but can also yield some monster fish once you get it figured out. The great lakes can be a bit of a challenge but at certain times of the year you can hammer big fish all day long. I love to fish them all!

Tunrevir~

[JohnMickish]

BIG WATER! Leech, Mille Lacs, Big V and such. Natural lakes with rocks, sand and mud. I like fishing on the Mississippi but am not totally comfortable on her yet, but she fit's into the BIG catagory as well, she is a big river.

[reinhard1]

this is a great thread. big waters, i have fished them, but i dont like not having the birch trees and pines next to shore. sure they are great but i need the background. by that i mean solitude for the most part. it is there if you want it and take that extra effort to seek it.

then it's got to be stained water. the bog stained type. typical walley chop day, you dont have to get up early and the fishing is good all day long. shallow is on the menu as well. these bog stained lakes give you that. yes there are stained lakes which are deep and i love those as well.

give me a lake when i do well in 8 feet of water and produces during the day. there are those available with a little research and effort. the walleys as a rule have that golden belly and dark body. but mainly i need that "fix" of cedars lining the shore with pines and pople and birch in the mix. big waters cant give you that in my opinion.

sure, mille lacs has given me some great times for example. however in the smaller northern lakes when i have not a walley to hit the fry pan, just being there is my "fix". good luck.

[gloomiseye]

this is a great thread. big waters, i have fished them, but i dont like not having the birch trees and pines next to shore. sure they are great but i need the background. by that i mean solitude for the most part. it is there if you want it and take that extra effort to seek it.

then it's got to be stained water. the bog stained type. typical walley chop day, you dont have to get up early and the fishing is good all day long. shallow is on the menu as well. these bog stained lakes give you that. yes there are stained lakes which are deep and i love those as well.

give me a lake when i do well in 8 feet of water and produces during the day. there are those available with a little research and effort. the walleys as a rule have that golden belly and dark body. but mainly i need that "fix" of cedars lining the shore with pines and pople and birch in the mix. big waters cant give you that in my opinion.

sure, mille lacs has given me some great times for example. however in the smaller northern lakes when i have not a walley to hit the fry pan, just being there is my "fix". good luck.

I hear you there. There is nothing better than the northwoods with all of those white birch trees surrounding you where at any minute a moose or a bear might step out as you fish a shallow reef or rock flat. Man I wish I had some places like that closer to home.

[tacklejunkie]

I have no real preference. I love LOTW and the St Louis River. I've heard about the Wi. South Shore Lake Superior walleye fishing but might do it someday

[gregg52]

I live in the Brainerd lakes area so I have lots of choices

Gull...north long...pelican all great lakes gull can give up some spectular scenes in fall with colors and bright sunny mornings

all 3 lakes are excellent walleye lakes... northern to and can be good panfish lakes

and then its only 40 minutes to the mighty mille lacs which i use to fish just about every week till the middle july until the nettiing deal

kinda left a bad taste dont go there much any more

I now spend my weekends and as time as I can on the great winnibigoshish!!

and love it

the most consistance walleye bite of any lake in minn i believe

and reinhards pine trees are all along the shorline very little development on winnie..wildlife every where.. eagle's soar every were

watched an osprey dive bomb a fish last year he missed the first time and got it the secound if you have never seen this it AWESOME!!!hard to beat winnie

then after a good day on the lake theres the gosh dam

good food and always meet some one new there

[Mr.Seaguar]

Missouri river res. Natural Lakes are better for ice fishing. MO river you get clean water, lots of tough cover or flats if you want, wildlife and scenery. If you call some of it scenery. Two kinds of deer, turkeys, coyotes. Go north of Pierre you see antelopes too. Thats where I first heard prairie chickens. Boo boo booo. Took us a couple yrs to find out what the heck that was. But if they are hungry any lake is a good enough lake.

[tacklejunkie]

One lake that I must put on my to do list is Kabetogama. I pass it on my way to LOTW. So, a few years ago I drove down to it on my way up to LOTW. Nice lake. I have heard that the fishing is good but they are all over the legal slot

[PerchJerker]

Stained water and shallow fish are my favorites, and BIG bodies of water are my favorites, but it really doesn't matter. I love getting on the water, adapting to the conditons, and finding the fish and the pattern that works.

[Fish Head]

I love stained water... Oh and I love clear water. I love lakes and reservoirs. I love big water... Oh and I love smaller lakes too. I love shallow lakes and deep lakes.

I think I just love lakes. Nothing better than being out on the water!

[FBMH]

I love lakes, especially The Big V. But nothing better than those darker than dark lakes that flow into crystal clear Boundary Water lakes. The dark fish are beautiful when coming out of that dirty water, especially during winter!!!

[jellio]

For me stained water and not to deep with alot of stucture and a slight breeze. Man I'm itching to fish out of my new boat.

[Ed Carlson]

Rivers, and lakes with active river systems that contribute.

I'm a avid River Rat.

[OnAFly]

Natural lakes ...nothing better for me. Big water is great...smaller water can be great too. Slightly oligotrophic lakes with well defined structure is my ideal for me. I don't like the eutrophic puddles that call a single rock in the middle of a mud flat their biggest structure. Just not as fun in my opinion (not that they can't produce).

[My_Key]

I don't like the eutrophic puddles that call a single rock in the middle of a mud flat their biggest structure. Just not as fun in my opinion (not that they can't produce).

But it's great if you know of a spot that has 3 rocks when everyone else is set up on that single rock!!

[WalleyeChaser]

I like a string of lakes connected by running water! I know I can count on the neck down areas to be holding fish in the current all day. The spot we fish in Canada has a great combination of rocky points, weed edges, creek inlets, gravel shorelines, slow river currents between lakes and a fast current area between the other! I love the creek inlets the best after the rain! They are usually stacked up looking for fresh run off food!

I fish the St. Croix which I consider more like a resivour in the fact that it has little current but the fish still move from day to day like a river as opposed to a lake. And I also fish the Miss which is the classic river walleyes. All in all I like the challenges of they all offer

[FutbolGuru]

I love all bodies of water prior to 8am - and, after 8am, love all bodies of water without recreational boaters .

God Da#nit this winter can't end soon enough!!!