Opener Tips

[Lunker]

I'm gonna be fishing walleyes and pike in a metro lake(riley) shaped almost like a bowl. Its got one rounded point with a quick drop off, and two little bays, but otherwise the depth changes are almost uniform with a max of about 40'. There is no bottom structure I know of and I dont have electronics in my boat, ideas?

[tweet0753]

Lunker, I fish Riley a lot.....never have got an eye there...probably me tho...there is an inlet on the northeast shore, look for a small bridge...one possibility. there is some "structure" across the lake near the Elevator up the cliff...best of luck...let me no how it goes

[deadeye]

Are there bulrushes around the shore? If so they might be in there feeding on the shinners. I think you might beable to long line some cranks up shallow and get some of them to hit. Otherwise I would just troll some spinner rigs until you find the depth that they are at. I wouldn't think that they would be any deeper than 15-20 feet just because of the forage that inhabits the lake. Hopefully this helps narrow your search down! ><>deadeye

[Lunker]

Thanks guys. Hey tweet, have you fished for walleyes there? I'm new to the lake, but understand there are good pops of pike and eyes, so thought it might be a good opener lake.