4-7ft water walleys?

[Badger_55]

this last weekend the only depth we could pick any eyes up were in that 7ft area of water. I was a little confused but just rolled with it and picked up a few nice ones around the local lakes. I talked to some other guys who said that they caught most of theirs in that depth also. this was in the middle of the day from like 11-3. Surprising?

[bigbucks]

Not really, especially this early in the season when the water's cooler.

[eyepatrol]

Nope, especially not in the southern portion of the state. In fact, I know a guy who would consider that deep...and in the "dead" of summer to boot. I'm sure he'll chime in on this one.

[palisade1kid]

Most of the fish around here came from 10-15 FOW.

[Farmboy1]

If you are on the river, I regularily fish in water less then 5 foot deep. I talked to a guy last weekend who had a hard time trolling as his T8 kept hitting ground.

Fish are were you find them, don't let preconceived notions stop you from fishing area that hold fish

[Team Otter]

It's far from surprising. In fact, it's reality. Here in southern MN, I spend 98% of my time in less than 5' of water.

[PerchJerker]

All of our walleyes this weekend came from 3-8 feet, all day long.

[Chisox]

I was catching them in less than 10ft of water from shore on a local Metro lake this last weekend

[BobT]

We were on Vermilion. Saturday was calm and we finally found them in decent numbers when we worked midlake structure topping out at 15' with 25' to 30' nearby. Later in the evening they were found shallow.

Bob

[honker23]

When fish are shallow, they usually have one thing on their mind....Food! I'd rather fish active feeding fish with aggressive techniques vs neutral fish with lighter techniques. That's why I too enjoy fishing 12 feet and less. Wind and baitfish can really help you cut down your search for these fish too.

[Eric Wettschreck]

All the eyes I catch around my neck of the prairie are under 10 feet.

[palisade1kid]

I've caught eyes in 2 FOW all the way out to 30 FOW.

Each lake ,river has it's own pattern.

Figure out what that is & you'll be striking gold everytime out.

[Muddog]

All of my fish have come from 5-7 FOW.

[SWMuskeye]

I think the water is a little warmer than normal for this time of year. I typically see a shallow day pattern closer to June, when young-of-the year perch get to an appetizing size and roam water 4-7'.

I would prefer to cast to these shallow fish than drag deep any day, its a hoot.

[palisade1kid]

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I think the water is a little warmer than normal for this time of year. I typically see a shallow day pattern closer to June, when young-of-the year perch get to an appetizing size and roam water 4-7'.

I would prefer to cast to these shallow fish than drag deep any day, its a hoot.

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I'm with you as those eyes up shallow are agressive.

[Wayne Ek]

I don't think we have had a walleye caught out of water deeper than 13 feet on any of our trips so far. I've had two trips this past week that the gulp 3" minnow (smelt color) out fished both fatheads and shiners by a good margin.

[Kyle Sandberg]

HOw do you fish the fake minnow? Do you jig or something else. Thanks

[Wayne Ek]

We fish it just like you would a live-bait jig & minnow. I'm getting less and less skeptical of gulp. Last year drop-shotting gulp leeches was great and so far this year gulp has worked well for us.

[Big Julie]

Agape;

Can you please explain drop shotting...what depth works, etc.?

[Wayne Ek]

I sent Rick an article that covered drop-shotting, I'm sure he will be posting it in the near future.

[primetime49]

3to5 feet for opener on shallower lakes for kandi county,now 5 to 8 feet is good in some larger lakes.

3 weeks from now as water warms maybe a little deeper,and mid summer to fall deeper still.

water temp on opener was 55,last week on Green 58,its keeping fish real shallow.

Right now its 58 to63 depending on time of day and wind clouds etc.For one week walleye have been biting at 8 to 15 feet right at end of bars that quickly get deeper but not off sides.

agape were using both the 2 inch berkly,and shiners.Guess what they have discontinued the minnow colored 2 inch.

Good Luck

[Bassboy1645]

How about a foot? Caught a 23 1/4 inch fish in the MN river today on a rap thrown against the bank!!

[Mike Walerak]

I just popped a couple 'eyes tonight in 5-6 FOW. In most cases the most active fish will be in shallow water. As a general rule I start shallow and work my way deeper.

mw

[Team Otter]

That's a familiar statement.