millfoil walleyes

[purpel sock hat 1]

have a lake [sand] by moose lake that is full of millfoil it also full of small sunfish,and small northerns, i use a jig and minny-northers'leach ripoff by sunfish. any way to get to the eyes ? there is sum nice ones in the lake.

[Kyle Sandberg]

Get a weedless swimming jig head and put on a Gulp power minnow. If the lake is weed choked really bad, cast the jig right into the weeds and you might get some.

Quick note, if the lake is stocked, the fish are more likely to hang out in weed.

Also, instead of using a leech, buy shiners or rainbows and fish with them. Smaller stuff should leave you alone.

[Team Otter]

Slip bobber and a leech can be effective, especially in the evenings, as can casting beetle spins. Other tactics to try for fishing along the edges of the milfoil would be a standard Lindy Rig tipped with a Phelps floater and crawler or suspended crank baits trolled at high speeds (3.0+ mph).

[tunrevir]

Depending on how thick the milfoil mat is I'd go a few different routes. I like the beetle spin idea, casting a weedless jig with twister tails(black=leech) in 3-4 inch range 1/8th -3/8ths oz and rip jigging it through. Let the lure settle to the bottom and give a flick popping it up 1-2' and letting it settle back to the bottom, if it gets hung up pull it again and let it settle many times the pull will hook you up to a fish. Sassyshads work well or plastic crawlers. I usually stick to the twistertails or shad bodies. I like a 6-7' medium action rod rigged with fireline for this approach. The other way to work the milfoil is cast the edges of the weeds with cranks during power hours. Rattleraps, countdown raps, ect.

Hope this helps.

Tunrevir~

[TommyJ33]

Jig and a fathead/shiner. troll, drift, vertical jig while staying as close to the outside edge of the milfoil curtain.

[Tim Ellis]

I like to fish the "pockets" of the weeds with jig. That was good advice that if the lake is stocked the weeds are more likely to hold walleyes.