| Main-lake bars attract walleyes all summer if perch or
other forage are present. Check weedlines on points, offshore humps, and shoreline breaks,
concentrating on turns, points, and pockets. Rocky hard-bottom breaklines attract
shiners and other crevice dwellers, especially where shallow meets deep with a hard-bottom
area in between. These classic spots with small, less-distinct breaks often are neglected
by most anglers.
Narrows between masses of water create current that funnels plankton from shallower
more-fertile bays into deeper open water. Forage species like shad, minnows, and perch
collect on lips, weedlines, breaks, rocks, and other features where the neck widens.
Points and bars with sandgrass provide a prime haunt for forage-size perch and other
prey. Look for sandgrass on sandy flats where other plants can't grow, or on outside
weedlines where larger plants don't shade the sandgrass.
The largest points extending into the main basin are classic areas. The heaviest
concentration of walleyes hold near the most extensive rocky breaks or hard-bottom areas,
but smaller groups roam weededges or smaller patches of gravel or rockpiles along the
point.
Weedlines at night draw walleyes, which during the daytime are shallow and deep, to the
deep edge near necks in or around shallow bays and along main-lake bars or points. For a
chance at a trophy, try longline trolling with minnow baits, like a Rapala, Rogue, or a
Bang-O-Lure. |