Going fishing, please help?

Question

alright so I've fished before but only in smaller rivers and next week I'm going fishing in Lake Erie and hoping to catch walleye or bass. Any advice on catching walleye or any tips in general would be great, thanks

Answer 1

For Walleye just sit on some structure and jig with a leach or a minnow, I would prefer a leach though.  Fishing for Walleye mid day is usually worthless so go out right before it gets dark

Answer 2

BOY, do I miss the taste of a walleye!  I used to live in Chicago and that has to be my favorite fish.  I never fished for walleye.  Just pike and cats in small rivers.  Lake Eerie is a nice warm lake (vacationed there once) and is quite beautiful.  Go to where you get your fishing license and querie about the best lures.  Go to bait shops and ask where the best places to fish are.  Most hard cores are willing to help.  I always did that where I lived.

Happy fishing!

Answer 3

whats a walleye?

Answer 4

alright in lake eri if you wana catch bass i sugjest you use zoom trickworms

or waveworms you can find them at most wallmarts and definitly at bass pro shops and if you can fly fish i would do that to in creeks or like streams next to the lake

idk about walleye

Answer 5

The Walleye (Sander vitreus vitreus, formerly Stizostedion vitreum vitreum) is a freshwater perciform fish native to most of Canada and to the northern United States. It is a North American close relative of the European pikeperch. The walleye is sometimes also called the yellow walleye to distinguish it from the extinct blue walleye.

In some parts of its range, the walleye is also known as the colored pike, yellow pike or pickerel (esp. in English-speaking Canada), although the fish is related neither to the pikes nor to the pickerels, both of which are members of the family Esocidae.

Genetically, walleyes show a fair amount of variation across watersheds. In general, fish within a watershed are quite similar and are genetically distinct from those of nearby watersheds. The species has been artificially propagated for over a century and has been planted on top of existing populations or introduced into waters naturally devoid of the species, sometimes reducing the overall genetic distinctiveness of populations.

Since walleyes have excellent visual acuity under low illumination levels, they tend to feed more extensively at dawn and dusk, on cloudy or overcast days and under choppy conditions when light penetration into the water column is disrupted. Although anglers interpret this as light avoidance, it is merely an expression of the walleye's competitive advantage over its prey under those conditions. Similarly, in darkly stained or turbid waters, walleye tend to feed throughout the day.

"Walleye chop" is a term used by walleye anglers for rough water typically with winds of 5 to 15 mph (7 to 24 km/h), and is one of the indicators for good walleye fishing due to the walleye's increased feeding activity during such conditions.

Because walleyes are popular with anglers, fishing for walleyes is regulated by most natural resource agencies. Management may include the use of quotas and length limits to ensure that populations are not over-exploited. As one example, in the state of Michigan, walleye of under 15" may not be legally kept.

Casting or trolling with spinners or minnow-imitating plugs is a good bet. Special worm harness rigs of spinners and beads are often trolled. Jigs, either traditional bucktails, or tipped with any of the modern plastics, a piece of worm or minnow are walleye angling favorites.

Live baits are often still-fished, drifted or trolled on slip-sinker or "bottom-bouncing" rigs. Excellent live bait choices are nightcrawlers, minnows, or leeches, all of which can be used on a jig.

When ice fishing walleye are caught jigging or on tip-ups. Tip-ups are generally set up with a dacron backing and a clear synthetic leader. For bait, the most common minnows are Fatheads and shiners. Size for bait is anywhere from 1 to 7

In springtime walleye will take almost any bait or lure, but may be more challenging to catch through the summer months. Fall often brings another peak of walleye feeding activity. Walleye are readily caught through the ice in winter, usually on jigs, jigging spoons or minnows.

Answer 6

the obvious tip:  make sure a guide is taking you.  This way, you at least get in the area the fish are actually at.

Walleye fishing is much different than bass fishing.  Walleye like rocky bottoms.  Fish a nightcrawler or minnow on a hook with a spinner attached by 2-3 feet of mono to a sliding egg sinker and a swivel.  let go to bottom, tighten slack and then drift across the rock piles.  Walleye will suck it in, lighter bites than bass.  Dont set the hook as hard as with bass, they have mouths that will tear.  just a firm jerk and positive tension reeling up.  the rig looks like:

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Answer 7

you can use life bait for Walleye and Bass.  Best time to fish is early in the morning, right before sunrise and sunset.

When you catch a Walleye, do not put your thumb into his mouth, they have very sharp teeth.  But for Bass, is OK to put thumb in his mouth.  

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