Warm river water and walleyes

[Chevy4sur]

I fish the Grand River between Grand Rapids and Spring Lake, Michigan. The water is low and with this heat it is warm - 85 degrees F!!. I have not had much luck catching walleye in this river when the water temperture hits 80 and higher; I have had very good success when the temperatures are 75 degrees or lower. Any suggestions as to location and presentation would be appreciated.

Jack

[Backwater Eddy]

Look right in the wash of the dam, or on the head of the wash out hole. Another spot to check is the holes on deep bends of the river.

Find the food they are after, then find were they are laying up near by.

Shiners pile up on dams in the dog day heat, so do the walleye.

Backwater Eddy...><,,>

[Rooster]

I fish the Mississippi in Illinois, just in my 3rd year of walleye addiction, but I've found a few tricks to finding fish in mid-summer. Eddy hit the nail on the head. I watch the fish finder more for bait fish than larger marks. Find clouds of bait, rocks, and start fishing. I fish wing dams on the Miss., don't know if the Grand has them, but rip rap, sharp breaks off sand bars are also good spots, where eyes can sit in relative ease just out of the current and chase the bait up against a sharp rising structure. Found lots of spots like this here that are not "typical" walleye lairs, but produce fish regularly. I also fish a couple sharp bends in the river that have very irregular bottoms of sand. Each dip in depth seems to hold fish, as long as bait fish are present.
Hope I've helped. Good fishin'!
Rooster

[Chey4sur]

Thanks for the info...it really helps...I'm out fishing today.

Jack

[wade jacobs]

Hi their
I fished the #9 pool of the mississippi river this week . This is what i wound out . I have stumbled on to a larger walleye size fish pattern. I dought you will belive me but its true . the size range i am talking about is 4 to 10 lbs range .
I have talked to some bassfishermen from diffrent parts of iowa and wiscon . I also have a friend at work whos boy fishes bass tournaments.
Well here what they have been doing . They are fishing back waters with some current . They are fishing downed timber along weed lines . With 4 inch plastic worms and bass jigs.
They are not getting a lot of eyes but the ones they are getting are large ones .
wade

[fishy1]

find wher feeder creeks come in the water is usually colder and deeper just down stream and work it hard I can pick up a few fish around spots like it

[SUPERTROLLER]

As fishy1 suggested, fish where the creeks dump in. Try where Crockery Creek joins and also up in the gravel pits where the Bass River comes in. You might also try Spring Lake itself. There are a lot of good looking spots in that lake with deep water adjacent to weedy flats. I'm not sure of the temp.s in that lake but it might be a little cooler than the river.