please help!!(Walleye fishing)

[wwalleeye]

please help me with this problem. i have always wanted to catch a walleye more than any other species of gamefish. theres only one problem...i have no boat. will this hold me back from catching walleye? does anyone know how i can get them off the shore. please reply, anything at all would be appreciated.

thank you

[Phil T]

I don't suppose you're from ND, or you would know about fishing from the roadsides at Devils Lake. They are especially good, if you can figure out the location of culverts under the road or where submerged township or county roads tee to the now elevated road.
Before that fishery developed, I fished from river banks or the shorelines of small municipal ponds that were stocked with a variety of fish species. If the water is small or narrow enough, shore fishing can be very good. Those municipal ponds almost always had a riprapped dam that stored the water. The rocky face of that dam usually had the most consistant fishing.

[RJmjZ]

No boat? No problem. Spinning gear with7 foot medium to medium light rod and wide reel spool recommended. Also think about wading, and belly boats.

You are just limited to low light situations and casting far enough to reach nearest big drop otherwise. I've caught them consistently under both situations. Also. . .

Look for sharp drop offs – narrow parallel contour lines - as near shore as topographic maps show. Look for transition areas from hard bottom to something other than hard bottom. These can be seen by a transition area of weeds to no weeds parallel with shore. These can be seen in the types of plants/trees/shrubs growing on shore. If you suddenly have plants where there was none for "a while", you have a good bet, Also if you have one type of plant consistently, and they abruptly change to another kind, you have another good bet. Watch above water shore rock or other geographic outcroppings for changes also. Watch for herons. Watch for tree overhangs, and near shore stick ups. The slant of a rocks/dirt structure, holes, bumps, the size, the color, and so on. Watch for waterfalls and fish on the down side. Watch for flowing water and fish any visible current breaks.

RZ

[RJmjZ]

http://www.walleyecentral.com/articles/?a=1713

[dirt]

I fished for walleye for years without a boat. In some situations a boat just gets in the way. On lakes you can try casting rapalas on shallow flats at night. Casting jigs/live bait on a windswept shoreline. Slip bobbers on rocky structure, etc. You may also want to focus on any rivers in your area that hold walleye. Structure below dams, wing dams, sand bar drop offs, and rock bars all should hold fish. Focus on early morning/dusk and use jigs, minnow baits or even crawfish imitating lures work well at times.

Good luck!

[wwalleeye]

ok, so i can still fish a big lake and get walleye? i need to try that soon. now for this time of year, where should i try?


please view the lake i fish at by typing into maps.live.com or google earth
lake nockamixon pa
then you can get a better look at it

thanks

[RJmjZ]

Your lake is very stained water, with high boat traffic. You are better off fishing bass. Either way -

Fish the sunken roadbeds in no more than 15 -20 feet of water - they are all over the place - get a good map.

There's also one spot where the trees thin out on the long wide land point almost due east of the marina. This point juts out to the North, from the incoming river - East end of lake.

[wwalleeye]

cool thanks. can i see that all from maps. live?