Chautauqua Lake Walleye Fishing

[Joseph Fischer]

Staying at We Wan Chu Cottages from May 13th - 18th, 2003... Evening of May 14th, 2003.... Fishing from 9:00 P.M. until about 3:00 A.M... Trolling real Slow in 4 - 8 feet of water using a Silver & Black Rapala or a Perch colored Thunderstick... Caught two Walleye in the We Wan Chu Bay, a 22 & 24 incher and two in Dewitville Bay infront of Bayberry Condominiums, a 24 & 25 inch Walleye..... We caught and released Three Muskies as well... A 20, 36 & 48 inchers... Check out ChautauquaLakeFishingReports.com for current Fishing Information...

[kokomojo]

Joseph, just had to replu to your report. first off, Ive been fishing chat. lake seriously for some 22 years now and the last 2 have been pretty tough. It seem that we are on a low point on the graph because of the small nos. of walleye that are being caught. What alarms me is that I havent caught 1 undersize walleye in 2 years. 3,4,5-6 years ago we would catch a number of small fish before a 15 incher would be caught,but now they seem to have all grown up and the little ones arent' there. I really think we lost a couple of classes in the last few years and now we are going into some tough times. All the fish that are being caught now are really nice fish. 3 to 8 lbs. and up. its a little scary to think that well have to wait for some of the fingerlings they put in this year to grow up but it's going to happen. The muskeys are really making a comeback because everybody is hooking up with them while trolling at nite. THe crappie are comming back in a big way now. They were virtually nonexistent for 3-4 years ago but are plentyful now. I think the fish co. is going to change the limit to 3 a day with an 18 inch size limit. This is ok. I think it will hepl with the future nos. Ive seen it down before but it managed to come back strong and i really think it will again. thanks for reading. Joe