Jack
05-22-2002, 09:52 AM
For those of you who are heading up to Quesnel Lake (Bisset, Manitoba area)this weekend, this is a short report.
I was up for a couple of days this weekend past (May long) and the Walleye bite was decent - not spectacular but very respectable. The water is very cold - I didn't have a temp gauge but the hand washing test indicated that if you fell in your toast in under a minute (in other words it's really frigg'n cold).
We were fishing very shallow - less than 6 feet. For the most part we ran Little Joe type spinners tipped with a worm and trolled it VERY slowly with the wind (wind was from the South on the weekend). Actually we really just drifted with the wind and used the motor to simply stay on course. The most productive coloured blades were orange, silver and bronze (like what else is new).
Caught in the 13 inch to 22 inch range. The narrows was very productive as it typically is this time of year. But also any points that slowly descend into the lake - anywhere that has a slow decent to deep water. There are one or two very productive spots like this in Quesnel but I'll let you find them (just use your electronics and look for fish suspending at the 3 foot level in 6 to 8 feet of water, ie. close to shore).
I didn't get a chance to check out the sand bar on the East side of the lake but with the warm sun over the weekend and today it will probably produce.
Also the male Walleye were still full of milt, so I suspect that it was a later spawn. This weekend should be great if the weather holds. I'd give leeches a try as well.
Best of luck to all.
I was up for a couple of days this weekend past (May long) and the Walleye bite was decent - not spectacular but very respectable. The water is very cold - I didn't have a temp gauge but the hand washing test indicated that if you fell in your toast in under a minute (in other words it's really frigg'n cold).
We were fishing very shallow - less than 6 feet. For the most part we ran Little Joe type spinners tipped with a worm and trolled it VERY slowly with the wind (wind was from the South on the weekend). Actually we really just drifted with the wind and used the motor to simply stay on course. The most productive coloured blades were orange, silver and bronze (like what else is new).
Caught in the 13 inch to 22 inch range. The narrows was very productive as it typically is this time of year. But also any points that slowly descend into the lake - anywhere that has a slow decent to deep water. There are one or two very productive spots like this in Quesnel but I'll let you find them (just use your electronics and look for fish suspending at the 3 foot level in 6 to 8 feet of water, ie. close to shore).
I didn't get a chance to check out the sand bar on the East side of the lake but with the warm sun over the weekend and today it will probably produce.
Also the male Walleye were still full of milt, so I suspect that it was a later spawn. This weekend should be great if the weather holds. I'd give leeches a try as well.
Best of luck to all.