Early June Canadian Walleyes, Rainy Lake

I would love to get into walleyes on Rainy Lake but seem to just kill time using sound walleye tactics on areas like islands, bays, dropoffs with no walleyes ever being caught. Occasionally catching a walleye while trolling rapalas for Pike. Would like to get into em, Where are they at in the migration on Rainy Lake in Early June, Whats the ticket, jigging? live bait? luck?

You betcha, say dyou hear bout LeRoy Plotz's Laker last tuesday. Almost lost er.

You can find walleye in any of there spring locations where they spawn. open bays with river or creek outlets, look for them in the weeds or channels, usually never have to to go any deeper the say 13 ft.

[toby]

The major spawning rivers are all on the canadian side--don't waste your time on the minn.side. Check the fish sanctuarie areas, rivers and creeks. If you're moving your going too fast!!! minnows and crawlers on jigs.

So tell me Toby and Harvey, what do you guys know about walleye fishing the west mouth to MacDonald's Inlet, in the Northeast Bay of the North Arm, Rainy. Any experienc here. I'll be trolling that area in the moonlight come early June. Tips suggestions would be much appreciated.
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I've caught a few walleye's over the last 2 decades up dere on Canadian Rainy but never really had that fast and ferious spring action you here about. I think this is the year though.

Thanks friends,
Captain Oban

Find the weeds. I've fished at nite on rainy before when one of my clients wanted to catch bigger fish then most of the males we were catching during the daylight hours. Look for weedys spots in the 10-12 ft range outside of mcdonalds inlet and northwest bay, they are dotted all over he map.

Live Bait on jigs at night in that area, or trolling stickbaits, crankbaits?

Is there any presence of Walleye on the western side of the North Arm. I haven't seen it, only Northerns.

What water temperatures have you found promote Walleye activity this time of year.

Anyway to get big spawning Females to bite, or is the action limited to the males this time of year?

Light em up and take a puff. pass it to me now, ha ha ha