Wolf Creek Dam

[killer3862]

Does anyone have a report on the walleye fishing below the dam?

[luvtohunt]

I heard from a guy earlier this week that they were catching them real early in the morning down there. Not sure how reliable the report is and didn't get any specifics.

[Moveon]

Their eyes are designed to hunt in low level light. Thus the name walleye. So they would normally bite best and be hunting for food under low light conditions or deep in the water. But in the early morning before the sun gets up they come up in to shallower water to feed until the sun comes up and then they go back down into deeper water where the light levels is lower. I caught lots of walleye by back trolling and using long lining of live bait on live bait rigs. Adding some spinners to the rig and some red beads helps the bite pick up. Slow trolling in the deeper water works pretty good up in Ontario Canada on Eagle Lake. Nothing beats a good walleye when it comes to eating fish.

I heard from a guy earlier this week that they were catching them real early in the morning down there. Not sure how reliable the report is and didn't get any specifics.

[zofishky]

I've been down a couple times targeting walleye this year. Only caught 1. Haven't seen anyone else catch any either. Thinking about heading down to Burksville this weekend. Anyone know what all this rain will do to the river? Do you think it will be muddy by say Saturday? I went a couple times through the summer after some decent rains and the river remained clear. Thanks for any info!

[MrPike]

I've been down a couple times targeting walleye this year. Only caught 1. Haven't seen anyone else catch any either. Thinking about heading down to Burksville this weekend. Anyone know what all this rain will do to the river? Do you think it will be muddy by say Saturday? I went a couple times through the summer after some decent rains and the river remained clear. Thanks for any info!

I don't think there was enough rain to make a big impact on the river. The lake has remained at winter pool with no effort this year. One of the driest seasons I have ever seen in my short time. I would think they will stock pile the water and use it to generate on a steadier schedule. At least this is my hope

[gforcetrivers]

Caught a sauger about four river miles down from Burkesville last weekend. I only got to fish for 2 hr. I have seen people catch 8-16# walleyes down there late afternoon early evening. I caught the sauger on a 1/2 oz Fireball jig with a motor oil twister tail tipped with a crawler. Then verticle jigged it drifting in my boat. Thats how we fished em in Michigan rivers most of the time. I had multiple hits but they were short. Next time I will add a stinger hook. One old-timer fishing my boat launch said the walleyes are up at the dam. I ll be down again in two weeks. My field should be disced up but I ll have clover and trees to plant so not sure how much time I ll have to fish again. I did find some nice artifacts though when I wasn't fishing.

[rooster]

With the changing water levels at the dam because of the odd generating times, the walleye fishing by the dam is hit or miss. Mostly miss for me. It is hard to fish from the bank because only certain spots produce on a regular basis and with the changing water flows it is hard to figure out where they will be. They like the current brakes and eddys to wait to ambush bait as it goes by