SSKY...C-land Walleye ?

[splooie]

My dad is an older gentleman, and wants to catch a few walleye. We normally fish for crappie and bluegill, so I really don't have a clue. We tried walleye the last three trips and did manage one nice fish but end up fishing for bluegill. I have seen your posts and reports on this board about walleye at Cumberland, and would appreciate any advice that you could give.

Thanks

[peter]

I'd like to know too. Just got a chuggin real. Fish for Walleye without a rod.

Peter

[motalot]

Is it true to fish clay banks trolling slow with night crawler harnesses?

I also have heard roacky points? WHy the differences?

[peter]

don't know for sure but the fellow that owns the older BP station/bait shop on the way into Jamestown said right now that the bluegill will eat the worms as both the walleye and bluegill are at 25", so you have to use live bait. I would shinners would work (maybe not that good). Personally have not done much Walleye fishing but would like to.

[missionFISHIN]

Do you really want to bottom bounce for walleyes? I ask this because some of the best fishing is between 10a.m. and 2p.m. in 90+degree heat! I assume the answer is YES. Here is your 1st and most important tip---PINK!!! It is the color blade that always works here.
#3 or #4 colorado or willow blade, add a few white or pink beads with 1 black in the middle and 2 #2 hooks, red on top silver or bronze on bottom about 2 inches apart with 3 foot leader made of 20lb vanish transission, then bounce using a 2 ounce bottom bouncer and move between 1 mph and 1.3mph adjusting the speed. Sometimes they want it slow and sometimes a little faster. Fish with 2 rods and on the outside alternate between copper and silver blades on the deeper side of the boat. Larger walleye like the shad look on the deeper side but keep the pink on your primary depth. Start early in the day on the rocky points and around 9a.m. search for clay banks next to points after they color up a bit, that is when the baitfish move into the colored water for cover, however the walleye can see them and ambush much easier here. Fish until at least 2 p.m. The deeper they are (thermocline) the less the sun bothers them. Also soon they will be going to the flats...real soon!
Now you are ready....GOOD LUCK!!!

[peter]

Much thanks!

[elnutsmalljaws]

I don't personally fish for Walleye but I stopped in at the BP in Jamestown on Sunday on the way back from Dale and the fellas in the store said the eye's were biting all over the Lake Cumberland. One guy said that people that can't catch fish were limiting out in no time. It sounded like a good time to catch some eyes at Cumberland

tight Lines

[GATORS]

What end of the lake are you fishing? How deep.

[splooie]

What is a night crawler harness? If it is a home made rig, how do you put it together? Where are the clay banks on Cumberland, because all I can find are bluff banks, but we are putting in at the dam, so that may be the problem.

Any info is GREATLY appreciated..

Thanks

[SSKY]

all of the above is true, but for some reason the really big walleye seem to be like bass and like to hang out in the nasty wood on the bottom where a bottom bouncer equals a snag. i am not saying that you can not pull a fish out of there with a bouncer as it can be done. the three way is much better for dragging across a tree top than a bouncer if you see it on the graph before you go over it and then you can pull the rig over it when you feel it. with a bouncer you are then snagged.

[SSKY]

As we go into the fall season there will be many more small fish caught on the flats and the bigger fish will be caught just a bit deeper of the same flats. The bluff walls close to the river channel will be good for small fish down to 60 feet until october.

[charlie1]

How deep do they stay when on the flats? At Norris they move onto the flats but stay at the thermocline. As TVA starts dropping the lake in August/September they get down around 30 feet.