Finding walleye

[kyjake]

What depth should on look for walleye this time of the year?Spent the day on Paintsville which is a deep lake,over 100' without any luck.Any help would be appreciated.Finder was marking fish at 60'-70' but we thought it was false readings but could they be that deep?
Jake

[birdstrike]

They could be that deep. Here's the thing, the ones holding at that depth are not going to be actively feeing so ignore them and head into the creeks/ trees/ cover or where ever the bait fish are right now. That's where you will find the feeding fish. With the cool water temps the walleye should be feeding shallow right now, especially evening and mornings. Good luck.

[Bucketmouth10]

I don't generally catch walleye that deep. However, I was out the other day fishing the mouth of a white oak on cumberland in 60 foot of water and caught a 5-6lb walleye off the bottom on a sucker. Didnt catch anymore but we were marking alot of fish down there.

[aceoky]

They have documented walleye feeding in 120 ft of water on the great lakes where smelt have been introduced (smelt like it Deep)....... when they're really deep(> 40 ft IMO) chances of them surviving are not too good (pressure change and all) ; you have to really take your time (unless you luck out and they're all legal keepers) for them to survive the trip "up" and the release.....

[kyjake]

Thanks for the replies.On this trip we were fishing flooded timber,will try the lake next week and try to find some rocky shoreline.This was my first time on this lake and have very little experience fishing walleye,catch a few sauger fishing the Ohio.
Jake