Tip's for Ohio Walleye Fishing!

Here you will find tips on OHIO Walleye
Fishing
written by the OHIO FISHERMAN who fish
for them.
Article #1= Tips on Ohio Walleye Fishing
Written by JV


Joined OHF : 04 Oct 2005
Location: NE Ohio

Stumpfields -
North End-
Pymatuning Lake
Ohio & PA
I have spent some time
walleye fishing on Pymatuning Reservoir.
It's one of the better lake's in the region due to its
restricted 10 HP limit.

Back in the day, the lake was always quiet, and virtually
empty, now a days, its a little more busy,
That I don't like, but what are you gonna
do?
Unfortunately the days of me going to Pymatuning on a
Saturday in prime time are long gone.
For me Lake Erie is 20 minutes up the road from Pymatuning,
and the chances of having a peaceful
day are much greater on Lake Erie , however I try to sneak to
Pymatuning on a weekday,
when Lake Erie is to rough.
Pymatuning is an excellent lake to fill your cooler and a
beautiful place to spend the day.





Pymatuning (to me) as a kid was a lake that would give up a dozen 14 -3/4 "
fish to every keeper. As a kid we did a lot of drifting, and
to this day its how I prefer to fish the lake.
Although in the modern day, a lot of people are trolling with
lead line, planer boards, diving disks etc.
I just never really got involved in that. The lake has an
average depth of 14 ft, and a better
part of the north end does not even reach that. The lake is
full of stumps, in large patches called
"stump fields"
These areas are my favorite for Walleye. Again I'm not trophy
hunting, when I fish Pymatuning,
its for a cooler full of 15-22 inch eaters. It seems the stump
fields on the north end treat me good
in that aspect.


The depth in the stump fields ranged from 6' to
about 15' with some deeper spots containing
stumps, you will know when your in the
stumps, because you will see them sticking out of the water.

There are 2 ways I like to fish here. #1 Drift live bait,
through the stumps, minnows preferably,
or night crawlers. In the summer I sometimes like leeches.
Over the years I learned a trick that saved me a lot of hooks
and a lot of retying.
Use eagle claw Aberdeen hooks.
They bend when snagged, they will bend straight and shoot out
of the stump, then you can bend it back with your finger. When
you start concentrating on the
stump fields, your going to start going through tackle.
Position yourself upwind from the stretch of the
stumps you want to fish, and drift over the area.
Adjust your weight accordingly, the smallest possible
weight that allows you to barely keep
contact off the bottom. I like to use the smallest split shot
allowable, and I like to see it "tick"
off the bottom, You will quickly learn how many stumps are
submerged here. Every 10 feet your minnow
will bump a stump, you WILL get more snags if you have to much
line out even a few feet to much,
your going to get snags anyway. You almost want your line
vertical, and loosely bumping the bottom.
I like to make several passes over the fields, in different
depths until I find some walleye,
A lot of times this area is killer for crappie & perch to. On
days when there is no good drifting wind,
I like to troll 1/4 oz hot n tots (old style metal lip) in the
perch pattern, and in the crawdad pattern.
Another favorite is blue & chrome. I like to tight line them,
and I like to let a lot of extra line out,
I believe the lure dives 6' deep, and you can make it run a
few feet more with more line.
I like to troll up and down the stump fields, So I learned
another little trick.
On the hot n tots, REMOVE the front
treble hook. Just take my word on this, I removed all my
front hooks and didn't catch any less fish. When the lip on
the lure bumps the log, the front hook
snags, with no front hook, the lure pops free. These stumps
will run you broke !
When I find a color that works, I change ALL my hot n tots to
that color immediately, its usually the perch
pattern. I'm happy to get 4 or 5 eaters with these methods


and sometimes you get one a little bigger.
Here is a Lake Map & an Aerial Pymatuning Lake Map,
the area I'm typing about today would be on the top
left of the picture
If you would like to ask any questions or join the discussion
on Pymatuning Walleye ,
please visit the
OHF fishing report & discussion forums.
Article #2
Walleyes just off shore
Written by
On Erie


OHF Forum Moderator
OHF VIP Member
Joined OHF : 11 Oct 2005
Location: Columbiana Ohio
We were on Erie out of Conneaut on one of those rare days when the weather
report was
wind out of the south, waves 2' or less. Yep! The wind was
out of the South, at about 4 to 6'.
Went out about 2 mile in an 18' Sea Ray, for about 2 hours.
After getting seasick we headed back in until we got to
where we were protected by the high
banks at Conneaut , and slow drifted from 15' of water North,
till the wind caught us,
then went back to 15' to drift again. What we did at first was
rigged two rods up with a 1/2 oz
Hot & Tot, on a 1/4oz egg sinker. On the rear hook, just for
the heck of it, I put a big juicy crawler
on the Tot. Well, we put the lures out near vertical down. Laid
down, and fell asleep for about 10
minutes.
Then, I woke up to something hitting the boat....HARD!!!
It was my rod, something had hit
the worm Tot, and the rod was near to breaking in two. I
grabbed it from the rod holder, and brought in
a 33" Walleye, 10.2 lbs, my biggest still.
Fought like a Steelhead!!!! That day we boated 15+ Walleye, in
about 2 hours.
For those that BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE TO GO
OUT 6, 10, 15, 20+ MILES to catch Walleye
(like I used to) surprise........
start in
20' of water first.
Article #3=
Written by Tom the Shadowman


OHF Forum Moderator
OHF VIP Member
Joined: 11 Oct 2005
Location: Washington PA
Winter Fishing on the Allegheny River
#2
hair jigs
#3 1/2 oz silver buddies
With these 3 baits you should be
able to catch fish every trip, fish slow up and down
slow pay attention on your drops that's when 95 % of the hits
will take place when you drop your bait
use a controlled drop by that I mean don't just let it fall
keep tension on the line as its dropping same
goes for the jig and the blade keep tension on the drop that
way you'll feel the hit when it happens ,
tip your jig with minnows I mean fathead minnows don't waste
your money on shiners , if you find the
fish are striking short than put a stinger
hook on the fish won't mind. I can not tell you how many
100 fish days I have had at the river on a consistent basis by
just fishing this simple way, try to
find spots out of the main current or the downside of bridge
piers probe the whole pier but try
the deepest water there, if you want to troll with your jigs
try back trolling very slow it can be deadly,
if you know there are fish in the area these three baits will
catch them, pay attention to other fisherman,
if you see they are catching fish try to get close enough to
see what they are doing but don't crowd them,
you can even ask them I find most of the time river fisherman
will let you know how they are doing and
what they are using just ask also if you catch a walleye or
sauger and you can drop anchor and fish
the area good, where there's one there are more if your
fishing deep and catching sauger but you
want walleye than stay were your at but get a bit more shallow
1 or 2 ft can make the difference
between catching sauger or walleye and always use your
trolling motor when you can . Your not
going to catch much if your ripping around the area you want
to fish with the gas motor but on the
other hand you can move around with the electric motor and
still pick up the fish. Lastly don't be in a hurry,
take your time and work the area over,if they don't want a
plain jig try it with meat, try a hair jig try a
blade ,can't tell you how many times just a little switch has
meant all the difference .
enjoy
Article #4=
Rapman
OHF VIP Member
Joined: 12 Jan 2007
Location : Girard Ohio
rapala modification
For
years, when throwing raps at dusk and dark, we painted them with clear
finger nail polish. gives it a little more luster under low light
conditions.
Also, sharpen your hooks, even on new plugs. this does make a
difference.
I have always liked using a few drops of dr. juice walleye scent
on my raps.
Can't hurt.
Rapman
Article #5=
Exexec

OHF Forum Moderator
OHF VIP Member
Joined: 07 Oct 2005
Location: Akron Ohio
Erie early spring reefs jigging
Starting
soon the eyes will be on or near the reefs in the western basin.
Drifting and jigging is the preferred method to catch a wall
hanger!
The reefs are in fairly close to shore-within a few miles. If
you would like a good
COLOR map in PDF format send me an email at
exexecoh@aol.com.
Just drift over and around the reefs ( most are the nuclear
plant ) and/or even close to
shore and jig a purple hair jig, from 3/8 up to one ounce.
The fishing is usually fairly shallow water from 8-20 f. o. w.
My technique ( please keep this a secret)
is to do a double jerk up. Give it a quick jerk up and then
immediately a second upward quick jerk.
Some folks will
tip the jig with a minnow or a twister tail.
I like the chartreuse twister tail with an orange
tip. Hope that helps-if you have any
questions
please ask and lets go get them.
BTW the bite should last thru mid May.
Exexec
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