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FANTASTIC
Fishing Tips:
FROM
HIMSELF!
BE WISE LIKE AN OWL
Gapen’s have a “NeW” spinner tail / bee body
jig coming. We’ll call it the spin bee.
It works on all freshwater species. This
“NeW” spinner and fly-bodied lure will be
available in the spring of 2013.
Give us a call then at 877-623-2099 to be the
first on the list to try this “NeW” creation.
WALLEYE ON REEFS & LAKE POINTS
Marker Buoy
Walleye in “hold”
Walleye in Migration
Under Water Rock
Anchor Position
Shoreline with Trees
Anchored Boat
Position
Shoreline
C
Rocky Reef
Breezy Wind
Direction
B
Boat Drift or
Boat Position
D
A
Island
Back Trolling
Direction
E
‘The use of marker buoys’
Marker buoys are the key to
working walleye on lake structure.
Note the placement of buoys at
point ‘A’ and ‘B’ in relation to the
positioning of feeding walleye. This
structure can be worked via a drift or
back trolling technique, as indicated.
At point ‘C’, a slot in the reef,
walleye tend to migrate in and out,
as shown. Such structure and the
action of walleye schools at this
point is best fished from an anchored position, as shown. Walleye on this structure tend
to work from deep to shallow. Place buoys as indicated to take advantage of fish movement
on structure.
On the lakeshore point, or points ‘D’ and ‘E’, four marker buoys easily set off the
structure. Note feeding pattern of walleye as they migrate from deep water towards the
shoreline along reef point.
FANTASTIC
Fishing Tips:
FROM
HIMSELF!
WHERE TO FIND LAKE TROUT
IN auGusT
The diagram below discloses two deepwater holes normally found on inland lakes which hold lake
trout.
There are two ways to fish these spots. To find such spots, an angler must carry a locator. If fishing
northern Canada, always take a portable one with you (Pack extra batteries as well). It can be the most
important piece of tackle you take along.
TO LOCATE THESE HOLES WHEN YOU DON’T HAVE A LOCATOR, try trolling a heavy Bait-
Walker style sinker (6 or 10 oz.) with a 40” dropback line to which you attach a large spoon or large arched
plug such as a Quickfish.
Once located, change your technique to the use of a heavy 1.5 or 2 oz. jig. The jig is then vertically
worked up and down in the deep hole area. To improve your chances, tip a jighead with a piece of fillet or
belly strip off of a sucker or even a previous laker kept for dinner.
To properly work a jig or jig tipped with meat, drop bait all the way to bottom, lift a rod length,
reeling as you lift so NO slack line is left. Repeat the process all the way to within 20 feet of the boat. If
this doesn’t work, drop all the way to bottom, then reel at a steady pace all the way back up to the boat.
If you spot fish, or catch one, at a
90’
100’
River
Outlet
A
90’
100’
90’
Island
90’
100’
W
B
90’
N
S
E
Shoreline
given depth, MARK YOUR MONO
LINE AT THE STRIKE DEPTH
WITH A BLACK PERMANENT
FELT-TIP MARKER. This enables
you to drop your jig back to the exact
spot you hit fish.
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