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yeah i have found the same with lakers we use fairly small jigs 1/4 ounce to 1/2 ounce not your standard summer fare of 1 to 3 ounces. a guy i fish with has caught lakers pushing 40 lbs on smallish jigs like that tipped with a frozen spotail shiner. (mind you he caught one that was in the 50's this summer i'll try to get a picture of that one to post). a lot of good walleye around here but they are heavily pressured in many lakes if you drive 3 hrs or so fishing gets pretty nuts, on the churchill system guys switch the crank on their spinning reels cause their rod hand gets tired, 100 fish days are fairly common especially in the spring on this system, dillon river is a 2.5 hr drive and similar fishing but don't need a boat a day filled with 4-8lb walleye is typical in jully and early august. a good number of lakes hold trophies in our area, a freind of mine pulled 13 through the ice a couple seasons ago. but a lot of the better walleye fishing in Saskatchewan in found in the southern resevoirs and lakes like Diefenbaker, Rafferty, Tobin, Alameda etc the southern eyes grow big and faster. i seemed to do less walleye fishing this year than in others fished a lot of trout lakers, splake, brookies, browns etc. i like the fight they bring. a good smattering of perch lakes all over around meadow lake and some true trophy perch chances a fish up to or even possibly over 3lbs is not out of the question if you work at as i am going to this winter really want to break that 2lb mark i know i have seen them sight fishing in shallow water but as we all know seeing is not catching. a freind of mine got 7 over two lbs two winters ago, hopefully this winter we can pattern some big ones and hit em hard.