Walleye Questions

[hardysf]

 In michigan the walleye are getting ready to spawn and I was wondering a few things.

1. Do they move around a lot, or can you search for them with a vexilar, like you can with panfish?
2. Should I search for them on flats or contour breaks?
3. Will they be by a dam, like they are in the summer?
4. What is the best depth to find them in March on a lake that gets down to 50 feet with flats of almost all depths.

Thanks for the help

[mud_n_fun]

Walleye will tend to start moving toward river mouths in the lakes or flats of sand in 6-10 ft of water.  During the spawn we have caught them in 2ft of water on a gravel shoal.  Look at the lakes contour and composite and look for shallow gravel bars.  They will start staging outside of them.

[captain54]

Sandbars,gravelbars,these bars simulate water movement.In a lake I fish there is a spillway that dumps water under a road to the other side of the lake,it simulates a stream or river,strong flow of water,they be stack in there till around the beginning of April ,then there done,and scatter back over the lake.

[muskie_huntre]

Not sure where you are fishing in Michigan, but have been spending a lot of time on Saginaw Bay this year myself.  There is some structure down there, but you cant think like a pan fisherman on a body of water that is almost entirely a flat.  When you move/hole hop, dont think of it as feet or a few yards, think in terms of 1/4, 1/2 or even a mile to find the fish.

[filetandrelease]

I agree with muskie hunter, also need to know lay out of your lake