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What Tactics/Methods to Catch Walleye in a Lake Full of Shad???
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Jan 11, 2017, 04:59 PM »
How does one make their lure or live bait stand out in a lake full of natural bait? Do you increase your presentation aggressiveness? Hole hopping? Gill Net? Pray?
Thoughts?
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Re: What Tactics/Methods to Catch Walleye in a Lake Full of Shad???
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Jan 11, 2017, 06:17 PM »
I'd say you're on the right track. Find the forage first, that's where most of the predators are hanging out.
After that I'd un-match the hatch. Something to separate your presentation from the masses. I would also tend to fish more aggressively looking for those fish on the feed instead of trying to coax a neutral/negative fish into biting.
I chase open water muskies that associate to huge schools of shad/shiners and it often works for me.
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Re: What Tactics/Methods to Catch Walleye in a Lake Full of Shad???
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Jan 11, 2017, 06:40 PM »
a good choice would be a blade bait. Bounce it off the bottom, and give it a snap upwards, causing it to vibrate, they think its a dying shad and will pounce on it. I keep a tight line as it drops, it will also flutter in a free fall.
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Re: What Tactics/Methods to Catch Walleye in a Lake Full of Shad???
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Jan 11, 2017, 06:47 PM »
I like pizza after a week of eating cheeseburgers...
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Re: What Tactics/Methods to Catch Walleye in a Lake Full of Shad???
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Jan 11, 2017, 07:09 PM »
I like large white lures for shad lakes. Spoons. #9 shad raps. 4" tubes all work.
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Re: What Tactics/Methods to Catch Walleye in a Lake Full of Shad???
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Jan 11, 2017, 07:10 PM »
What's your target species?
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Re: What Tactics/Methods to Catch Walleye in a Lake Full of Shad???
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Jan 11, 2017, 10:52 PM »
My local 'eye (pike, bass, catfish) lakes are chock full of dead and dying shad. It's an all you can eat holiday buffet under the ice. You'll have to find that "wafer thin mint" to get fish to bite
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Re: What Tactics/Methods to Catch Walleye in a Lake Full of Shad???
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Quote from: esox_xtm on Jan 11, 2017, 07:10 PM
What's your target species?
Brain dead moment..... read the thread title.
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Re: What Tactics/Methods to Catch Walleye in a Lake Full of Shad???
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Thats ok Mike happens to the best of us
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Quote from: IFF on Jan 12, 2017, 05:50 PM
Thats ok Mike happens to the best of us
Thanks Bud. I'd say, "You're the best!" but I don't want you to get the wrong idea...
Despite my momentary lapse, location/presentation comments stand.
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Re: What Tactics/Methods to Catch Walleye in a Lake Full of Shad???
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Jan 12, 2017, 08:53 PM »
Really I can only think of two options:
1.) "Match the hatch" exactly - Shad Raps/Live Targets/etc. that are exactly like the forage in the lake.
2.) Do exactly opposite - presentations/jigs that are way smaller/larger, different colored, anything that is complete different to the shad that are in the lake.
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