Lake Mashapaug?

[atarnacki]

So next Saturday I'm planning a trip all day to Mashapaug, we will be staying from 10am to midnight. My plan is smallmouth, trout, and maybe a salmon at day and around 4 pm switch the leaders in for Walleyes. Any tips for the lake and what are your opinion on fishing for the fish I just listed in that specific lake?

[CatDaddy]

You will have a ton of company. Maple Grove is having there fishing tourney that day untill 3 pm and im sure many will stay the extra couple hours for the early evening bite. Sorry to burst your bubble! Maybe a diffrent lake?

[atarnacki]

would there be and other places that might have safe ice and eyes, but I mainly want good walleye fishing

[eatsleepfishct]

There's always Coventry for eyes.

[octanehi5]

Fish in 12'and deeper during the day, then pull tipups and move to 12'down to 2' bait 18"off the bottom, the fact that there is a derby does not matter,they will move the fish around Good luck

[williwalleye]

I've had better luck at coventry than mashapaug...it seems like there are more small walleye at coventry, and at mashapaug they are harder to catch but potentially bigger...that's just what I've found.

[atarnacki]

Where would you recommend for me to go in Ct for bigger and more, I live in Middletown so I live in the middle of the state so it doesnt matter to what end I drive to get an eye or two

[Velcro]

I've been thinking of participating in that tournament, even though I've never caught anything at Mashapaug.

A few walleye have made their way down to Bigelow, one spring Opening Day I saw a big one cruising the shallows. There are probably less eyes in Bigelow though.

[williwalleye]

the only lakes I've fished enough to offer an opinion about are coventry and mashapaug- I don't know enough about the other walleye lakes- gardner lake isn' t far from middletown and might be worth looking into.

[Yukon Rozz]

What size leaders do recamend for walleye I lost a big last summer on 10pound test.Would have been my biggest yet.Their teeth are sharp very similar to pickerels

[octanehi5]

 2 to 3' leader is plenty

[jss111678]

12-14 floro is good

[PikeKing23]

Yes, use flourocarbon!

[Yukon Rozz]

Thanks I'll try flouro next time that fish that I lost still haunts me.

[atarnacki]

Fish 15 pound flouro with number 6 hooks, typically you gotta try larger shiners and make a straight line of tip ups from shallow to deep waters on a nice drop off. I got walleye fishing down pretty good but can't get on any eye lakes.