| All walleye anglers know when summer is ending | | | | more than just once and it will still be alive and |
| and fall is beginning just by the way the walleye | | | | moving. The bigger the minnow the more chances |
| are acting and eating. As the water temperatures | | | | you will have that the walleye is going to take the |
| start dropping the walleye start feeding more. | | | | bait. During the fall, the walleye are looking for |
| More food helps them to stay alive when they | | | | bigger baits. They are also starting to slow down |
| slow down during the cold winters. You will have | | | | because the water temperatures are dropping so |
| incredible luck catching a walleye during the fall | | | | you need to present the bait to them in the area |
| because they are looking for anything they can | | | | that they are located. They do not want to have |
| find to eat. They will strike at just about anything | | | | to chase the bait at this time. |
| in the fall months. As the water gets colder, the | | | | The great thing about fall walleye fishing is that |
| walleye tend to move to the deeper waters | | | | the fish are going to be located in one or more |
| around underwater structures such as island, | | | | areas instead of spread out all over the lake as |
| humps and points. | | | | they are during the summer months. They will be |
| Even though the walleye are on the move, trolling | | | | by the underwater structures, all you need to do |
| is going to work well for hooking the big fish. | | | | is drop the bait right in front of them, and you |
| When you find a location that has many walleyes, | | | | should have your catch. They are hungry and |
| you can jig or rig and catch many walleyes. You | | | | prefer the food to come to them. You can use |
| can use leadcore to get the bait lower down in | | | | just about any presentation, but the live, larger |
| the water. You should use an eighteen-pound | | | | bait is going to work the best. |
| leadcore test line with a ten-foot leader. The test | | | | The early fall walleyes will still be by some of the |
| line should have some stretch or you could snap | | | | weed beds that are still around, but as these |
| the line in the cold temperatures. Before you | | | | weed beds start to die off, the baitfish will move |
| even get out on the lake, you should look at a | | | | and so will the walleye. You could fish the weed |
| map to see where the underwater structures are | | | | beds as long as the walleye stay there. They will |
| because this is where you will find the walleye. | | | | gradually start moving to deeper waters. You |
| To fish with live minnows during the fall, you can | | | | might see them in ten feet of water at the end |
| catch your own. The best live minnow is one that | | | | of August and by the middle of September, they |
| you have taken out of the water you are fishing. | | | | could be in twenty feet of water. As the |
| These minnows will stay alive longer in the colder | | | | temperatures keep dropping, they will move to |
| waters. You will also be able to cast the minnow | | | | water depths of twenty-five feet or deeper. |