| Nebraska walleye fishing can be a rewarding | | | | Suspended walleyes are very common on the |
| activity. The following tips apply to places like | | | | reservoirs with shad or crappies for the main |
| Lake McConaughy, Sherman, and Merritt which | | | | forage base in Nebraska. White bass often tip you |
| are popular destinations, but you also have a | | | | off to good locations - you just need to make a |
| gaggle of other waters to explore. Most of these | | | | couple small adjustments to get the walleyes. Use |
| lakes will produce dynamite fishing if you're willing | | | | large baits like number 9 Shadraps and keep |
| to change your ways and stray from tradition. | | | | setting your depths lower and lower until you run |
| One secret that will really help your walleye fishing | | | | out of whites. Now you're in walleye territory. |
| in the Corn Husker state is to fish the right lakes. | | | | With dog days you see the largest reservoirs in |
| In the early spring time you'll find it rewarding if | | | | the state will produce good walleye fishing. Lake |
| you fish smaller, shallower, dingy lakes. These | | | | McConaughy is the place to be with it's nearly |
| waters warm up very quickly and it's child's play | | | | 35,000 acres. Again, many anglers struggle |
| to catch these walleyes. Pitching jigs to rip rap or | | | | because they fish good spots, rather than fishing |
| rocky shorelines is an all around favorite at this | | | | fish. During the summer period walleyes will be |
| latitude. | | | | spread out horizontally and vertically in the water |
| Otherwise you have some excellent tail water | | | | column. Trolling crankbaits on structure and |
| areas to investigate. These are good areas to | | | | especially open water is an effective method for |
| visit if you only have an hour or two to fish, since | | | | taking mid summer walleyes on Big Mac. Fall |
| you'll be shore casting. Another great tactic for | | | | fishing again becomes productive for the majority |
| spring walleyes is shore casting stickbaits at night | | | | of the walleye angling public in Nebraska, simply |
| along the rip-rap dam faces that you find in many | | | | because more fish are doing the same thing, |
| Nebraska reservoirs. Keep your retrieve slow and | | | | groups form, and you get competition within a |
| steady and work from 10 feet to 1 foot from | | | | group of walleyes for bait. Traditionally slab |
| the rip rap. | | | | spoons in depths of 20 to 35 feet become the |
| As the waters warm up, we find larger lakes | | | | popular method. However, learning to dial in |
| start producing fish as they become post spawn. | | | | leadcore line with extreme precision will really put |
| A big misconception with walleyes says the fishing | | | | fall walleyes in the boat when they get deep. |
| is tough during post spawn. This simply isn't the | | | | Another great option for fall walleyes on Big Mac |
| case. Post spawn walleyes will bite and fishing will | | | | is to cast cranks at rocky points in 4 to 8 feet of |
| be very good provided you look in the right areas | | | | water. It's a multi-species method that produces |
| and do the right things. Most anglers fish either to | | | | fast action for whatever predators are up |
| deep or they fail to execute a good open water | | | | feeding. |
| trolling program for suspended walleyes. | | | | |