The beauty of walleye fishing is that it doesn’t take a great amount of gear to get started. In fact, while many anglers think about targeting walleyes from their boats, anglers without boats can find just as great of success. Shorefishing is often most effective throughout the spring and fall seasons, but walleyes can be caught from shore all season long in many areas.
Shore anglers will often find shorter bite windows, particularly at sunrise and sunset, but the bite can be prolonged all day long by wind hitting a shoreline on natural lakes or a current flowing on rivers. Dirty water conditions can also result in a bite that takes place all day long. Regardless the time of the day or season, shore anglers will find tips for more success in our articles!
Spring means fishing in South Dakota. As walleyes prepare for their spawning rituals, they spend a majority of their time within a cast’s reach of all anglers. In fact, anglers will often find the most success fishing from their boots than in the boat. This makes it the perfect time of year for everyone to enjoy one of the best bites of the season.
Even the best anglers need a little bit of lucky timing when it comes to catching the fish of a lifetime! Fortunately, spring is one of the best times for anglers hitting water to enjoy catching great numbers of fish and possibly the biggest fish of their life as well. In fact, anytime you hit the water, you could be seconds or minutes away from a memory that will last a lifetime.
Nick Harrington discusses two different styles of casting jigs for early spring walleye. The first focuses on targeting trophy fish with bigger baits, while the second focuses on covering water and catching numbers of fish in One-Two Plastic Punch for Spring Walleye.
A jig and minnow is one of the most popular spring fishing methods, but many anglers fail to capitalize on the various other options their are to place on their jig. It may be that they lack the confidence or it may be because they just haven’t found the benefits of trying soft plastics. Today, we’ll share everything you need to know about beefing up your presentation, to target trophy caliber walleye.
Jigs are a staple of cold water fishing. They could be tipped with plastics or live bait, but regardless they are extremely popular. There is an alternative to jigs though: its suspending jerkbaits. These are generally a hard plastic bait with a minnow profile.
South Dakota offers some of the best fall walleye fishing in the country! Thanks to the Missouri River reservoirs and the Glacial Lakes region, the state offers a nearly 24 hour walleye bite. However, it is tough to beat the twilight period! Find out everything you need to know in Night Time is the Right Time for Fall Walleye.
The most important factor in having success in the fall is finding the high percentage areas that the trophy walleyes are going to be. With football season in full swing, walleye anglers need to find their own Red Zone. In Staying in the Red Zone for Trophy Fall Walleye, Nick details everything you need to know to find your Red Zone for trophy walleye.
Once you’re in the Red Zone, it’s all about running the right play to score. In Over-sized Baits for Over-sized Fall Walleye, Nick details the presentations he likes to run to score those trophy walleyes of fall!
The tailrace areas below the dams on the Missouri River reservoirs in South Dakota provide some of the best fishing opportunities on the entire system, especially in the fall. Learn about targeting these areas in Tailrace Walleye Tactics.
In our second article, Tailrace Walleye Tactics II: Putting Fish in the Boat, we discussed the most effective ways to target walleyes in tailraces when fishing out of the boat. However, one of the beautiful things about fishing these areas is that it really takes very minimal equipment to have success. In fact, many times shore anglers may have some of the best success in these areas.
