My Brother in law called last Wednesday and said he heard of a good walleye bite in the lower part of Green Bay. We made plans to meet Friday morning and go check it out.

Anyone who has ever fished Green bay for walleye know’s that you have be versatile. Fish roam the flats of the lower bay after they come out of the rivers, and the bite can be fabulous but unpredictable, with the fish moving shallower or deeper depending on weather , water clarity and boat traffic. So just because they were in eight feet of water on a break line yesterday doesn’t necessarily mean they will be there tomorrow.

The weather was perfect for a shallow water bite with a nice chop, but there were also a lot of boats working the same area we were. We started the day trolling crank baits in six feet of water. This had been the pattern, but after a few hours of no fish we started changing things. We started by putting the baits back farther getting them closer to the bottom ( you have to be careful doing this because the zebra mussels can cut your line). This produced the first fish of the day. We had the start of a pattern. Shortly after that we had a double, two nice walleye’s in the 18 inch range. Now we were onto something. We found the walleye’s were relating to a few small areas of hard bottom and were not scattered like they been the past few days. The weather took a turn for the worst shortly after and chased us off the lake but not before catching a couple more fish.

The morale to this story is to always remember to stay versatile, especially when fishing big water. Pay attention to the water clarity, it has been my observation that if you can see the bottom you generally won’t catch walleye’s there during daylight hours. Wind and waves will usually concentrate fish, while bright calm days usually scatter them.

Don’t stick with something for to long if it isn’t working.