Waconia Walleyes advice

[Fawkinnae]

Wondering if anyone has any suggestions for fishing walleyes on Waconia.
Depths? Bait? Methods Areas?
I promise if I catch any thing exceptional I might not enter it in the Challenge.

[Cody Gruchow]

i mostly drift fish waconia by coney island. a snag less weight mady by lindy and a fathead with a bright hook. with a long  2 to 3 foot leader(non-wire) good luck out there i havent been out there yet. let us all know how it goes

[Fawkinnae]

Thanks Cody.

[Tyler Rother]

My expierience out there, go where the structure is and the boat maze is not.

[Mayfly]

Is there a school on that lake? I feel like I heard of people fishing for walleyes out in front of school on that lake..... 

[Mayfly]

I do know of people fishing Andersons Reef. I've never fished the lake but best i've heard was very very early morning before the sun rises to about a half hour after and the same with dark.

[Cody Gruchow]

well i dont know what the reefs are called and such but my best luck has come from on the left side of the island there is a sharp drop off.

[Fawkinnae]

Left would be... west?

well i dont know what the reefs are called and such but my best luck has come from on the left side of the island there is a sharp drop off.

[Cody Gruchow]

the side that the inn town marina is on.

[dakids]

South and east side

[Cody Gruchow]

you talking about the island dakids? i thought the island was a bit to the left of the marina if you coming from the marina. well i think i may be out there this weekend.

[dakids]

Yep, south and east side of the island.

[Cody Gruchow]

pretty much anywere around the island, but getting away from the crowds will help also. and if you plan on hitting the water lets say on saturday it may be a little busyer than usual because muskie opens up on saturday

[Fawkinnae]

A lucky angler bagged this magnificent freshwater drum. In fact he bagged two of them (didn't the Allman Brothers have two drummers). Unfortunately he was not able to get a measurement on this spectacular freshwater specimen.

We did get one walleye 12.5" good enough for second place. Tough night for walleyes - cold.
Slip bobber and leech about 17'.

[Cody Gruchow]

dont they make you think you have a nice eye on then you see them and its dissapointment lol

[Fawkinnae]

dont they make you think you have a nice eye on then you see them and its dissapointment lol

Exactly! My fishing partner started calling me "little drummer boy".

By the way we caught the walleye at about 9:15 and had to be back at the dock by 9:30.

[Cody Gruchow]

so did you use a variety of bait or just leeches? what was the shallowest you fished?

[Fawkinnae]

so did you use a variety of bait or just leeches? what was the shallowest you fished?

We used crawlers and leeches. We went over reefs where the depth came up to 3'. Deepest we fished was probably 25'. We did pull some crankbaits too.

[Cody Gruchow]

well in that case i may use some shiners and fatheads this weekend to see how they respond to that. sure they have seen enough of the other bait

[Mayfly]

dont they make you think you have a nice eye on then you see them and its dissapointment lol

Exactly! My fishing partner started calling me "little drummer boy".

By the way we caught the walleye at about 9:15 and had to be back at the dock by 9:30.

You have a curfew Doug??

[Fawkinnae]

dont they make you think you have a nice eye on then you see them and its dissapointment lol

Exactly! My fishing partner started calling me "little drummer boy".

By the way we caught the walleye at about 9:15 and had to be back at the dock by 9:30.

You have a curfew Doug??

Fishing League night. Must be in on time or disqualified.

[MNBucKKiller]

Them sheepheads are sure fun to catch :)  Ive had my best luck fishing Kegs, reds and the southwest side of the island off the sand bar.  Depth varries depending on the boat traffic (more boats fish deeper, Quite day fish shallower)  I mostly use a 1/4 oz jig with fat head, bounce it off the bottom.  You left right at the best bite.  Should've been out til at least 10 or 10:30.

[Fawkinnae]

Them sheepheads are sure fun to catch :)  Ive had my best luck fishing Kegs, reds and the southwest side of the island off the sand bar.  Depth varries depending on the boat traffic (more boats fish deeper, Quite day fish shallower)  I mostly use a 1/4 oz jig with fat head, bounce it off the bottom.  You left right at the best bite.  Should've been out til at least 10 or 10:30.

I figured it was about prime time when we went in. Thought about going back out but...