Canyon Walleyes
Yes Sir I have. Canyon has a great walleye population. In April and May at night, you can catch some good walleyes on the main lake points and by the marina on crankbaits. As Bill stated, the biggest walleyes are usually up the river. Any vertical wall or submerged point in 10-20' of water will hold them, and a crankbait is a good way to get on them. From the bass pre spawn in March, until early October, you can usually get a few each night along with a bunch of bass on crankbaits. But unlike crankbaiting bass where you often times need that bait banging the bottom, I do better on walleyes by fishing the lures over open water shad schools. When fishing crankbaits for walleyes at night, you will also notice that when you first get bit, there will be just a light tap, almost like a trout hitting a worm. If you set the hook at that point, you will miss that fish, but if you just keep a slow steady reel, they will come back and nail it every time? If you are good at fishing live minnows or crawler rigs, I would bet that you could really hammer them during the day as well. Good Luck.....Joe
