St Lawrence walleyes and bass

[Kevin J Legg]

I woke at 4:00 and decided to hit the river. Caught two walleyes (20" and 25") and a limit of bass before the tourist took over.

[mhtrapper]

I am thinking about hitting river tonight and if i dont get home to late maybe try in the morning also. Its hard to leave after dark when you have it basically to yourself. They are some nice eyes Kevin, that seems to be about the average as far as i can see. I have caught 4 total, all around 21 to 25 inches very solid fish.Good luck fishing

[tugger]

Kevin

Nice Fish!! Jigging or trolling?? How deep are you getting the eyes? Are they mixed in with the Bass?

[Kevin J Legg]

I got the bass deeper (65-75 feet) but didn't fish for them till later in the morning.. Walleyes I caught were 25-40 feet. Caught the bass on 1 oz. drop shots and walleyes trolling sticks.

[tugger]

Kevin

Bass 65-75Ft WOW. Were they stacked up good or spread out? Whats the water temp in the river? I've been fishing BRB and Sandy Pond today...77-79 deg in lake and in the Pond.

[Kevin J Legg]

River is also very warm. There seem to be two groups of smallies in the river. Some seem to stay shallower in the 15-30 foot range but many go deep in August and they are definitely tightly schooled on bait. I've caught them 125 feet down.

[tugger]

Kevin

I thought 70ft was deep .....I would have never guessed they would ever be any deeper than that. 125 ft is amazing!!!

[Kevin J Legg]

I got skunked on the walleyes today but caught a nice limit of 14-17" smallmouths I guess I'm getting a bit selective when I feel like I had an unsuccessful morning cause I didn't hit a walleye.

[justtracytrolling]

Ive been doing well on otisco lake for eyes but was thinking of trying the chippewa bay area this weekend any advice? Im set up to troll with boards and downriggers and prefer cranks to harnesses but whatever works!

[panfisher]

Beauteous smallies, B! And that foot looks as if U were trying to camo yourself to make it easier to catch 'em....

[Kevin J Legg]

I've made many posts on fishing walleyes on the river. Check them out.