[StriperFan]

Originally Posted by TNBronzeback

I always heard the same thing.
2 summers ago i went to the mouth of the stones river, it was august, stupid hot, mid day, sunny clear skies. No generation in the stones and just a trickle in the cumberland. I had a handful of 1/8th oz leadheads and some bobby garlands. Tossed in the stones and bounced it back across bottom....POP....got a small 12" walleye. Casted again.....POP....14"+/- walleye. For the next 30-45 minutes i caught or hooked a walleye every 4-5 casts! No big fish....all undersized, but they were schooled in there. By all walleye knowledge, those fish had no logical reason to be where they were...no immediate visible signs of bait from the bank....but from that trip, i decided to dedicate ALOT of my time to the river chasing walleyes and saugers. Ive fished ALOT of dead, structureless, fishless water to kinda pinpoint the few spots ive found thus far. Some are above the dam, some are below.
Being from michigan, ive spent hundreds and hundreds of hours on the Detroit and St. Claire rivers fishing walleyes using more methods than what would be believable but all seasons require a special approach but its made me a very productive jigger which is the most effective way to approach river fish. Case in point, with lack of current this weekend, the fish wanted a slow, low jig....not much action at all. With the spinners, they did not want it spinning fast, which in most cases, thats typical in non-current situations. Kick up the current and the spinning blade and fast rip jigging looks more natural like a dying shad kicking down river.
I know there were several BIG walleyes above the dam caught this past winter and i plan on boating some myself. Trial and error and lots of spent gas and sun burns! Lol

They aren't always where we think they should be, on Tims Ford and Center Hill, walleyes can be found shallow feeding-close to deep water-on hot summer days. I've always used spinner rigs, with threadfin shad or worms in low current, and switch to a jig or bladebait in more current.