Rocky Gorge 27 April 14

[Cowpokey]

I make my own crawler spinner harnesses. A 3/4 ounce bouncer works for me. I also use the bouncer to troll small jointed rapala minnows. I caught 2 juvenile walleyes in Triadelphia last year.

I've been tying spinner harnesses since I was a kid, probably my daughter's age, maybe even younger...as long as I can remember. I've got a box large tupperware box full of beads, spinner blades, clevises, hooks, etc. I will be tying some starting tomorrow after work. I have a go to color combination, my twin sister came up with it as a joke right before we went to the family rebellion* camping/fishing trip: Hot Chartreuse blade with Pink faceted beads. Little did she know there was no joke, that combination became the family favorite catching countless walleye over the years.

*reunion

[DanMarino]

Walleyes are scarce, so don't expect to catch a lot of them. It too me 3 years of trying to finally catch a couple of small ones at Triadelphia. But you'll catch plenty of fish on them. White perch will probably be the dominant catch, but you will encounter schools of crappies and yellow perch, with occasional other species as a bonus. I always try the bottom bouncer for a while every trip to see what I can catch.

[Cowpokey]

Do you ever use plastic worms on them?

[DanMarino]

http://www.snaggedline.com/showthrea...arness-8-13-13

Haven't caught any walleyes yet with a rubber worm, but have caught other stuff.

[Cowpokey]

http://www.snaggedline.com/showthrea...arness-8-13-13

Haven't caught any walleyes yet with a rubber worm, but have caught other stuff.

Thanks for the insight. I'm not expecting the walleye fishing to be like back home, but knowing that they're there is enough to get me interested.

[DanMarino]

If you figure out how to catch them consistently, please share the secret.

[freshstripes]

Anybody put some serious time in trolling baits like shad raps and other small deep divers? They should produce as well as entice the big toothy guys

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[freshstripes]

Works on the Potomac

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[Cowpokey]

If you figure out how to catch them consistently, please share the secret.

Will do.

Anybody put some serious time in trolling baits like shad raps and other small deep divers? They should produce as well as entice the big toothy guys

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I spent a good bit of time trolling shad raps over the last few weekends, not sure if that qualifies as what you're looking for...but it should work better than it did. I still think the inconsistent weather has played a major part in the slow catching.

[freshstripes]

I would try trolling super shad raps too they catch muskie.

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[DanMarino]

The problem isn't the shad raps, it's that the WSSC reservoirs are difficult to catch bass in.

[perchy]

I troll the deep husky jerks specially designed for walleyes on Lake Erie and have yet to catch one. I think the patterns you read about for pike and walleyes that work in other places may not work here. These fish MIGHT be relating more to cool springs than deep water in the summer.

[freshstripes]

Are you hitting bottom and snagging often? Maybe you are fishing too deep.

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[freshstripes]

I would focus on making contact with the bottom and matching the forage

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[Cowpokey]

I troll the deep husky jerks specially designed for walleyes on Lake Erie and have yet to catch one. I think the patterns you read about for pike and walleyes that work in other places may not work here. These fish MIGHT be relating more to cool springs than deep water in the summer.

I don't know about cool springs, but if it draws bait fish, certainly the predators will hone in on them. I would expect Rocky Gorge to have the same cool/cold water temps at lower in the water column since it's so deep.