Walleye/Sauger Tactics?

WILL I AM NOT AND EXPERT.THE BEST PLACE TO FIND EYES ON NORRIS RIGHT NOW TO ME IS UP IN THE RIVER FROM LONE MOUNTAIN UP.I ALWAYS TRY TO FINE ROCK BANKS.FROM 7 TO 10 FT DEEP.USE A JIG HEAD 1/4 TO 3/8 TIP WITH A MINNOW.WERE SOME PEOPLE MAKE MISTAKE THEY USE TO SMALL A MINNOW.USE LARGE MINNOW .GETTING BACK TO JIGHEADS ON CLINCH RIVER OR NORRIS WHAT SOME PEOPLE CALL IT.COLOR RED HEAD WITH DARK GREEN FEATHER,FLO.YELLOW WITH DARK GREEN FEATHER.THAT WILL GET YOU STARTED.TRY THE YELLOW FEATHERS WORK TO.IF WATER IS CLEAR TRY PINK HEADS &PINK.





ON DOUGLAS I HAVE CAUGHT SAUGER AND WALLEYE ON ABOUT EVERY COLOR MOST PEOPLE USE ORANGE HEAD & I HAVE SEEN THEM USE ALL KIND OF COLOR WITH ORANGE HEADS.BLUE IS A GOOD COLOR SOME TIMES.I TRY TO BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.I LOOK AT LIKE THIS LET SAY YOU HAVE 10 BOATS 2 PEOPLE IN EACH BOAT.FISHING THE SAME PLACE ALL ARE USING ORANGE.AFTER AWILE THE FISH GET USE TO SEEING THE SAME COLOR.I BELIEVE THEY BITE FOR A WHILE BUT THEY WILL SLOW DOWN. MOST OF THE TIME I USE 3/8/OR 1/4 SWIMMING JIG&WOBBLER JIG & LIVE BAIT JIG. ANOTHER THING I HAVE LEARN ABOUT BE READY TO MOVE.MOST OF THE TIME I TRY TO FISH WERE THEY ARE NOT LOT OF BOATS.LET SAY I WAS FISHING AND THEY WERE 3 BOATS WERE I WAS AT A BOAT CAME AND SAW ME CAUGHT A EYE.THEY WILL GO TELL THERE BUDDY'S.NOW YOU GOT 20 BOATS FISHING WERE YOU ARE. IN WALLEYE FISHING ALLWAYS HAVE ANOTHER PLACE TO GO.BECAUSE ALL THEY DONE WAS STOPPED THE FISH FROM BITING.

Rapala has given you some great advice!

I'm no expert either but I'll jump in here, generally speaking walleye/sauger/saugeyes are group feeders and will hunt in packs so once you find them it's a mater of what they want to eat. They both are light sensitive and like current/current break areas, but most of all they are just like other fish they have to have forage present. Main forage for the most part are minnows, so anything that mimics them will catch them. Both also love night crawlers and leeches. If I had to go out on any given body of water with just two baits #1 would be jigs with twister tails or tube baits, #2 would be a worm harness tipped with a night crawler or leech. You can almost break the year down to two seasons, shallow gravel/hard bottom flats areas close to deep water during the cold weather low light conditions and deep water structure, points, rock piles, sunken islands and mid lake humps during warmer months with brighter conditions. The also like weeds if available and will be buried inside during bright days and use the edges during low light conditions. Main thing is they like cooler water, low light penetration and current and they are prolific feeders so once you find them they can be fairly easy to catch at times. Hope this helps



Good Luck in your search!

I KNOW ABOVE 4 OR 5 YEARS AGO FISHING WAS REAL GOOD IN THE RIVER.TAKE NIGHT TIME WHEN I FISHS 7 OR 8 YEARS AGO THEY WERE NOT A WHOLE LET OF PEOPLE FISHING AT NIGHT.ABOUT 10 OCLOCK EVERY BODY WAS GONE TO THE HOUSE EXCEPT A FEW PEOPLE.NOW YOU GOT BOATS ARE LINED UP END TO END SIDE-WAY AND EVERY WAY.BUT MY THINKING THEY ARE STILL SOME IN THE RIVER.BUT THE WAY THEY HAVE LEFT THE RIVER UP FOR SEVERAL YEARS.AND THE WATER WARMING SOONER.I BELIEVE THEY HAVE BEEN SPAWNING SOONER.BUT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE FISHING PRESSURE.I BELIEVE THIS YEAR WITH THE WATER BEING DOWN MORE YOU WILL SEE MORE FISH CAUGHT.LIKE CLINCH RIVER I WAS USED TO FISHING LOW WATER.THEN YOU GO OVER THERE AND WERE THERE WAS 3 FT OF WATER NOW THERE IS 12 TO 15 FT. OF WATER THAT THROW ME FOR A LOOP. IT WAS JUST LIKE STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN.CLINCH RIVER WAS WERE I LEARNED HOW TO FISH FOR WALLEYE AND SAUGER.IF I DON'T CATCH ANY OVER THERE I LOVE JUST TO LOOK.





I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS AS MANY BUT THERE STILL SOME THERE.