Allan spent Wed to Fri at the Kettle Falls Campground. The first couple days of catching was rough for Allan with zero fish on Wed and 4 walleyes on day 2 toward sunset. I arrived Friday morning at 815 to a hot breakfast in Allan’s camper. We were on the water before 9 am. We caught nothing before lunch. Allan got us going with a burbot and a “too small to keep” walleye out of 90 feet of water. We weren’t happy with the small fish in deep water, so we changed tactics moving to a shallower area that has been good to us in the past. Allan hadn’t had any success in the last 2 days at this spot, but a small jog toward the main channel made all the difference. We are talking about moving the boat 20 yards compared to the previous days, and the bite was on. We ended the day with 9 keepers between 17 and 20 inches. Allan also released a 24.5 inch walleye which was the biggest of the trip. Water temp 38 degrees. Lake level 1277 ft.

More info for club members: Allan had some success on Thursday evening on a hump near Bradberry Beach. We started there and marked fish. We tried a couple of spots near Bradberry, but nothing was biting our jigs or blade baits. Our next spot was in Singer Bay. Again, we marked fish, but no bites in over an hour. We joined a group of boats above the highway bridge fishing between 70 and 100 feet, and Allan hooked the small burbot and small walleye. Other boats were catching keeper walleyes when we first arrived, but the bite slowed after a half hour. We decided to move to Marcus. After an hour of searching, we found a school of fish willing to bite. Allan had success on a 3/4 ounce chorme blade bait. I caught several on a 3/4 ounce blade bait painted in a comoflauge design and a 5/8 oz chartreuse jig head with an olive colored 4 inch curl tail grub tipped with Gulp maggots. We didn’t have any crawlers with us.

Allan’s Livescope was helpful for locating walleyes, but if they aren’t in the mood to bite it doesn’t matter. I continue to be surprised how much walleyes move around. For years, I assumed that winter walleyes were dormant and moved little with their bellies to the bottom. This is not the case. There are scattered individuals that roam around slowly, and schools of walleyes that show up on Livescope and are gone before you can gast a lure to them. In the few times I have fished with Allan and Patrick (has Livescope too), the technology helps you locate a general area where walleyes are located, but sharp shooting them is much harder than the videos on YouTube make it look.

Allan and Greg: Roosevelt - Mar 7, 2025