Walleye
 

Where could I fish for walleye out of a small canoe. I know about the pond of the Caney at night but I'm not to thrilled about fishing down there at night.

What bothers you about fishing down there at night?

Center Hill, Old Hickory, Dale Hollow (trophies), Normandy, and Tims Ford all have Walleye and you could fish any of them out of any watercraft you choose. Fishing for them at night is the only way I know to catch them. Daytime Walleye fishing is tough to do and it involves a lot of deep water trolling. Those techniques aren't idea for kayak anglers so I stick to night fishing.

As far as ease out of a small boat, below center hill. It's creepy at first but you grow to enjoy it. Normandy is the smallest body of water around here with walleye. Out of a canoe it's going to be tough to cover enough water to find them and impossible to troll out of well enough to catch them I think. I tried it out of my yak once and it has hard to do because if you are trolling two rods and one gets hung up the other is going to get jacked up too as you are trying to free the other. I had to take the bass boat out to Normandy to catch my first keeper walleye a month or so ago bouncing bottom with a crawler harness.

I guess it's not that bad but don't want to be stuck out there in an emergency.

Unless they're generating, the pond in the Caney is probably one of the safest places to night fish. At least you don't run the risk of getting run over by another boat. It's a little creepy at first but peaceful.


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Yep. That fog starts rolling in and it gets creepy. On that note, I think I am going Friday : )

There aren't really that many Walleye down there though. You can catch one or two, and maybe they'll be keepers, but the place isn't totally crawling with them. Most of the ones you catch there are too small to keep.

If you want to fish a true Walleye lake look into Dale Hollow. That lake not only has high numbers but some of them are giants.

The Caney has Walleye sparsely scattered all through the river, not just at the dam. I'm trying hard to take care of that problem though and catch and eat them all.

Go to one of the Walleye lakes in the canoe at night with a submersible light or two. Put it out just before sunset in a likely walleye spot where you find bait. Once the bait comes in good rig up a drop shot rig with a treble hook on top weight below. Drop that below the bait, jerk it up through the school and when you hook shad drop it back down below the school.

IF there are walleye or predator fish around the school anywhere you will catch them.

I need to try this on the Caney. I've got the lights

I have thought about it on the Caney and not trying to steer you away from it by no means but I don't think it gets dark enough to draw enough bait in at the Dam.

It may work...that is just why I haven't tried it there.

What line do you use for the walleye and big trout at night below the dam, do you use a leader.

anything from 4-8 lb test fluorocarbon. Jerkbaits and things like that get the heavier line. 2lb for the troutmagnets.

I have thought of this too. I know when they have those lights on in the corner on the wall it lights the area up really well. I am always surprised that I don't catch anything cruising in those lights. I am still fairly new to fishing at night there, I've only been 6-8 times so I am still learning. I've still not had a good night catching there. Well, short walleye tend to be my specialty that and losing big browns.

Travis, It may work for Juice. His light are not very bright. Think you know what I mean. :)