CG_Fishes Posted January 1, 2022 Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 Decided to go try for pike/walleye one more time for the year. Fished this whole stretch of river for 3 hours before sunset with an 8" magdraft and 7" magslowl without a sniff. It was beautiful as the sun went down though as the valley filled with fog. The second it got dark I got smashed by a solid walleye. Took my pics and let it go. Made a few casts and hooked up on another walleye. Casted around a bit more and left. Really liking this whole walleye thing, hoping to find some bigger fish soon. Couldn't have asked for a better way to end the year, especially since this is the latest in the year that I have ever caught fish aholodnick, El_Weruso, HaydenS and 12 others 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harshwaters Posted January 1, 2022 Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 Night time is the right time. Well done. Those Megabass softies have treated you well. CG_Fishes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CG_Fishes Posted January 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 5 hours ago, Harshwaters said: Night time is the right time. Well done. Those Megabass softies have treated you well. Those baits have become my go to for just about anything, if I'm going fishing I have a magdraft or magslowl tied on Harshwaters 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossyback Angler Posted January 1, 2022 Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 Some great catches and beautiful pics. Silly as it may sound, I’ve got walleye fishing on my bucket list. Something about them intrigued me. Don’t have any here in Central NJ to target. CG_Fishes and PNW EOD 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishDr Posted January 1, 2022 Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 Nice fish! You’ve got to love the witching hour. Keep at it, there’s a 30-incher in your future. CG_Fishes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CG_Fishes Posted January 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 2 hours ago, FishDr said: Nice fish! You’ve got to love the witching hour. Keep at it, there’s a 30-incher in your future. That's definitely the end goal, I'll be out there trying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PNW EOD Posted January 2, 2022 Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 Diggin' It! Great work on some solid river 'eyes! CG_Fishes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefchris Posted January 4, 2022 Report Share Posted January 4, 2022 awesome stuff man, we have a pond here thats stocked with walleye and im to connect with one night what size/color on the magdrafts/magslow do you like? CG_Fishes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CG_Fishes Posted January 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2022 57 minutes ago, chefchris said: awesome stuff man, we have a pond here thats stocked with walleye and im to connect with one night what size/color on the magdrafts/magslow do you like? Before this week I had never caught one myself. I have fished a ton in this spot with an 8" magdraft and never had an eye eat it but as soon as I brought out the 6" magdraft and 7" magslowl I've had success. Of course I am going to try and force feed them the 8" draft or 9" slowl looking for my 30"er. As far as color goes I will always go with ketabasu with the slowl, that color is such a killee for me, looks exactly like a fallfish, which I believe to be the top forage in the river. As far as the magdraft I caught these on biwako shad, based on my limited experience it doesn't seem that color matters much as these two are so different. I think that as with anything in the swimbait game just pick a color you are confident enough in to commit to. I always go natural myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whompuscat658 Posted January 6, 2022 Report Share Posted January 6, 2022 Wow incredible looking spot, bro. Wish we had stuff like that here in CO CG_Fishes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyehunter Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 Very nice fish man. I noticed you were using a magdraft. Were you using it shallow near the surface, or were you allowing it to sink? Walleyes do take swimbaits off the surface, but more often they take them somewhat below it. Happy you were able to get on the water so late. My boat was getting repaired so I missed out on some TOTW. Great job man. And I agree with you, Walleyes on swimbaits is just so much fun. Most oldtimers would sniff at this new approach, but I for one am fully on board changing things up. Both Doug Stange and Gord Pyzer have advocated for big 5-6" swimbaits (paddeltails) and I decided to use this method exclusively for the last two years. So keep it up man. CG_Fishes, FishDr and ThatKidInNY 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CG_Fishes Posted January 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 22 minutes ago, Eyehunter said: Very nice fish man. I noticed you were using a magdraft. Were you using it shallow near the surface, or were you allowing it to sink? Walleyes do take swimbaits off the surface, but more often they take them somewhat below it. Happy you were able to get on the water so late. My boat was getting repaired so I missed out on some TOTW. Great job man. And I agree with you, Walleyes on swimbaits is just so much fun. Most oldtimers would sniff at this new approach, but I for one am fully on board changing things up. Both Doug Stange and Gord Pyzer have advocated for big 5-6" swimbaits (paddeltails) and I decided to use this method exclusively for the last two years. So keep it up man. I was fishing the bait in less than 5' of water when both of these fish ate, the bait was probably 2ish feet under the surface. Once the sun sets I have noticed that the walleye push up shallow and feed looking up. Granted I have skunked my past 3 trips after this but based on the fish I have caught that's my guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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