Where's the walleye?

NewfieJer · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2012 4:29 pm

Okay guys, I fish Moira all the time either in the summer for Musky or the winter ice fishing for whatever is biting. I want to know what you guys are using ice fishing, I've caught a few Pike and Perch but never a Walleye. I use minnows with Northland tackle lures.(forage minnow) and jig heads with live minnows and have yet to catch a walleye. I saw 2 guys land one today within 20 mins of setting up....where is the spot to be out there?

Fred Fisher · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2012 4:51 pm

Were you seen the 2 guys land one within 20 min of setting up. LoL

NewfieJer · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2012 4:55 pm

LOL was waiting for that reply from someone. I'll be taking that spot tomorrow morning for sure as long as there not there.

ChugBug262 · **Joined:** Sun May 15, 2011 6:19 pm **Posts:** 464

Try a deadly dick tipped with a worm if you can find worms :-)

NewfieJer · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2012 7:53 pm

Thanks I'll give that a try, the Petro in Madoc still sells worms I guess I'll find out tomorrow if that works!

Endosmoke · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2012 10:46 pm

Use more spoons and jig raps! I was there Saturday for 1st time an used my usual BOQ gear an we managed 4 threw out the day. Fishing was better in morning for us

Endosmoke · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2012 10:47 pm

Also had my humminbird finder witch helped alot too

NewfieJer · **Posted:** Wed Jan 11, 2012 3:46 pm

Thanks Chris I'll give that a try too. I was out there this morning for about 5 hours and only caught 2 small Perch, I did see a guy catch a Pike just a few feet away from me though. I'm going to keep going out there until I land one or the ice melts which ever comes first.

NewfieJer · **Posted:** Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:26 pm

Appreciate it, I'll be back out there tomorrow afternoon then. If your out I'm in the black and yellow instashak. That's where I was this morning too!

NewfieJer · **Posted:** Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:34 pm

Yeah I was out till about 4:30 and got skunked.

NewfieJer · **Posted:** Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:40 pm

We sw you over there, wearing the orange? How did you make out, get anything? We're suppose to get 5-10cm of snow tonight followed by another 5-10 on Friday and the temps a bit colder migh help with ice.
Today when we set ice anchors, even pre drilling the ice was shattering after 2"s down..luckily there was no wind today

NewfieJer · **Posted:** Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:57 pm

You must have been the 2 in front of us that set up then took the hut back down then? The wind was strong enough that I had to put the tie downs on, hut kept buckling in. I'm going back out tomorrow afternoon and see what's happening

Tylercurt · **Posted:** Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:22 pm

I was there this aft, got a small perch and a small walleye, threw it back, might have been eatable but being used to Quinte size fish I figured I'd let her live and wait for a real fish....lol Lots of ice and flasher was lit up close to dark, tried the whole tackel box and just the one....1.5 hour drive was worth it anyway....

had2lose · **Joined:** Wed Dec 29, 2010 10:27 pm **Posts:** 118

Wow, I just checked out that ontario guide to eating sport fish for the first time...quite surprised that the fish in the bay are safer to eat then any of the back lakes I checked for similar size fish. I am guessing that this has to do with age of the fish...ie a moira lake walleye might take 10 years to reach 18", and a bay of quinte walleye may take a much shorter time period to reach this size, and therefore less time to build up contaminants??

Had2

NewfieJer · **Posted:** Thu Jan 12, 2012 7:07 am

Actually guys it's because of the waste treatment lake about a km North of Moira that probably get's "flushed" inot Moira somehow. I would never eat anything out of this lake, every now and then you can get a whiff of it if the wind is blowing right. If you drive just north of the boat launch here you can see it on the left just past Toughs repair shop, huge gully of crap...so don't eat em out of Moira, just a warning!

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