Where and how to fish walleye near Camas?

[steelheader4ever]

I have never eaten walleye and can never find someone to give me a little to try so I must catch it myself. I need to know where to go around camas and what to use? Also what time of the day is the best and what are my bank options and what are my boat options?
Any info will be more than I have now so let me have it.
Thanks

[shinnookums]

Fish the reef upstream of the marina with jigs tipped with nightcrawlers in about 15-25 feet of water. If you don't lose alot of jigs in the rocks than you aren't fishing it right.

[steelheader4ever]

Fish the reef upstream of the marina with jigs tipped with nightcrawlers in about 15-25 feet of water. If you don't lose alot of jigs in the rocks than you aren't fishing it right.Thanks. What time of the day should I start fishing?

[GreshamFisher]

Are there a lot of walleye in that area? I've been told, probably like steelheader4ever, that walleye are the best tasting fish out there. I'd like to give them a shot as well.

Would you suggest anchoring above a reef like that and slowly jigging the worm on the rocks? Any color and size suggestions for the jig head?

[1bigfish]

Are there a lot of walleye in that area? I've been told, probably like steelheader4ever, that walleye are the best tasting fish out there. I'd like to give them a shot as well.

Would you suggest anchoring above a reef like that and slowly jigging the worm on the rocks? Any color and size suggestions for the jig head?

Steelheader4ever is correct, walleye is the best tasting fish that swims.:food:

As for color I have been told the same thing by two differnt guides. Any color will work as long as it is CHARTREUSE.

[Flat Lander]

An Ifisher posted this on a different thread

http://www.sschapterpsa.com/ramblings/Walleye.htm

I think this is pretty good basic info. I only use plugs and worm harnesses. I use chartreuse and orange/black. We catch a lot of incidental bass as well. My opinion would be to go upstream from Camas on the Washington side.

As far as good eating.... There is a reason no one has offered you any :D

[Fish mojo]

I put in about 6 hours there this morning- no bites for me. I always do better up at rufus or boardman.

[QH's Paw]

Any color will work as long as it is CHARTREUSE.
:yeahthat: I have several colors of jigs to tip with worms(used for verticle jigging). The only ones I ever have to replace are the chartreuse. The reason I don't lose the other colors is that I have stop using them due to hit ratio per hours of jigging.:D
When you vert. jig you want to be moving at or near the speed of the current and the same direction as the current. Use just enough weight to keep your line straight down and only lift the jig off the bottom about 6-10".
The jig should not be down river from boat (like back bouncing) that means weight is to light. It should not be up stream (like boondoggeling)that means the weight is too heavy and you are probably dragging it.
I like slack tides best when water is moving slow. I prefer turning the boat sideways, across the current when jigging. It pretty much takes an electric to do it that way. If the current is slow enough and, no boat traffic, then just cut the motor if you don't have an electric.
Walleye's are motor shy. On of the quickest ways to shut them down is run your gas motor over the top of them.
Good luck and take a pic before you eat it.:wink:

[Hunt'nFish]

I too spent Sunday trolling for eyes on the lower CR.
Big NADA. I thought I was marking them....but was also seeing a lot of what I think were steelhead suspended throughout the water column...so hard to say that they were eyes.

The days total...couple peamouths and a couple bass.

Water temp is great, levels have dropped...but still a lot of current & an extra 5-7ft of water over my normal walleye grounds yet. But it's shaping up.
And I have yet to really put an early summer plan/location list together yet. Probably shoulda fished tighter to the shore.

Saturday I gave Mult. Channel a try for the 1st time. No dice there for eyes, but did manage a couple nice smallies about 2.5lb.
Hunt'nFish

[fishboys]

August is the only time I can consistently find walleye in the lower river, all I ever use is a worm harness and it always has chartreuse on it.

I troll banging bottom hard, use a light lead line so all your replacing is the weight 90% of the time. And if your not losing lead your not fishing right.

you would be amazed at all the other things ive caught on a worm harness while walleye fishing

[Hunt'nFish]

Lately I'd agree......but I have a lot of pics over the years from July as well. But during those years they weren't mandated to dump water to flush smolts. So consequently the flow was a lot less.
Personally I think it's all about flow on the lower river.

I know they are here year round....I just haven't figured out where yet.
There is a lot of speculation within the LCWClub that they migrate to some extent in the lower river.
Hunt'nFish

[steelheader4ever]

August is the only time I can consistently find walleye in the lower river, all I ever use is a worm harness and it always has chartreuse on it.

I troll banging bottom hard, use a light lead line so all your replacing is the weight 90% of the time. And if your not losing lead your not fishing right.

you would be amazed at all the other things ive caught on a worm harness while walleye fishing
Thanks for the info. What time of day and how deep of water? Thanks again

[steelheader4ever]

Thanks eveyone for the info. Please keep it coming, Im soaking it up like a sponge.