Crawling Valley Report

barbless · #1 07-10-2018, 12:53 AM

Ok haven't heard anything for awhile. Anyone been out trying the last weekend. Will be going out Tuesday afternoon till Saturday or Sunday. A short report will be appreciated. North around corner to the west (toward the Colony), south damn area, east side around islands, west side ( lots of Rocks). I do have my spots too. Jigging, trolling, minnows, worms, leaches, bottom bounce, cranks, ect. ect. I know 0 retention on walleye and pike, rarely come out of water to release. Only when really necessary. Will target the perch and Burbot though. Got the time. Thanks all for any report

Habfan · #2 07-10-2018, 09:28 AM

Bottom Bouncing with blades and gulp worms and leaches. Caught about 80 in 5 hrs, 3 people fishing. Even split between Pike and Walleye. Many different areas fished with results being positive. The bite is on.

deschambault · #3 07-10-2018, 10:04 AM

I pretty much agree with that - biggest pike a bit over 9.5 lbs and mixed in with walleye where ever we went.

Tigger72 · #4 07-12-2018, 09:03 AM

Forgot my bait at home.... bottom bounced with Gulp baits on the hooks... didn't actually notice a difference between the time a went and had bait....lol... the gulps last more than one fish!!! Caught between 15-25 FOW ..... weeds are getting high and forces you out a little further anyway!!

fish99 · #5 07-14-2018, 10:34 AM

was there yesterday fishing was great as usual lots of walleye and some good sized pike. trolling and jigging 14 feet to 35 feet. along drop offs.

chucklesthe3rd · #6 07-20-2018, 06:43 PM

fished for whitefish for most of the morning but it was really slow only caught 4 and kept 3 whitefish but the walleye fishing was really good. verticle jigging on points and sunken islands

bobalong · #7 08-09-2018, 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Tigger72

Forgot my bait at home.... bottom bounced with Gulp baits on the hooks... didn't actually notice a difference between the time a went and had bait....lol... the gulps last more than one fish!!! Caught between 15-25 FOW ..... weeds are getting high and forces you out a little further anyway!!

I started using the brown Gulp Nightcrawler worms on spinner rigs sort of by accident. Fishing a lake with a hot bite and it was almost taking more time to put a real nightcrawler on than it did to catch a fish. Had a package of the Gulp worms in the side shelf of the boat put one on and have used them ever since on spinner rigs, that was about 6-7 years ago.

Stationary presentations like jigging or slip bobbing I have found live bait works best but trolling artificials have worked as well for me and at times you can catch 6-10 fish on the same worm.

barbless · #8 08-11-2018, 10:26 AM

Some times i will put on a bullet weight with a bait keeper hook and a 4-6 inch crawler or shad or other rubber baits and make it weedless (inserting hook inside crawler). This helps on those days ya kinda figure they are right in the thick of weeds. Just cast right in the middle of that weedy mess and lift and let it drop. No weed snags but good chance of a fish that's in hiding and not just on the edge

graybeard · #9 08-09-2018, 09:37 PM

Has anyone been to CV lately? Looking to get out there....

graybeard · #10 08-18-2018, 07:18 AM

Fished CVR on Thursday the 16th.

The lake was flat and it was hot out.
We caught 25 pike and 6 walleye.

We casted, trolled and jigged (with minnows).

The biggest pike was 30" and the biggest walleye was 4lbs.

Very weedy near the public boat ramp and the ramp was covered in goose poop.

Yet still a good day....

barbless · #11 08-18-2018, 08:15 AM

We are heading there Sunday for 4 days with some friends and 4 kids. They have never fished before so can't wait to see they're reaction when they hook their first one. They have never been on a boat either so also going to bring the big tube for some mid afternoon fun. I'm all for the fishn'

Will report the results later

oilngas · #12 08-18-2018, 09:32 AM

barbless; don't want to throw a big damper, but in Crawling you must use electronics re; depth. There are several hill tops less than a meter under the water, where visuals say there should be none. Many props and lower ends damaged in this Lake. That said it's a great campground and marina, good luck, just watch the sonar!!

barbless · #13 08-18-2018, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by oilngas

barbless; don't want to throw a big damper, but in Crawling you must use electronics re; depth. There are several hill tops less than a meter under the water, where visuals say there should be none. Many props and lower ends damaged in this Lake. That said it's a great campground and marina, good luck, just watch the sonar!!

Oh ya I know and thanks for the reminder

Been there many a days and know of a few spots on the East, West, North parts of the lake where your in about 7-10 fow and then before ya know it, it's 2ft and a big boulder just under the surface shows up

Have quite a bit of the lake tracked on my gps with way points for fish and bad spots. There are two big boulders just under the surface that should have buoy markers. I cant put a marker in the water cause someone said it could be littering

Seen a few props that use to be three blade and came out with one....OUCH
Gonna have some fun and be boat smart for sure. Hope the fish cooperate for the kids cause don't wanna do this

with them around LOL

oilngas · #14 08-18-2018, 01:03 PM

barbless; year ago (before pavement) the "old guys" put markers on the fw spots. Regardless of the littering I think it's a great idea. I'm going to look for a bleach bottle and cement block.