kegman

Very nice walleyes! This is my first full year on lake muskoka, near Bracebridge and I've found it to be a very challenging. Pike are scattered everywhere, I just caught a 10+ lb'er a few nights ago - so they're fun. Smallies can be tough to find but seem plentiful and average sizes are 3 lbs. Caught a 8.5 lb laker in April jigging. But man..... are the walleye hard to catch. My sonar is always lit up with large fish and I throw everything at them (minnows, jigs, gulp, worms) and they don't seem to bite. It's like the fish are too well-fed. My friend caught a nice walleye, probably around 4-5 lbs a couple of weeks ago dragging a tiny rapala perch countdown near dusk around a rocky island. I've also spoken to some old timer that catches walleye regularly trolling work harnesses at dusk. I've seen many boats troll around the mouth of the river but really don't see the justification of the traffic there for the 1 or 2 fish that I see being caught per night. Any tips for a walleye rookie on this lake?