The Great Sacandaga Lake produces stringers like these – and other times you have to work just to catch a few. Yes that’s fishing, but some would like to believe that we could do it all the time. Some believe there’s a favorite color, or a honey hole, or a secret method: truth is when fish have ”lock jaw” its slow fishing at best. When we look at all the things that can affect the fish and our ability to catch them it almost seems impossible. The following items are just a few things that come into play: Seasonal weather is colder or warmer than normal. Daily weather, is there a cold front? Thunder and Lightning! Wind direction. Yesterday’s weather. Boat traffic. Moon phase. Location, yours vs. the fish. Right or wrong bait. Method you are using. Going to fast! How about the fish are not hungry. Hey, that’s a good one, lets talk about that for a minute. Many anglers do not realize that fish don’t eat the same as we do. Fish gorge, in that they will fill themselves up and may not eat again for several days. So if a big school of walleye gorge and you fished the next day in the same area they are in, you may not catch many because most of them are totally full. If that’s not enough even when they are actively feeding it’s les than 20% of their daily time.

         So your probably wondering how do I get a stringer of Walleye? That’s not easy to answer in a few words, but lets try “ be in the right place at the right time, using the right technique”,
or give me a call.