After you’ve made several walleye fishing trips, you’ll come to understand that the larger fish are going to school tightly together in deep water, while smaller, younger specimens will be in looser configurations nearer the surface. This is in part due to the fact that, as the fish enters adulthood, it begins to lose the significant ability to adjust its body more readily to the environment. Slower response means a need to preserve stable conditions, which are more readily found in deeper waters.

Unfortunately, you may find that it is difficult to catch these bottom dwelling fish on several of your walleye fishing trips because they by no means go hungry. There is plenty of food and oxygen for them in these depths, and it is more difficult to get a bite from a full fish than from one who is hungry. For this reason, you may have an easier time targeting some of the younger fish that aren’t settled all the way down and are looking for a greater amount of food as they continue to grow.

If you want to concentrate on larger specimens, plan your walleye fishing trips in the fall, when the larger, older fish are more vulnerable due to their dependence on baitfish, which will migrate into shallower water pools. As these bottom dwellers follow the bait, they’ll move right into your cast, taking your bait and bringing you success.

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