Jig the edges of weedbeds with black or yellow bucktails tipped with minnows or try slow trolling in deep water with a weighted Dixie Spinner nightcrawler harness. While walleye numbers are on the increase, the Black Lake Association, the Black Lake Fish and Game Club and the DEC have worked long and hard to bring the walleyes back to Black Lake. Please, keep a few for dinner but return all you can to help them get reestablished. Work hard bottomed areas 10 to 15 feet deep. For bullhead, still-fish nightcrawlers or leeches on the bottom.
Action is usually best after dark but holds up all day long if it's overcast.
Concentrate on bays where the wind is blowing in. In truth, the lake does produce excellent populations of fish. Locating these fish is both the fun and the challenge of fishing Black Lake. Another way of locating Black Lake fish is with the Fishing Hot Spots Map . From time to time I am asked if a viewer may place a link on their site to one of my pages.