Flats, that's right, those mostly featureless and presumably barren stretches of lake bed that apparently offer nothing for the average angler to key in on. Flats are the least interesting feature in a lake, reservoir, or river. No major structure, just flat bottom. Here's the kicker, flats hold the most active walleyes during most of the yearly periods. Flats are the major food producing regions of most lakes.
Flats are the home of walleyes.
Flats teem with fish life, During the day, flats are home to schools of minnows and young gamefish that are feeding on plankton and insect larvae. Further up the food chain are schools of perch that equally content to eat insects and small fish. And somewhere close to all of this wonderful food are walleyes and plenty of 'em. Ok, so maybe just maybe I 've convinced you to buy into the possibility that walleyes roam the flats. Wrong, action and some of the best and biggest action can be had on flats.