My best eelpout spots double as late summer walleyes spots, says Chip. I suppose those depths are cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter. Shallow flats that adjoin a significant break are an exception to the rule. Chip says, I see this happen on Leech Lake all the time. Rigging for Pout Fear not size.
Monstrous eelpout have giant pie holes and voracious appetites.
But don t work an oversized lure with vigor. Yes, eelpout like big eats, but they favor slower motions. A whole fathead is the meat on Tommy s hook. Chip favors a Glow or Glow Rainbow Northland Fire-ball Jig. With it, eelpout are drawn to a seemingly innocent lift and fall, lift and fall-type jigging pattern.