Ram your boat around and start knocking trees over and you won t catch many fish. This is why wind and wood don t seem to mix. When the waves start bouncing you around against the trees, the paint is getting scraped off the side of your boat and trees are getting moved around, your success rate and checking account balance drop. Pick calm, flat days for probing the timber. The tug of war that follows after hooking a walleye in the timber is what makes this fishing so exciting.
Walleyes fight when hooked fairly close to the boat in warm water.
You bring them up and they go back down. Bringing mad fish up through the sticks is a much different ball game than water skiing walleyes behind the boat while trolling. There is no doubt that the wood can be a very productive and enjoyable pattern for summer walleye. Devils Lake s finest fishing.