Hooked on Fishing: Weed Walleyes

Theweed-walleyeconnectioniswell documented, and many walleye tournaments have been won by targeting walleyes above, outside, and buried in weeds. Species of aquatic vegetation used by walleyes vary with environments. Seasons develop certain species of vegetation as walleye sanctuaries while others are shunned. What weeds do walleyes use most, or in what order as the environment changes with the seasons?

Work vegetation from the outside edge inward, don’t pile right into the vegetation. Start well outside the weed line and feel for the edge and what kind of plants are present by jigging. Initial casts don’t even reach the weed edge because that’s where the big fish are andcastingintothem,theygetspooked.