Fish

• Main-lake rock humps topping out 14–20 ft
• Long tapering points with a sand-to-rock transition
• Deep weed edges on the outside of cabbage beds
• Wind-blown shorelines and current necks between basins

• Overcast + chop ('walleye chop') pushes fish shallow and feeding
• Bright, calm sun = slide deeper, 22–30 ft, slow down
• Falling barometer before a front is the best window
• Post-front bluebird days: downsize and fish vertical

1. 1Jig + live leech or crawler (1/4 oz)Best all-around. Drag slowly on rock tops.
2. 2Lindy rig with a redtail chubDeep points and humps, 18–28 ft.
3. 3Bottom bouncer + spinner (crawler harness)Cover water at 1.0–1.3 mph.
4. 4Slip bobber + leech over reefsDeadly when fish sit tight on a spot.
5. 5Shallow crankbait after darkTroll 6–10 ft shorelines at 2 mph.

Late-August walleyes group on hard structure. Idle the reef with sonar first, mark fish, then drop a jig-and-leech vertically on them. If you mark fish but they won't bite, downsize to a 1/8 oz jig or switch to a slip bobber and hold it in their face. If nothing shows in 15 minutes, move — run the next hump.