White Earth Lake - Fall fishing

[RedDog3]

Anybody fish WE in the fall? I've fished it in the spring and summer with decent results, and would like to give it a shot when I'm in the area in the next couple weeks. Any tips or pointers?

Thanks

[Kingfisher]

Walleye have now moved up into shallower water, minnows and crawlers with a plain 5' snell #4 or 6 short shank hook is my choice 90% of the time. Try 12-18 fow, near weeds. In my opinion fall fishing on W.E is the very best time of the year although its a lake you can catch walleye year around on. Good Luck o

[Tofishem]

Kingfisher,

Where do you put in at? I used to stay at New Horizon Resort many years ago.

[Kingfisher]

Cedar Crest Resort, $5.00 for a launch with dock. The water is a little low so take care and keep your motor up as high as possible.

[Tofishem]

Thanks Kingfisher, Did you fish the Fall Cedar Crest Tourney this year? Or, don't they have that anymore?

[RedDog3]

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Walleye have now moved up into shallower water, minnows and crawlers with a plain 5' snell #4 or 6 short shank hook is my choice 90% of the time. Try 12-18 fow, near weeds. In my opinion fall fishing on W.E is the very best time of the year although its a lake you can catch walleye year around on. Good Luck o

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Thank you for the response. Can't wait to get out there.

[Kingfisher]

tofish, Yes they still have their fall classic, it was held a week ago last weekend. No I have not fished the tourney.

[Kingfisher]

Red Dog, Forgot to mention if you are not familiar with the lake there are a few nasty humps that can take out your motor's lower end, there are some out from Wilkens Bay, but well worth getting in there for the walleye.

[Scoot]

Which bay is Wilkens?

[RedDog3]

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Red Dog, Forgot to mention if you are not familiar with the lake there are a few nasty humps that can take out your motor's lower end, there are some out from Wilkens Bay, but well worth getting in there for the walleye.

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Is Wilkens the bay on the north end? If so, I've seen those rocks while canoeing.

Thanks for the heads up.

[Kingfisher]

If you take off from Cedar Crest and go straight across the lake to the east shore, take a right and then left (east) as you go around the first point, watch out for rocks! There is quite a bit of natural shore line in there. I've been fishing the lake for over 50 years, so the name of that bay may have changed.

[zachp]

I'm pretty sure it's called Wilkerson's bay. I was there a couple weeks ago during the fall classic(I didn't know about it) there must've been 80 boats in that tourney, i fished from 6 to 9 am and i had to leave due to every spot in the area i was fishing in had a boat on it, does anyone know the results of the tourney, from what i heard not many people were finding fish.

[huntnfish]

I heard there were around 200 fish caught but other than that I have no info on it. I was thinking about running out there and giving it a try this weekend. If I head out there I will check in the lodge and see what the results were.

[Kingfisher]

Zachp; Thanks for correcting me, I think you are right on the name, but we have been calling it Wilkens for years. I saw the results of the tourney in the lodge, I believe there were 75 teams, the largest walleye was 4#, didn't recognize any of the entries and don't recall who the winners were.

[Scoot]

Thanks fellas. Stinkin' White Earth! I love the lake, but man... it really kicks my butt when it comes to fishing walleyes. I have never had a really good day out there despite the many good reports I hear from the lake. I've got plenty of area lakes that I can consistently go to and catch walleyes at, but White Earth isn't one of them. Ironically, my MOL has a place on the lake, so we're there quite a bit.

[zachp]

I went out there for the morning last week after the tourney and it was a bit slow, I caught about 2 dozen walleye's that were from 10" to 13", all on either pulling rapalas or large redtails, the little guys are putting on the feedbag, I was using 5" redtails and some of those hungry little fellas had them halfway down their gullets and i was hardly giving them any line, I was able to get 3 eaters right at 15" early in the morning, about right at sun up and in 5 to 7 feet of water.

It seems that I have my best luck on the bigger fish during summer, last spring and now this fall all i have been able to catch have been the little guys. Maybe I just need bigger bait...6"-8" sucker minnows?