Bear Head State Park Help

[Dkoy]

Looking for some advice for first timer fishing Bear Head.  Taking the my boy and girl camping at Bear Head over memorial weekend.  We probably will be renting a canoe and do some casual fishing.  I know it might be a bit early and the temps seems like it will be a bit chilly.  I've tried digging through some old posts but the new site seems to be limited to searching, maybe it hasn't been crawled yet?  

I will probably try a for walleyes a little, but most likely will default to pannies or bass for entertainment.  Any advice is welcome.  

Suggested tackle: jigs, spinner baits, stick baits, spoons, live bait?

[monstermoose78]

If you are going to be chasing Crappies or Gills I would have some slip bobbers, split shot, and jigs heads. This same set up will allow you to catch walleyes. I like the 1/16th oz jig heads for crappies and walleyes. White, Yellow, Pink, and orange are good color choices. For bait minnows, like smaller fatheads would work for both. Other wise get some crappies minnows and fatheads. If you are looking for gills leeches or crawlers on the same set up and smallmouth bass like leeches and crawlers. 

 

You could try just jigging for walleyes with a jighead and minnow or leech. I think some stick baits worked slowly may turn a few fish, but the water is cold and Bear Head has many snags. I am sure you could pick up some pike with spoons or spinners, but I would stick with live bait and bobber rigs. 

[Dkoy]

Thanks Monstermoose for the tips.  Didn't find any panfish nor did we fish for anything else other than walleye.  Spent 3 days at Bearhead and had an awesome camping trip.  The park was pretty busy but it is memorial weekend so it’s to be expected.  We hiked the trails and spent a lot of time just at camp. Sleeping in the hammock during the day beats any day at the office. Tried to fit as much time into fishing as I could but only put in 2-3 hours per day.  

I brought along the 522c and a small 5lb. anchor that was an invaluable tool for success with a rented canoe from the park. On the first day I got lucky and found a spot that would produce for us the rest of the weekend.  Jig and minnow was the ticket for us although swimming plastics also worked.. We jigged up over a dozen walleyes per day with an average size being 24".  Smallest eye caught was 12", majority of the eyes were in the 22" to 26" range and the biggest hit 29.5" on the tape.   All fish were caught mid-day during high sun and were gopro’d and released. I also captured some great underwater footage that I hope to find time to edit them.  Water was still pretty cold but that didn't stop the action.  There are a lot of snags in this lake but that’s where we found them.  Good healthy fishery and great park to boot.  I’ll be back for sure.  

[Dkoy]

mid 20's fish. Drop media files failing to load so uploaded via youtube, one clip from clip edits. Still working on quality, originals are in 4k which take forever to upload.  test1.mp4