• Look on the posts, wheels and underwater support bars of docks and lifts, as well as any parts of boats, pontoons and rafts that may have been submerged in water for an extended period.
• Hire DNR-permitted lake service provider businesses to install or remove boats, docks, lifts and other water-related equipment. These businesses have attended training on Minnesota’s aquatic invasive species laws and many have experience identifying and removing invasive species.
• Contact your area DNR aquatic invasive species specialist if you think you have discovered an invasive species that has not already been confirmed in your lake.

• It has a max depth of 108 feet.

• According to recent gill and trap net data, it boasts a significant walleye population spread across several age classes.

• It has a large population of northern pike as well.
• Doc's Secret = Jigging Rap

• Gord is the fishing editor Outdoor Canada magazine, which has 3,000,000 subscribers.
• He has spent a lifetime studying fish and wildlife over 60 plus years.
• He enjoys fishing for everything that swims – his favorite fish is what we are fishing for right now.
• He is a frequent contributor with the In-Fisherman team.
• Biologists are usually lousy anglers. They have the science but not the blend with fishing, ha ha.

• The Walleye's weakness is in their eyes.
• They will always be in the shadow, they are negative photolactic.
• They will go blind in a couple of days if they continually experience direct sunlight.
• They will be most active on the shady side of the lake, windy side of the lake, the shaded side of a bar and in dirty or stained water.
• They are stimulated by Chartreuse, Florescent Orange and Red colors.
• They have the biggest eyes compared to body size of any animal on earth.
• Set your watch at ½ hour before sunset – the angle of the sun turns them on.
• Almost not worth going in the day, especially a sunny day.

• Everything is driven by food.
• Tube jigs are catching Walleyes on Lake of the Woods, (LOW). An invasion of Rusty Crayfish on LOW have killed all the local crayfish and Rusty’s are mowing the weeds down. The Walleyes are taking advantage of this invasion and are now feasting on these little lobsters. You should take advantage as well by fishing Green Pumpkin tubes with 8 lb test and fish it like a bass. What are other lakes with walleyes and rusty crayfish? Hmm, go take advantage of those lakes.

• What are we going to use for bait? Small baits, and light tackle right.

• Its a self fulfilling prophecy. Big Walleyes will swim after a big minnow (T-Bone Steak) Not a small minnow (chicken nugget).
• Try 5 inch, six inch swim baits ½,¾, 1,oz jig heads in 9 feet of water.
• Only one way to fish it as it it falls to the bottom like a rock.
• Fish big fish areas.
• Use a 9 foot rod you cast it a mile.
• Google Doug Stange's Swim Baits 1995 to dig a little deeper.
• LOW once had huge populations of smelt. They died off. But remember to match your bait to the baitfish present. Give them what they are looking for.
• Its all about location.
• LOW is a tough bite in September due to Rusty Crayfish molting. So what do you do? Look for other bait fish. If the food isn’t there you wont find the walleyes.

• If you can locate spawning area with a summer deep water hole near by and winter habitat all in the same area, The fish will never leave. You will experience lights out action.
• Punch in current fall hot spots on the GPS the fishing will get better and better and better through ice in.
• Isolated spot success may be experienced with several different baits/presentations if the fish are not conditioned.
• Community hole success requires expert presentation. 
• Think out side the box. If everyone says the are biting on cranks, then you know the fish are deep. Try other deep baits that the fish are not conditioned on.

• Pros, they are better than you are, just relax and try to be the best at a specific lure and master it.
• Pro's spend twice the amount of time working on my tackle than fishing. Get Religious about the small detail.
•  Don’t believe in dock talk. That’s what happens when we walk into the bait shop. We are better than that.
• Need to know when to stay and when to go (Hold em and Fold em)  No more than 20 minutes per spot. If you see a ton of marks and they aren't biting have the courage to move.
• We always assume what we see on the graph is exactly what we are fishing for. Put down a camera and make sure they aren't Suckers.
• Trust your instruments – Read the manual, get familiar with them and trust them.     
• Spring Fever equals fishing the spawning areas and catching Males. Females eat to grow bigger and grow more eggs. Go find the Cisco and shiners on opener and catch big mama’s.
• Beware of someone who says "the only thing that works is"
• Always ask how deep and how fast not what you are using. You can back into the baits you will need to meet those requirements.
• LOW fish like long Slender baits.
• Crayfish molt in early September, which means they have soft-shells so they hide. This action with disperse the fish and make it a little harder to fish over this time period.
• Summer time fish are on Gentle slopes, Fall fish are on sharp breaks and like minnow baits. Fish in 28 – 32 feet.

• Troll with Swimbaits at .7 mph
• Bullet salt water hook.
• Original Hollow Body Swimbaits were the best. Must rig them straight.
• Try the Big Hammer Swim Baits or Swammer Hollow Belly or Salt Water Shad Berkley 5-6 inch
• Oil Based scents do not work, they can’t smell it. Use non-oil based such as Gulp and Power Bait.