New member and first boat., Where to fish and best tatics

Hey everyone. Just joined the site and wanted to say hello to everyone.
I have lived here, in North Bay for a year now and just bought my first boat.
Now my question is, where is where to fish for walleye and what are the best tactics?
Thanks for your time!

Welcome aboard. I've never been to Nipissing, so I can't help with any fishing tips. Tell us about your new boat though.

Welcome aboard slowboy72 ... You came to the right place.
Lots of great people here, contribute and you'll make friends fast..
Please acquaint yourself with the board rules and most of all enjoy our forums..

For starters, click on the large Walleye Fishing button near the top of the forum. Also, I'd be surprised if some of our members don't give you some general guidance. Meantime, I suggest you browse the past posts in this forum, there's lot of clues to be found.

Thanks for the info ThorahGuy and Bayliner, it's a 2012 Alumacraft 165, Lunker II Tiller with a 2008 Mercury Sea Pro 25 hp 2-stroke. It's a good size starter boat for me.
Went to Callandar Bay last night with my daughter to try and catch a few but, no luck. Felt like hitting my fish finder a few times though. What a tease.
I must be doing something wrong.

Welcome aboard slowboy72, I hear worm harnesses work well in Callandar Bay, may be worth a try.

Good luck and keep us posted with your results, fish porn is always welcome as well.

Fish On
FatRap

HI Slowboy72, glad to hear you are getting into fishing on Nipissing. Nice boat by the way, I am sure you will have loads of fun on Nip.

It took me a bit to figure out old lady Nipissing so no worries (over a year!). I didn't have the resources like this board, so you are well ahead of the game. You were right in hitting Callandar Bay first off...too bad you didn't score. While I can't give you exact details for where (board rules), if you go out around 7:30 PM on any given night, have a look at where the majority of boats are (Hint: they may be hidden behind or in between islands). I have had better luck when I troll slowly around, bouncing a chartreuse or red and white 1/4 oz jig with a worm or leech off bottom. Also, don't be to strong on setting the hook as I usually rip it out of the poor things mouth and miss a good majority (Bass fisherman from long ago...lol). I was told once that walleye's defence when hooked is to open their mouth wide, so imagine yourself setting the hook when that happens!

If you still are struggling, drop me an inbox message and I can hook you up with better details. Always glad to help out the sport fishing on Nipissing.

Good luck!

SKRAMO
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SKRAMO,

Thanks fornthe advice. Iwent to the other side of the islands Friday night. I could se e lots of them but no bites. I have since bought some chartruse jigs and will give it another go this weekend. Also gonna try out of sturgeon falls as well. I will let ya all no if I catch.

Sorry about your luck...I also see lots on my fish finder...they are definitely picky sometimes. If you stick to it, you will figure them out. These hot days and storm systems rolling through the area lately don't help as it must send the fish all over the place.

I forgot to mention to you that if you find you get nibbles but can't hook them, you should tie on some trailer hooks (or some call them cheater hooks). Basically its about a 3 to 5 inch piece of line with another hook on the end of it, tied to the first hook. Sometimes when the bite is very light, you need to do this to catch them.

I have little experience with the Sturgeon end of the lake, but I do know there are some lunkers out that way. There are also some nice lodges and camping places if you ever feel the need to stay a while with the family.

Let us know how you do.

Good Luck! Be safe!

SKRAMO

I have two go to fishing tactics I use on Nipissing. The first is a chartreuse jig head with the same colored twiters tail...always tipped with a piece of worm and the second is the old hook and splitshot combo. The only thing different with the hook I do is add a piece of a twister tail body to the hook. I slide it up through the center and over the knot of the line to hook. We use two medium sized sllitshots about two to three feet from the hook (with half worm).

We find these techniques work well and do best when using a bow mount electric motor in the 12-17ft range along shore lines and lislands.

Hope this might help put some fish in the boat for you.
-Jeff

Jeff,


thanks for the tips.
I have tried both recently with mild success.
The spit shot seems to be the catch all set up.
Been fishing the weeds with a bit of success. Will post pics this weekend. I've been hording them for a bit. Well, it's 530 am so I got to go fishing. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Hi slowboy72 Welcome to the board.. well I cant walk on water lol but in front of the dock in town are getting nice perch and eyes at this time and also I hear in font of the sh... plant . callander bay is starting to pick up also for me the ticket it a white jig head and a sassy shad or the Berkley s rippling shad Perl white ... good luck

Unless im reading the regulations wrong walleye and perch are now closed on all waters of lake Nipissing as of October 15th.
Correct me if im wrong

Lake nipissing is zone 11..perch open all year,, walleye till Dec 31

Id scroll down to the exceptions section for lake nipissing it says walleye and perch closed from Oct 15th until dec 31st.
Hate to be the bearer of bad news but lake nipissing is closed to walleye and perch and I would sure hate to see anyone get caught right now with those fish in the livewell.

Lake Nipissing – including the waters of the French River from the Chaudière and the Little Chaudière dams to Lake Nipissing; the west bay of Lake Nipissing in Haddo Twp.; the northwest bay of Lake Nipissing to the falls of MacPherson Creek; the Sturgeon River from Lake Nipissing to the dam at Sturgeon Falls; the Veuve River from Lake Nipissing to the chutes located in Lot 5 in
Conc. l in Caldwell Twp.; the South River from Lake Nipissing to Hwy. 654; and the entire West Arm of Lake Nipissing including Cross Lake.
Closed to all species from Mar. 16 - Fri. before 3rd Sat. in May & Dec. 1 - Dec. 31.
Walleye and yellow perch open from Jan. 1 - Mar. 15 & 3rd Sat. in May - Oct. 15.
Walleye S-2, none between 40-60 cm (15.7-23.6 in.) and C - 1 none between 40-60 cm (15.7-23.6 in.).
Northern Pike S - 4, not more than 2 greater than 61 cm (24 in.), of which not more than 1 is greater than 86 cm
(33.9 in.) and C - 2, not more than 1 greater than 61 cm (24 in.), none greater than 86 cm (33.9 in.).
Yellow perch S - 25 in one day, possession limit of 50.