Weissguy, let me know what you recommend for targeting walleye in a pond setting such as yours.
I put in about (20) that were 14-15" long about a year or two ago, and I have never seen one since, although I have not targeted them for fishing.
I love how your pond has that creek channel/narrow area in the back end.
Sunil,
Those walleye should be a really nice size now if they have survived in your pond. I'm not an expert, but let me explain the best I can from my own experience chasing walleyes over the years. There are definately plenty of folks here that know much more than me on the subject, and will probably correct some of my theories and opinions (that's what learning's all about right?). Fishing walleye in a pond is definately going to be a bit different from fishing for them in larger, deeper impoundments (with much less temp variation) but some basics should still carry over. During the day, your walleye are going to generally stay down deep, and they are rarely going to feed at this time. They really only come up into shallow waters and feed during dusk and night feeding. Your best chance to catch one will be in the evening hours. Walleye tend to be "nibblers". They don't usually give a hard immediate strike like a LMB. A walleye hit will usually feel like a series of very light "tick, tick, ticks" (almost like you were dragging your bait over gravel) folllowed by a tug that feels like you just hung up briefly on a submerged weed (a BIG walleye feels like you just briefly hung up on a log or something similar... hehe). You want to set the hook during this "tug" stage. Most people have poor luck catching walleye because they confuse the walleye "strike" for dragging bottom and running into a weed bed, and rather than setting the hook they simply try to adjust their depth and in turn no longer present the bait to the walleye. Using a live bait (minnows, frogs, small BG, leeches... worms will work but are usually much less effective and you'll be fighting with BG and/or YP constantly rather than getting the walleye), drag your bait about 3 feet or so off of the pond bottom in a water depth of 8-12 feet (depending on water clarity and water temps. Walleye particularly like to hang out around steep ridges with shallow weed beds above that drop off sharply to deep waters where they can sit and spy out unsuspecting baitfish swimming over the ridge and over the deeper waters. Trolling will be far more effective than casting as you have the ability to maintain a much more consistent bottom depth as well as bait depth (both being crucial to walleye fishing). If you have a pretty constant source of moving/running water in your pond (spring, creek, aeration, etc.), try fishing as close as you can to this area but still using the same ridge principles as above. In other words, find your appropriate depth that is as close as possible to this running water or aeration source. That's where they'll be concentrated.
Walleye like to live in deep cool water, but that's not where they like to feed. It makes them a challenge to keep in small impoundments as well as difficult to fish for them. Most other game fish are significantly more aggressive and fearless than walleye. If you have a lot of aggressive feeders like LMB, BG, YP, HSB, etc. you could have one of the best walleye populations in the world and maybe never know it because your other fish are constantly beating them to your bait. Of course, this is what makes walleye such a fun fish to go after. The challenge!
Good luck and remember... A bad day of walleye fishing is ALWAYS better than a great day at work!
