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Moses Lake Report
Grant County, WA

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04/22/2014
51° - 55°
Bottom Fishing From Boat
Walleye
Streamer
Chartreuse
Windy
Jig
Morning
56° - 60°
04/23/2014
5
2470

I hooked up with my good friend and mentor Charlie Liebert of East Wenatchee to target crappie on Moses Lake but they were no where to be found, so after catching a keeper walleye, Charlie and I took to jigging 3" grubs tipped with crawlers for the wally gators. The high winds on the main lake had us targeting calmer back water out of the storm and we ended putting two 8 fish limits in the boat. Fish averaged 14 to 16" and made for an awesome fish fry. Charlie's bonus 3 lb smallie put an exciting exclamation point on our day. Both North and South ends of Moses are currently producing fish trollers and jiggers as long as the weather allows. Target 7 to 10 foot depths with subtle drop offs with perch colored smiley blades and 1.5 oz. bottom bouncers or cast 1/8th to 1/4 dark colored tubes and grubs tipped with crawlers for scattered walleye spotted with your electronics.


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salmonbarry
4/23/2014 9:27:00 PM
Nice! Yummy! Can't wait to get back over there in May and go for another round of Walleye fishing! I may be PM'ing you for some tips!!
walleygator77
4/24/2014 10:14:00 AM
Hey Jigmiester what does a perch colored smiley blade look like and where would some one pick some of those up? I love fishing for walleyes with walkers and worm harnesses and I am always looking to try some new colors, nice catch on all those delicious walleygators and thanks so much for the great information.
The Jigmiester
4/24/2014 8:22:00 PM
Walleygator. The perch colored smiley blades are actually yellow and chatruse #1's that I've used a black sharpie to add 3 stripes too and a hint of orange sharpie on the blade tips. Any fire tiger colored Colorado size 4 blades with red, orange or chartruse beads should work for moses walleye.
fdelgado17
4/24/2014 8:50:00 PM
The walleye in Moses also feed on crawdads so gold works great too. The 1.1" gold smiley blade with a gold stack bead works great. Last May that was my go to lure and worked all day when other colors only seemed to work morning or evening. A worm on a slow death hook trolled 1.0 to 1.2 mph is also killer on Moses. Kudos to you Jigmeister for getting those 'eyes on jigs. Moses can be tough to jig at times, so I respect a guy that can go in and do that. I won't be there until late May so don't catch them all until I get a chance!
The Jigmiester
4/24/2014 9:15:00 PM
Awesome advice brother fdelgado! My ace in the hole on Moses lake is that Rapala Shad Rap crankbait # 5 in (orange) Crawfish or the Perch #5 with the brightest orange belly you can find.
fdelgado17
4/25/2014 9:46:00 PM
Jigmeister
Those shad raps are my favorite cranks in both size 5 and 7. The clown color also works well at times. I also love the cotton cordell wally divers in perch colors. I have some old cotton cordells that are a chartreuse perch pattern and a foil type perch pattern. The smallmouths crush those things as hard as the walleyes. Those two can not be beat trolled or cast into shore when the carp are spawning in the tulies. The small perch, bluegill, and bullheads will go in to eat the eggs and the walleyes and bass are right in there as well eating the small fish. That action will be the first part of June. I have also caught a lot of walleyes throwing jigs in there as well.
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