| There are some great walleye fishing | | | | Beaver Creek. |
| spots in Missouri. Lake of the Ozarks, | | | | If you want to catch the walleye from |
| Stockton Lake, Thomas Hill Reservoir, | | | | shore during the spring spawning months, |
| Table Rock Lake, Bull Shoals Lake and | | | | the Stockton Dam is a great area. |
| Mark Twain Lake are the top spots. These | | | | However, the best time of day is a few |
| areas also have bass and panfish besides | | | | hours before and after sunset. The |
| the walleye. The one thing that is a | | | | popular area is by the Rip Rap by the |
| very well kept secret in Missouri is the | | | | dam. When you are fishing from shore |
| ice fishing for walleye. Lake of the | | | | near the riprap, you can use a shallow |
| Ozarks is the best walleye fishing | | | | or floating running bait. Anglers |
| during the winter. Some anglers get out | | | | recommend keeping the smaller males and |
| there and catch some prize trophies. The | | | | leaving the larger females to spawn for |
| best thing to use during the winter | | | | future generations of walleye. On |
| months is heavier crankbaits while | | | | Stockton Lake, you can keep any fish |
| trolling. You might even try the grub on | | | | that is fifteen inches or longer and |
| a jig, the weight should be about one | | | | they have a daily catch limit of four. |
| eighth. | | | | If you are using a fish locator on |
| In October, Bull Shoals Lake is a great | | | | Stockton Lake, you will want to find the |
| place to catch walleye. Many people do | | | | areas where the shad are in schools. |
| not even consider this lake for catching | | | | Walleye will follow the shad and you can |
| walleye and this is a shame because the | | | | see the shad while the walleye are like |
| action is hot in October. The lake has a | | | | black dots among the schools. The best |
| great shad population that helps to feed | | | | time for walleye depends on the time of |
| the walleye and make them a good healthy | | | | day and year, wind and water |
| weight. Here you would want to use | | | | temperature. Fishing on Stockton Lake is |
| crankbaits or some shad colored grubs. | | | | better at dawn and dusk as well as |
| If you are fishing the rocky areas, a | | | | overcast days. During the winter months, |
| night crawler on a leadhead is great. In | | | | walleye hang out by the springs where |
| most cases, the planer boards work well | | | | the shad prefer to be. The water |
| with spinner rigs. During the spawning | | | | temperature is warmer than the |
| season in spring, you want to fish by | | | | forty-degree water temperatures away |
| the rocky areas from Barker Hole to | | | | from the springs. |