It has finally happened, the water temperatures on our local lake have finally increased enough to trigger the fish to start becoming more active.

Fish that last month were feeding once every day or so, are now prowling the waters every day looking for something to eat. And the more often that these fish eat, the more likely that an angler will be able to catch them.

The walleye at Lake Meredith are almost too easy to catch! Just about every main lake point and red bluff wall are teeming with these tasty game fish. Thanks to Rodney Sweet of Borger for taking me fishing at Lake Meredith and giving me a great evening of catching these tasty fish. We hit the water about an hour before sunset and armed with a Countdown Rapala and a Husky Jerk, we worked the main lake areas. In a little over two hours we had a limit of 10 walleye over the sixteen inch minimum length requirement.

The key to catching walleye right now is working the lure slow, and I mean real s-l-o-w.

Toss the lure as close as possible to the shoreline, twitch it once or twice. Then just let it sit there. After about thirty seconds, twitch it again. THE WALLEYE HIT THE BAIT WHEN IT IS NOT MOVING. Sweet caught the first three walleye before I learned to slowdown enough to catch my first fish. After making my self slowdown, it was almost too easy to catch these tasty fish. Sure not all the walleye are keepers (16 inch, minimum), but Lake Meredith is just loaded with thousands and thousands of keepers.

I also understand that the fishing at the Marina has been excellent. Use the same lures and fishing from the bank after dark is very good. For the next thirty days, anglers who fish from the bank can catch as many walleye as the guys with a boat!

So TURN OFF the television, put on some new fishing line , and I'll see you at the lake. Good Luck and Good fishing.