A stand-up jig and a minnow can be a great combination for Glendo walleyes. (Photo by Mike Gnatkowski) fishing - what Chuck referred to as - the community hole just out from the launch. It's a gravelly area where vertical jigging is the preferred technique. Chuck made a couple passes through the area and we caught several 15 to 17-inch walleye. Fish were there but probably not the size needed to win a tournament. We switched gears and decided to pull some crankbaits across a 15-foot flat a little farther to the north. It didn't take long before a 17-inch walleye munched our Flicker Minnow Chuck put behind one of the planer boards. A second fish jumped on the crank in short order, but they were cookie cutters of the others. Meat tends to catch larger walleye day in and day out, so Chuck decided to deploy bottom-bouncers and crawler harnesses. I pulled out a Colorado No. 4 hammered blade with a purple/pink hue and asked Chuck his opinion. " It's not normally a good color here, but give it a try, " he said. The bottom-bouncer barely ticked bottom when the rod tip started jabbing toward the surface. Later we tried slip bobbers near some flooded trees by the mouth of the canyon. We didn't give it much time. It was the only technique that didn't catch walleye that day. Every three or four years extremely high, springtime water levels flood the trees and vegetation in the uplands along the shoreline. This was one of those years. When that happens, schools of hungry walleye move into the trees to feed on perch, spot-tailed shiners, emerald shiners and anything else they can swallow. The scenario is more reminiscent of horsing largemouth bass out of the timber. The walleye are in the woods for one reason - to eat. I joined Wyoming Walleye Stampede Pulling crankbaits behind in-line planer boards is one technique that accounts for plenty of Glendo Reservoir walleye. (Photo by Mike Gnatkowski) co-owner Mitch Bauer to sample this unique way to catch walleye. Getting there was half the battle. We pushed off trees and the trolling motor thumped more than one log trying to get to openings where walleye schools cruised. We casted jigs and fished them under a slip bobber. There were snags but the walleye we caught were of better quality than any we reeled in from the main lake. The unique timber bite made for an interesting tournament. - Mike Gnatkowski is an avid hunter and angler and a longtime contributor to Wyoming Wildlife. More of his work can be found online at gnatoutdoors.com. Wyoming Wildlife | 23http://www.gnatoutdoors.com