Episode 36
How to Catch Lake Superior Walleyes
Show Date: September 5, 2026
Location: Lake Superior, Superior, Wisconsin
Guide: Josh Teigen [715-813-0575 | joshteigen.com ]
We're heading out onto Lake Superior this week, searching for walleyes on one of the biggest and most challenging fisheries in the Midwest. Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area and the deepest of the North American Great Lakes, so simply finding fish in all that water is no small task.
We're out with host and guide Josh Teigen and his buddy John, getting an early start with a hot cup of coffee and the Humminbird MEGA Live 2 fired up. Our goal is to find schools of walleyes along the southwestern shoreline, and the electronics quickly become an important part of the game.
The fish aren't necessarily sitting at one predictable depth. During the day, we find them anywhere from about 10 to 30 feet down, making the ability to see where they're positioned in the water column especially valuable. Once we locate a school, we can get our presentations into the right zone and start working the fish.
We're keeping the presentation fairly simple, rotating between a Kalin's Hammered Live Series Paddle Tail, a Moonshine Lures Shiver Minnow, and a full nightcrawler on a jig. The bite isn't one of those legendary, nonstop Lake Superior feeding frenzies, but it is steady at times, with plenty of eater-sized walleyes and a few bigger fish mixed in.
The weather is comfortable, although not exactly what we'd call perfect fishing conditions. We start with calm water, and as the day progresses, the wind picks up and changes things on the lake.
We don't keep any fish, but that's not really the point of this trip. Getting out on Lake Superior, finding a school of walleyes suspended somewhere in that enormous body of water, and watching them appear on the MEGA Live 2 before putting a bait in front of them is an experience all its own.
