Long is a classic walleye lake with humps, islands, weeds and rocks. For the first week or two after opening day, your chances of winning the big fish lottery are concentrated around traditional spawning areas like the rocky rubble bottom around Holy and Kunz islands.

Weeds are a major key to fish location throughout the fishing year, but as weed growth proliferates, the biomass scatters. From the opener until early June, targeting outside the weedlines of the largest submerged weedbeds can be very productive in this deep, narrow lake.

Long has a very rich cisco forage base that the walleye population follows closely throughout most of the summer.

If there is a prevailing wind of several days duration, especially before summer weather arrives, work the windblown shoreline from dusk until perhaps 10 p.m. with a chrome/blue stick bait.

Be sure to take a landing net with a handle at least 6 feet, 9 inches long!

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