"You would be hard-pressed to find 10 feet of water in this lake, so I would likely drift and cast a crankbait," he said. "There's a pretty good population of channel catfish in Round, so I would want a lure that runs at about 6 feet deep. The occasional catfish will hit it, but more often than not, it will be a walleye. And there are white bass, sheepshead and crappies in Round, so I would use a lure that is silver sides with a black back. This is how you will catch walleyes during the peak on Round."

And if this doesn't work?

"Bobber and a leech," shrugged Roach.

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LAKE MILTONA
Douglas County
"Fishermen that live near Alexandria have it good because there are lots of lakes surrounding that community that are very good walleye lakes," Roach said. "My favorite, well, I have lots of favorites over there, but an awfully good walleye lake is Miltona."

Roach describes Miltona as one big saddle. The center of the lake is shallow and both sides drop off into deep water.

"There is enough mid-lake structure in Miltona to keep anyone busy on the sunken islands alone," Roach said.

Roach touts Miltona as a lake that was designed for the Roach Rig and a leech. He said that muskies and big pike push panfish into the vegetation and walleyes out to the deeper water.

Locate a school of fish in water over 18 feet deep and you are likely sitting on a school of walleyes that will be looking for an easy meal.

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BIG CORMORANT LAKE
Becker County
Some lakes are just suited for trolling. Big Cormorant, west of Detroit Lakes, is one of them.

"There are no big shallow flats," Roach said. "So the walleyes will suspend just over the tops of the deep weeds and wherever you find a bottom transition, like muck to rubble or sand to clay. On a lake that has a lot of hard bottom, wherever you find a little mud transition line, you'll find walleyes."

Crankbaits are the lure of choice for Roach.

"I use mainly perch and Fire-tiger patterns, but sometimes I toss in a blue/green color scheme because there are a lot of rock bass on that deeper structure and walleyes will eat them too," he said. "Walleyes during the peak can be so prone to suspend that I don't even pull my lures when I'm going to move from one spot to another if they're close by. I just troll over to it."

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