The Fall season is upon us and the weather has cooled enough to drop water temperatures below 60. Thus, the walleye has returned to shoreline shallows. This is a great time to target eyes from shore, and since I’ve not fished since Spring, I had to get out! The conditions were good though water clarity was poor making for a tougher neyet bite. Interest in night fishing might have diminished for others because there was only one other angler and not a single boat in sight. Nice to have the lake free of all the activity! It took a bit for me to find something that triggered a strike. After trying several presentations that failed, I went with a tactic that produced time and again both Spring and Fall. The fish were/ are at times very close to rocky rip rap shorelines. The key is/was to toss shallow running floating minnow imitators parallel and very close to shore. Use a bait that runs less than a foot deep and retrieve the lure to tick/bang/ and bounce off the rocks. Often a slow steady retrieve will produce but tonight they only responded to an aggressive faster retrieve. There are several baits that excel at this, but I recommend the Yo-Zuri Duel Hardcore Minnow Flat 95F. The fish were feisty and struck aggressively, leaving no doubt FishOn! My wife and I are going to enjoy an overdue eye fry!