[Bruce Litton]

From the third week in October on, we always seem to catch walleyes--and nice ones--in Lake Hopatcong. I suggest you go with live herring, make sure you have a topographic map, and fish as many as three lines from 25 to 40 feet deep. Just make sure to check the herring set deeper than 30, since turnover's not always complete by then. Use 3/4-ounce egg sinkers, a barrel swivel, and a four-foot leader. Hook herring through nostrils, and keep the bails open. Start early; you can rent at Dows...but you do need the boater's certificate, so I hope my advice is good for you. Otherwise, we catch them on Binsky bladebaits on the same drop-offs and depths, not necessarily vertical jigging, but by lift-drop right on bottom, and you do need to keep feel on the line and be quick, because they often hit on the drop. So quality braid is a must for this, as is a fast-action tip.