Hey All.... Walleye/Pickerel opens this weekend here in Ontario, so my wife and I will be heading out....As some of you that helped me last year with LM Bass know, I am a complete newcomer to fishing.

I have picked up a few walleye rigs as well as some jigs etc....

We have a 14' Aluminum with a Trolling motor and a 8HP.

Any tips as to lures, or rigs should I take a few different set ups out?

I know we will probably get skunked until we learn but I just want to increase our chances and I really have no clue.

Here is some info I have found as a start so I am not totally at a loss

This is the lake where we will be fishing (CHANGE TO RICE LAKE ONTARIO)

http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&q=rice+lake&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl

and here is a little write up on the lake

http://www.thefishinguide.com/rice.shtml#tips

Thanks in advance

Are you planning to use live bait? Or Jigs and plastic grubs? If grubs I would get some Chartruse 5-6" grunbs for your jig heads.

I am not sure how active they will be. I would try casting Jigs early in the morning or late at night sitting around 10-14" water and casting into 4' water.  During the day I would try to find a 20-40 ft channel and drift/troll.

If the fish are active you should be able to troll and catch them. However, if walleye have lockjaw (I am talking about no one is catching fish) I would get a slip bobber. bobber stops, and the biggest chubs you could find. Sometimes this is the only way to catch them if they get into lockjaw mode or if they are biting light. It is not my favorite way to fish, but it will put a couple in the boat. I dont think you will have a problem though on opening week.