Walleye
Walleye hold where the Grand gives them depth and cool water. The GRCA credits the cold flow bleeding in from Whitemans Creek and the springs for keeping them in this reach, and they sit in the current seams and the dim, deeper water. The holes above Wilkes Dam are the anchor — best worked at dawn and dusk, and every fish released.
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Fish the low light and the cool water. Walleye in the Paris-to-Brantford reach favour the deeper, dimmer water and the current areas where the cold inflow from Whitemans Creek and the springs holds temperatures down.
The deep holes above Wilkes Dam in Brantford — rubble and old-dam structure — are the reliable holding water, letting fish sit off the light and slide up the seams to feed as the sun drops. Spring and fall, worked at dawn and dusk, are the prime windows.
As with the bass and pike, walleye here are catch-and-release, on artificial lures and a single barbless hook.
Structure
Rubble and old-dam structure create the depth that concentrates walleye in an otherwise shallow river.
The cooler, oxygenated flowing water the GRCA credits for supporting walleye through the reach.
Regulations
This is a summary, not the legal regulation — confirm current rules with the official source before fishing. The Paris-to-Brantford reach is a catch-and-release zone: artificial lures only, single barbless hook. Two seasonal sanctuary closures apply.