There are a few people who can fish walleye outside the spawn (I'm not one of them; can't catch even one of those ******** in their egg beds). A guy in my father's ward fishes Deer Creek nearly every day in the summer and claims to slay them by trolling about 1/3rd mph and running bottom bouncers. There's a guy on BFT with the exact same story.
It's too bad carp carry a bigger stigma than an American made car. I once though hosting an annual UL carp kill would be a great tournament but people just don't want to fish for something they don't want to eat.
1) Bottom bouncing is not fishing. It's not fun, it takes zero skill, and it just isn't fun.
2) If I could choose to fish any species and/or any time of year, it would be carp in the summer with a fly rod. Easily the most fun and most rewarding fish in this state, and it isn't even close.