WALLEYE FISHING FOR DUMMIES

[cindytim]

OK, SO I WANT TO GO WALLEYE FISHING. FIRST OF ALL WHAT DOES ONE LOOK LIKE, AND WHAT "BAIT" DO YOU USE?<br /><br />I KNOW YOU STUDY FISHERMAN KNOW THIS<br />THANKS

 

[Xenos]

Re: WALLEYE FISHING FOR DUMMIES

What do they look like, Hmm…. A large perch but with a golden hue and golden eyes as far as baits I would think there are more Pickerel, Walleye, Sauger… taken on jigs then any other method. My favourite technique is to use a slip sinker just before a swivel and a 3-5 ft leader after that, with a floating or light jig head topped with a night crawler or rubber grub. Hold you bail open with your finger on the line drag the rig 6” above the bottom and when you feel a strike ( they are very soft) let your line go off you finger. Let out about 6 feet then take up the slack and set the hook.

 

[SeaRay245]

Re: WALLEYE FISHING FOR DUMMIES

we use erie dearies tipped with crawls in the spring drift fishing usually bouncing off bottom the switch to trolling in t he summer draggin mostly stingger spoons on down riggers and dipsies run a 5 to 6 ft leader off the dipsies and run the downriggers 400ft back depth depends on alot of things weather ect depth is usually set by letting out more line one the dipsies i just watch the fish finder and set it up like 3 to 5 ft above them walleyes can see above them like 20 ft but cant see even 2 ft below them better to be higher then to low and xenos is right they look like a large perch yellow and green in color a huge mouth with rows of teeth watch out the will bit by the way im fishin lake erie might be different fishin other lakes

 

[AaronP]

Re: WALLEYE FISHING FOR DUMMIES

jig and a minnow, casting crank baits around wing dams, there's a lot of ways to catch walleye.