Trolling Stick Baits For Walleye

Looking for a giant early season walleye.

Trolling stick baits for walleye.

Don t leave the dock or hit the banks without these reliable killers in your tackle bag. Finally a scatter lip that can be trolled deep. The 20 best walleye lures for spring. When trolling crankbaits use a bait casting reel and a medium heavy rod six to seven feet in length.

9 must have stickbaits to catch walleyes anywhere shallow divers 0 to 6. The winning game is finesse trolling stickbaits with snap weights using planer boards. This can be done by trolling slight zigzags or s curves which naturally slows down and speeds up lures. Bandit deep diver walleye trolling lure.

I do this especially on calm water days. Here are the best walleye lures and baits in 2020 1. The deep diving husky jerk is similar to the bandit and is also used by many. So we gave ross a call and asked him to spill the beans on the program that s working right now.

You ever seen baitfish swim in a straight. In early spring and summer the water has warmed up and the alewives and smelt the longer profile baitfish are up top. Jigs are probably the most popular lure for fishing walleyes. Lake erie s a good example he explained.

Husky jerk walleye trolling lure. The jig is a hook with a silicone or rubber coated lead head that comes in various sizes weights colors and configurations. Very often live or plastic baits are placed on the hook to complete the presentation. By trolling stickbaits we re mimicking that.

A must have in any walleye nut s arsenal. It comes in a variety of. I prefer to use magnathin in the ten pound test walleye color. The new superlines will also work.

Walleyes are notorious for chasing baits over long distances. Here are ten baits to add to your tackle box this season. Sometimes a slight slowdown or a quick speedup can cause a strike. 1 8 and 1 4 ounce jigs are good for clear shallow waters.

Bay rat lures smithwick rogue storm thunderstick rapala husky jerk bandit walleye deep diver berkley flicker minnow reef runner lures yo zuri crystal minnow walleye deep divers renosky crystalina divers bomber long a. Lake erie guide capt. The bandit deep diver is 4 3 4 inches in length. By simply changing our mentality we can then expand the uses for soft plastics dramatically by fishing these baits with a trolling mindset.

Ross robertson is killing us with his giant walleye photos fish he affectionately refers to cafeteria moms lol no offense. The shadow rap shad will kick nearly 180 degrees. As walleye anglers we are conditioned to rig soft plastics on jigs for fishing below a boat or when pitching away from the boat.