Lake of the Woods Walleye
Fishing Tips
 Walleyes
are golden in color with dark green backs, white bellies
and distinctive white tips at the lower portion of
their tails. A walleye's greatest asset as a predator
is its eyesight, several times more light-sensitive
than their prey. Another asset is its highly developed
lateral line capable of finding bait fish even in
muddy water.
There are several key, but simple, factors
to keep in mind when it comes to choosing the right
tactic to catch walleyes.
Walleye Fishing Tips
First,
remember this - your mission is to show your bait to
as many walleyes as you can in as short a time as possible.
That means the way fish are relating to structure on
any given day generally dictates the choice of technique.
If tightly schooled, then it makes sense to jig which
puts the bait in the middle of them all the time. If
you were to troll under those conditions, you would
be spending more time turning the boat around to make
another quick pass through the school than you would
catching fish. But, when fish are spread out over huge
flats or suspended over wide areas, then trolling is
the way to pass bait in front of the most fish.
Second,
think of most methods for catching walleye as live
bait delivery systems. Every one with the exception
of trolling crank baits, is designed to present a
nightcrawler, leech or minnow in the most natural
way possible. Some add attractors like spinner blades
or beads.
The most common and simple walleye tactic
is jigging. Jigs can be used with a minnow, worm or
leech or hundreds of plastic baits with or without live
bait. They can be fished vertically when fish hold tight
to dropoffs, humps or points. They can also be cast.
Fish jigs on or near the bottom. Use
a jig heavy enough to maintain bottom contact whether
in current, strong winds or deep water. The shallower
the fish or the slower the wind or current, the lighter
the jig can be.
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