![]() ![]() The depth of the lure is controlled mainly by how much line is let out and a small amount by the trolling speed. The key is being at the correct depth for the fish. This is a go-to lure for many charter boat operations in the Great Lakes. It comes in a variety of popular color patterns such as Green, coconut candy, chartreuse green-black, green clown, and red. The Bandit deep diver is 4-3/4 inches in length. Here are the Best Walleye Lures and Baits in 2022ġ. They can be caught using large plugs, stick baits, jigs, and worm harnesses. Adult walleye primarily eat fish such as yellow perch, alewife, and ciscoes. It is true that walleye are fished slowly but they are an aggressive fish with a mean strike. Sometimes people think of walleye as a slow fish that can only eat worms. Secondly, if a fish is brought up that is short or that is not going to be kept the fish will not get hurt or killed when the swim bladder expands due to the decrease in pressure. It is recommended to fish for walleye in less than 40 feet of water mainly because this is where most walleye live, including big walleye. This means that for lures going down more than 20 feet green, black and shiny colors make more sense. Water filters out red significantly at depths greater than 20 feet. This does not mean that only red and green lures work because walleye can still see reflections and shading variations from other colors. This is why most Walleye lures are colored red and green. Their eyes cannot see blue and yellow but can see red and green. Walleye can see better and night than any other freshwater fish which gives them an advantage over their prey. They are known to be low light feeders and feed well at night but they also feed and bite during the day! One thing that makes Walleye fishing fun is that they are a good eating freshwater fish. I almost pulled the gunwale of my 12 ft.Lakes are often full of walleye but are not frequently caught unless they are being targeted. ago in the spring, and got snagged badly with a bouncer. You will cut your fingers and hands if you try that. Don't try to use your hands to break it loose. Helps to get the bouncer out of serious snags, and if its really, really snagged, wrap the power pro around a stick(I have a section of a hockey stick cut to 18.1" long, used as a fish club, and a measuring stick) and pull really hard. For my main line to the bouncer, I am running 20 lb. I have noticed a definate durability of the harnesses with regards to pike hitting them. range, but I switched to flourocarbon a few years ago. As Rob(Kickingfrog, said above) I used to just use plain mono in the 10 lb. The floats on the harness will keep them up off bottom from getting snagged up usually, but not always.Īs for tying off the lead of the harness, as stated above, a simple fisherman's loop or surgeons knot is all that is needed.īTW, I tie my harnesses with 10 lb. The bouncer may get occasionally snagged, but they usually can be un-snagged by backing up. In the rocky lakes, I like to use floats on the worm harnesses, keeps them up off bottom. Sometimes that's necessary, other times not. It all depends on the depth, as we up here catch them in sometimes 6 ft. Sometimes I have two 18" leaders in behind the bouncer and the harness, which makes for a 48" length behind the bouncer. Other lakes with sand/mud bottom, its better to have a longer presentation behind the bouncer. Some of the lakes I fish are rocky, its best to keep the worm harness close to the bottom bouncer to avoid snags. And if I require more length behind the bottom bouncer, I have 18" leaders made up with a swivel on one end, and a snap swivel on the other end. I like to tie my worm harnesses at 18" lengths, easier to store in small ziplock bags that I get from work and can be carried in CD cases. I like to keep the two hooks about 3" apart. ![]() I can't tie two snells to the proper length I like, I snell the first hook, but I use a clinch knot for the last hook. Dara, that's almost exclusively how I fish for walleye in summer up here. ![]()
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