Lucky Craft :: Staysee
The STAYSEE is jerk-bait initially build for bass but very good for walleye fishing. Unlike many jerk-baits that are ripped across the surface of the water, this bait is fished 8-10 feet below the surface with a perfect nose-down and suspend retrieve. The STAYSEE is equipped with a unique combination of rattles, which create the gravity suspending action and permits long casts. This walleye lure is available in eight colors making this suspending jerk-bait a very effective and exciting lure. My preferred color are Nishiki and Black & Gold.
The STAYSEE is equipped with a unique combination of rattles, which create the gravity suspending action and permits long casts. With a rated running depth of eight to ten feet, this is a great walleye lure!
Lucky Craft Staysee
Night Walleye
Walleye anglers will always recommend that if one wishes to have a good bite it is best to begin walleye fishing 2 hours before sunrise or after sunset.
Sometime, "the night time is the right time" for walleye.
I would recommend you to troll and cover some water to find walleye feeding at night. Prime night walleye locations include weedlines, large feeding flats, main lake points, narrows, wind-bashed shorelines, sunken islands and reefs and river inlet areas. In the spring, I prefer weedlines and wind bashed shorelines, while in mid to late summer I choose sunken islands and reefs. In the fall, current areas and shallow to steep shorelines, which have had daily wind and wave activity, can be hot spots for night walleye.
Night Walleye presentation
There are a variety of presentations that excel for night walleye including trolling and casting crankbaits, and using lighted bobbers with lively bait. In the spring, flat-line shallow diving, floating crankbaits that imitate minnow presentations. I like crankbaits such as the Rapala floating minnow, Husky Jerk, Storm Thunderstick, Storm Thin Fin, Smithwick Rogue and Berkley Frenzy. Troll these crankbaits along the weedline edges. Common spring depths are from 8 to 15 feet deep. Colors such as black and silver, blue and white, black and chrome, smoke, blue and orange, firetiger and watermelon can all produce good catches. A couple of small split shot several feet up the line can help get the lure down. Trolling speeds from 2 to 3.5 mph work well for walleye. By the mid to late summer period. Many night-feeding walleye are setting up on sunken islands and humps during the moonlit periods. Prime humps are between 10 and 20-feet in depth, and I’ll mark such positions into my GPS or use a marker buoy so I can find them again in the dark. Most night trolling is done between 12.00 p.m. and 4:30 a.m.
Locating night walleye
One of my favorite spots to look for nighttime walleye is near the entrances of a bay or harbor, especially if the entrance is narrow and there is at least seven to ten feet of water nearby. Night fishing is a special tool to catch bigger walleyes than during the day. Don’t underestimate the power of darkness to get these monsters on the move. But, most importantly if you are tired stay in bed that leaves more of these trophies for me.
Spring Walleye spawn
Walleye video : Spring Spawn
Have a look at this walleye video, it's one of the few where we can see spring walleye during the spawn season. They are hanging there in less then 3 feet of water.
Follow the walleye
NEWS :: Walleye equipped with tiny transmitor
Sandusky River - Ohio
Unbelievable, this radio tagging project was started in 2006 in witch over 50 walleyes received internal radio transmitter implants. In 2007, the field crew was able to locate 18 of the 50 tagged walleyes.
The biologist objective is major: they would like to determine whether the declines in the walleye stock have been caused by the Fremont floodwall project, in witch a huge gravel-bottom oxbow was eliminated.
Here is a short portion of a complete article you can find on the Toladoblade:
"Water has been the lowest it's been all year and is at average level," said Bury. The temp was 51 this afternoon. Fish are spawning, but not all of them. Females close to state record size are being taken.
"I saw a 30 and a 31-inch fish Tuesday. Floating jigs in chartreuse are working, as well as 1/4 or 1/8-ounce lead. Anywhere between the bridges is producing fish. Not everyone caught a keeper, but some got limits. Still a lot of catch and release, as the water is still very muddy. The bite will pick up in a week or so."
Another great walleye article done by Steve Pollick.
Best Walleye Lure
Best walleye lures :: Rattlin' Rogue from Smithwick
The Rattlin' Rogue and its attractive rattles and wounded action will produce year-round result when trolling for walleye. The Smithwick Rattlin' Rogue stands alone among jerkbaits and is now available in 12 carefully selected colors.
The Walleye spawn is over and fish will be on the feed before they go to their summer location. This is the best time of the year to get a trophy walleye. Walleye seem to prefer long skinny baits sometimes reffered to as stickbaits :: Rattlin' Rogue. Fishing during low light periods should also improve your chances.
Rattlin' Rogue : Walleye spring fishing
Learn the spawning habits of the walleyes, and locate those areas, principally reefs, on maps. Males will be stacked on the reefs waiting for females to arrive. The places you’ll want to focus on are the deeper-water areas nearby where females stage before moving to the reefs and where they return afterward. Identify several likely spots. Walleyes are nomads. Plan to stay mobile when fishing for walleye. Once on the water, always look for bait fish on your sonar. No bait fish, no line out!
