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Walleye Fishing

Old School Walleye Fishing Family Secrets

This statistic has been documented on many fishing surveys. There have been many fishing surveys published that show fishing for walleye with live bait accounts for over 2/3thrds of all walleyes that are caught on a walleye rod and reel combo. Many of the die hard walleye anglers who claim they use artificial lures for walleyes 90% of the time, will still put live bait on their lures when the walleye fishing gets slow.

There are many walleye live baits that work well, but the best The best baits for walleye fishing include minnows and other small fish, night crawlers and leeches. In some unique walleye habitat situations at different times of the year, other kinds of baits such as water dogs and frogs will work, but the majority of the time they won’t produce like the old reliables.

Live bait used for walleye fishing are not always available all year round. Leeches one of the old dependable fishing for walleye live baits, cannot be used if the temperature of the water is below 50degrees. For one you won’t find any in the bait shops because leeches are not active when the water is cold and will not swim into the leech traps. You will find only a few bait shop dealers who will keep shiner minnows during the summer months because they die quickly in the dealers tanks and in the fishermen’s minnow buckets.

The first thing you need to do when you are making live bait selection for walleye is to determine what live baits work in the different seasons. Although night crawlers are a poor choice for a bait selection to fish for walleye in the spring time when the season changes to summer night crawlers are one one of the best baits to use to catch walleyes. You can use minnows for walleye fishing in the spring and in the fall, but they are poor choice to use in the summer.

Selecting the right type of minnow is important at certain times of the year. For example, during the spring time shiner minnows is a good live bait choice and will produce better the some other species of minnows such as redtail chubs. In the fall season shiners are a poor choice for a live bait selection to fish for walleye while a redtail chub would be an excellent choice. It's a good idea to check with your local bait shop to find out what live baits work best to catch walleye in that area.

There has been discussion by many fisherman that ribbon leaches are the best live bait for walleye.Leaches are an excellent bait because because they swim, and squirm constantly after they are placed on the hook when the temperature is above 50deg. They are not a good choice in cold water because they are not active at temperatures below 50degs.

Make sure the live bait you use choose to fish for walleye, it is active and lively. When walleyes are really biting you can get by with a half dead minnow or chewed-up night crawler, but a struggling minnow or squirming crawler will normally catch more fish.

The Minnesota DNR and volunteers stocked over 2.3 million day old walleye fry in Sucker Bay as part of the effort to bring back the Walleye population of Leech Lake in Northern Minnesota
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