What's your favorite walleye hook/bait?

[PINEHURST-PIKE-FREAK]

What rig works best for you?

I usually start with a live forage spoon without bait to see how aggressive the fish are,I usually keep a few eyeballs and try them on a little cleo,then minnows

[tonypower]

I always start with a lipless rattling rap tipped with a minnow head.

[PINEHURST-PIKE-FREAK]

true ,i also use them in an orange tiger pattern for aggressive fish

[Wes_G]

You will catch fish on many fancy lures but you will be hard pressed to find anything more effective for eyes than a jig and minnow.

[PlayDoh]

I have truly over a thousand bucks in lures, and truth be told it's an exception when it's not a 5 cent jig on my line.

[pinelakeperch]

Originally Posted by PlayDoh

I have truly over a thousand bucks in lures, and truth be told it's an exception when it's not a 5 cent jig on my line.

Isn't that the truth. I have too many $10+ Rapalas when all of my trophies have been on jigs and Gamakatsus

[Cory1]

Hex wobbler tipped with half a minnow

[58thecat]

Originally Posted by Wes_G

You will catch fish on many fancy lures but you will be hard pressed to find anything more effective for eyes than a jig and minnow.

This or the 00 five of diamonds...

[Freedom55]

9' fluorocarbon leader -6# test- with a size 10 octopus beak hook and a large leech. Trolled at 0.5 mph or parked over a large arch on the Lowrance.

Failing that, a good old fashion crawler harness in gold trolled at 1.0 - 1.5 mph.

Casting is too much work and, like spoons, crank baits bring pike. I hate pike, those slimy, toothy, bait stealing and tackle mangling members of the pickerel family. Not to mention that they are the wrong color.

Free (who never fishes from shore anymore)

[EZM]

For Ice Season ..... Jig head with a double tail, rattlin flyer, small rattlin rap prosuce the most fish.

Open Water Season ...... Jig head with double tail, spinner bottom bouncer with crawler harness, crank baits

[nast70]

Tough to beat a jig head with a leech.

[binnzer32]

great minds think alike. All about tyne double tail. You should see the ones I got white with chartreuse tails. Power bait for some dumb reason discontinued so I found 25 packs online. Everything loves them. Rattlin flyers are wicked too.

Originally Posted by EZM

For Ice Season ..... Jig head with a double tail, rattlin flyer, small rattlin rap prosuce the most fish.

Open Water Season ...... Jig head with double tail, spinner bottom bouncer with crawler harness, crank baits

[Walleyedude]

My favourite -

[tonypower]

Originally Posted by Walleyedude

My favourite -

Not sure if your serious or not but it might be something to try on a dead stick

[Bowhntr4life]

Try fishing with a thill slip bobber, with a 4-5' 15-20# fluorocarbon leader with a rubber-twist lead weight 18" from a bright orange bead and a size 4 octopus red hook. Put a leech hooked through the sucker and back through the body after a half twist.

The results are absolutely deadly. I'm not sure why people don't use slip-bobbering more with walleyes, but its incredible. The fluorocarbon leader is essential and make sure it's larger poundage. I caught plenty on 6-8#, but got break-offs every 3-4th fish. I switched to higher poundage and it didn't make my hooking ratio any less. My landing % went up though!

It takes some getting use to finding the right balance of equipment, but once the correct depth is found, it's unreal. The rougher the water, the better the action under the surface.

I swear by it now and normally out-fish the jigheads 3-1 (No offense... But that's been my experience). It's well worth a try!

[EZM]

I always use fluorocarbon leader material for walleye - it's invisible under water and prevents the bite throughs if a pike decides to take your lure.

It's when you are using 4lb mono on a small spoon or jig when the pike become a problem.

[dodgeboy1979]

bottom bounce a chartreuse spinner harness with beef heart. speed about 1 mph.

[huntsfurfish]

Originally Posted by Walleyedude

My favourite -

Mine too.

[pinelakeperch]

Originally Posted by Bowhntr4life

Try fishing with a thill slip bobber, with a 4-5' 15-20# fluorocarbon leader with a rubber-twist lead weight 18" from a bright orange bead and a size 4 octopus red hook. Put a leech hooked through the sucker and back through the body after a half twist.

The results are absolutely deadly. I'm not sure why people don't use slip-bobbering more with walleyes, but its incredible. The fluorocarbon leader is essential and make sure it's larger poundage. I caught plenty on 6-8#, but got break-offs every 3-4th fish. I switched to higher poundage and it didn't make my hooking ratio any less. My landing % went up though!

It takes some getting use to finding the right balance of equipment, but once the correct depth is found, it's unreal. The rougher the water, the better the action under the surface.

I swear by it now and normally out-fish the jigheads 3-1 (No offense... But that's been my experience). It's well worth a try!

And nothing beats watching the float twitch a few times then fly under the water

[Mayhem]

Originally Posted by Wes_G

You will catch fish on many fancy lures but you will be hard pressed to find anything more effective for eyes than a jig and minnow.

Originally Posted by PlayDoh

I have truly over a thousand bucks in lures, and truth be told it's an exception when it's not a 5 cent jig on my line.

Originally Posted by jhutter

Isn't that the truth. I have too many $10+ Rapalas when all of my trophies have been on jigs and Gamakatsus

Found some jigs I really like and so do the eyes (no wonder they are almost always sold out). A Lot of days that's all I end up using, only checking the line for damage and re-tying as required.

It's not the jig they bite but what the jig represents...

[PINEHURST-PIKE-FREAK]

Originally Posted by Bowhntr4life

Try fishing with a thill slip bobber, with a 4-5' 15-20# fluorocarbon leader with a rubber-twist lead weight 18" from a bright orange bead and a size 4 octopus red hook. Put a leech hooked through the sucker and back through the body after a half twist.

The results are absolutely deadly. I'm not sure why people don't use slip-bobbering more with walleyes, but its incredible. The fluorocarbon leader is essential and make sure it's larger poundage. I caught plenty on 6-8#, but got break-offs every 3-4th fish. I switched to higher poundage and it didn't make my hooking ratio any less. My landing % went up though!

It takes some getting use to finding the right balance of equipment, but once the correct depth is found, it's unreal. The rougher the water, the better the action under the surface.

I swear by it now and normally out-fish the jigheads 3-1 (No offense... But that's been my experience). It's well worth a try!

i witnessed this several yrs ago on may long,we were using leaches on a jig with braid and barely got any fish.Boat beside us using your system slayed them!!! This was at Pinehurst in 5' of water

[Talking moose]

Originally Posted by Bowhntr4life

Try fishing with a thill slip bobber, with a 4-5' 15-20# fluorocarbon leader with a rubber-twist lead weight 18" from a bright orange bead and a size 4 octopus red hook. Put a leech hooked through the sucker and back through the body after a half twist.

The results are absolutely deadly. I'm not sure why people don't use slip-bobbering more with walleyes, but its incredible. The fluorocarbon leader is essential and make sure it's larger poundage. I caught plenty on 6-8#, but got break-offs every 3-4th fish. I switched to higher poundage and it didn't make my hooking ratio any less. My landing % went up though!

It takes some getting use to finding the right balance of equipment, but once the correct depth is found, it's unreal. The rougher the water, the better the action under the surface.

I swear by it now and normally out-fish the jigheads 3-1 (No offense... But that's been my experience). It's well worth a try!

Works well with a small floating jig head and leach with this set up.

[honker_clonker]

1/8 oz slender spoon and 1/4 of a minnow.

[taipan]

Kamooki SmartFish ...

[280 AI]

Jig and minnow or jig and worm is tough to beat

[57charlie]

If I'm ice fishing for perch & walleye, nothing works better for me than using a Fiskas perch or parrot pattern hook with the hook covered in maggots.

[TYEE]

The one with a Wally on it.

[Ilikefishing]

Slender

[old dog]

Cotton Cordell

[manitou210]

The best for pickerel I have found is
# 1 Sutton West River spoon copper & silver this spoons shines like no other it actually has a little pure silver in plating

#2 Floating Jig with leach small sinker 18" or so above jig so jig is off bottom and leach can swim around this is deadly