Trolling Bass-Style Spinnerbaits For Walleye

[Phil Lilley]

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Ned Kehde

For about a decade, Keith Kavajecz and Gary Parsons have been aware that a few talented smallmouth bass fishermen, such as Kevin Van Dam of Kalamazoo, Michigan, have been inadvertently catching significant numbers of walleye on spinnerbaits while pursing smallmouth bass.  What’s more, some of the specimens that Van Dam has allured to his spinnerbaits have been big enough to be called walruses.

Besides Van Dam, Dave Rose of Grawn, Michigan, discovered several years ago that he could consistently catch walleye on windy days by casting and retrieving bass-style spinnerbaits. Rose is a veteran multispecies guide, and nowadays casting and slowly retrieving a half-ounce or smaller tandem-willow-bladed spinnerbait across patches of submerged vegetation, such as coontail, cabomba and cabbage, or making parallel casts and retrieves along the outside edges of the vegetation is such an effective tactic that it has become a standard part of his guiding repertoire at the waterways in his part of Michigan.  Although Rose’s prowess at wielding a bass-style spinnerbait for walleye has been chronicled by some of the fishing media, Kavajecz and Parsons weren’t aware of it.

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[Flysmallie]

I have caught a lot of walleye on Stockton while fishing spinnerbaits for bass. Caught one on a miserable fall day several years ago that was a little over 5 lbs. Biggest walleye I have ever caught.

[RSBreth]

They redesigned the website at In-Fisherman with these blogs by some of their experts - Ned's is a good one, lots of knowledge there. I hope they keep posting information-packed articles like this one, it's like getting an issue of the magazine for free.