To all the walleye fishermen

[top_dollar]

Trolling large deep diving crank baits in the summer has produced some of my largest bass.  I firmly believe that if a bass angler stuck to casting large deep crank baits would produce some big bags.  I have also caught several very nice bass jigging spoons for walleye.  Jigging crawlers for walleye though will catch dinks. 

[LoweSTX175]

This spring I nailed a LM trolling a #9 FlickerShad.  Don't know how much he weighed, but he measured out to 24 inches.  I returned him to the lake as soon as I got him off the hook.  I do hit bass regularly while trolling for walleye.  I've always joked that I think I could win a bass tournament trolling for walleye.  If someone were to ask me my best bass trolling technique I'd say troll straight into a cove until you run out of room then reel it in.  Also when trolling around bluffs I tend to get lots of bass.

[frying eyes]

I caught my biggest smallmouth very late March 2013 slow trolling a flicker shad. Didn't have anything to weigh it with. It was a nice surprise, and I let it go. Hopefully the picture downloads. 

 

[MOPanfisher]

Dang nice smallie Sir.