walleye exausted

[livingtofish]

Thanks RPS looks good, as always there are nice people here with good advice

[MoCarp]

livingtofish, I would say fish deeper, on bottom to no more than 2 feet off bottom....put the boat in water 22 to 30 feet unless its been cloudy with a bit of rain for a day or two, then stick baits on rocky points and feature changes on long bluff banks......spend better time prepping and taking care of you bait, its pricy but get a copy of "Lunkers Love Nightcrawlers" I could use crawlers I prep and fish right in he same boat with you, and your using out of the cooler crawlers, and I'd out catch you 20-1....I had it done to me once and learned-not all worms are treated equal.

as far as gear, a quality 6" light spinning rod lots of good walleye blanks out there...an Okuma Baitrunner the small one is about the right size about 8oz.. holds about 140 yards of quality 6# green mono, toss that braid in the trash can IMHO for walleyes.

a 1/2 oz bullet weight (red) with a quality black swivel size 11, a rattle bead, a size 4 live bait hook (red) on 24' of a stiff fluorocarbon leader no more than 8# sometimes a pinch of  (1/2") a  solid chartreuse or white grub threaded just before your hook does wonders...sometimes you can get away with just a big split shot if its a calm day,..

If you don't have a drift sock...get one and a pool float to keep it up off bottom

drop your weight to the bottom and just lift it off set your bait runner to release line on the bite....

sometimes minnows work well, but you'll catch a ton of crappie...you will catch huge crappie on the crawler too, seems the big slabs love them

anyways good luck next time out

[dan hufferd]

Yep what they said....map study is required for productive walleye fishing.

Don't expect to see them on the graph. Learn to fish habitat.

Keep trying most of us learn something every time we go out.

[lmt out]

4 hours ago, dan hufferd said:

Yep what they said....map study is required for productive walleye fishing.

Don't expect to see them on the graph. Learn to fish habitat.

Keep trying most of us learn something every time we go out.

Exactly I believe and understanding of the graph and how to use it and what to look for is the most important thing to look for.  A lake master chip for Stockton also helps a bunch you can look at your sonar with the chip in and pick spots to try without even being on the water. 

[lmt out]

5 hours ago, MoCarp said:

livingtofish, I would say fish deeper, on bottom to no more than 2 feet off bottom....put the boat in water 22 to 30 feet unless its been cloudy with a bit of rain for a day or two, then stick baits on rocky points and feature changes on long bluff banks......spend better time prepping and taking care of you bait, its pricy but get a copy of "Lunkers Love Nightcrawlers" I could use crawlers I prep and fish right in he same boat with you, and your using out of the cooler crawlers, and I'd out catch you 20-1....I had it done to me once and learned-not all worms are treated equal.

as far as gear, a quality 6" light spinning rod lots of good walleye blanks out there...an Okuma Baitrunner the small one is about the right size about 8oz.. holds about 140 yards of quality 6# green mono, toss that braid in the trash can IMHO for walleyes.

a 1/2 oz bullet weight (red) with a quality black swivel size 11, a rattle bead, a size 4 live bait hook (red) on 24' of a stiff fluorocarbon leader no more than 8# sometimes a pinch of  (1/2") a  solid chartreuse or white grub threaded just before your hook does wonders...sometimes you can get away with just a big split shot if its a calm day,..

If you don't have a drift sock...get one and a pool float to keep it up off bottom

drop your weight to the bottom and just lift it off set your bait runner to release line on the bite....

sometimes minnows work well, but you'll catch a ton of crappie...you will catch huge crappie on the crawler too, seems the big slabs love them

anyways good luck next time out

Darn I need to get some of those special worms,  I have just been buying mine from Wal-Mart.  I like your confidence in telling someone you could out fish them 20 to 1 just because of special worms. 

[MoCarp]

Picking your own crawlers can be fun in itself..well fed conditioned crawlers are walleye tourney champs secret weapon...you can color the crawlers.... many buy the chartreuse ones at times..... but you can color them any color...... Stockton purple works well, I always love sitting in the back of the boat, catching fish after fish after fish, that usually makes converts out of skeptics.....

 

http://siouxcityjournal.com/sports/recreation/outdoors/myhre-here-s-how-to-make-super-crawlers/article_dbfa077d-6a71-5bd1-bdf8-11bbf2f00968.html

[dan hufferd]

I like braid with a leader for jigs and spoons. I use 50lb braid for my bottom bouncer poles.

It is really personal preference I think unless you are on Norfork in the clear water.

[livingtofish]

I appreciate all the tips and I see I have a lot to learn. I thought a worm was a worm. I am headed down today for some fishing but my buddy is really into bass fishing so probably wont do any walleye this time out. Again thanks for your responses.

[top_dollar]

A worm is a worm.  Geez.

   Hiring a guide, being persistent,  and keeping your expectations realistic will improve your catch rates.  Pick a technique or 2 you like best and stick with it.

When you go out, just try to do a little better than last time you went and dont worry about lmtout's (or others but usually him) report of 200 walleye. If you caught 4 today, but 3 last week, you are doing better.