Walleyesupply (2024)

FAQs

What are the best lures for walleye? ›

The four most popular types of lures are jigs, soft plastics, crankbaits, and spinners. The cool thing is that you can mix and match all of them with live bait or even each other. This gives you a ton of different options based on the conditions on the day.

Tie on a 1/8- to 1/4-ounce jig and impale a small minnow on the hook through both lips, from the bottom up. Drift fish or cast this combination and you'll likely catch more fish than you would with either offering by itself. Walleyes like to hang out near weed beds such as sand grass, coon tail, and cabbage.

Fine-flaked walleye fillets are prized for their thickness and succulent, sweet, mild flavor. The fish has few bones, which adds to its popularity.

Some of the research confirmed details that anglers have long suspected. In clear water, the study found, walleye will strike white lures or almost any color. When the water is clouded by sediment, they are more likely to go for yellow or gold, and in green algae-laden waters, walleye eyes are best at seeing black.

Hours near dawn and dusk are often the best time to fish for walleye. These are traditional feeding times. It's when meal-seeking walleye will often swim up from deep water onto shallow flats to feed on schools of minnow and small prey.

Hook size obviously depends on the style of the hook, target species and overall harness size. For live bait Octopus style hooks, sizes 4 or 2 hooks are good for the majority of Walleye fishing. For two hook harnesses, it's not uncommon to see two #4, two #2 or a combination of #4 and #2 Octopus live bait hooks used.

The two main blade types are willow (elongated like a willow leaf), and Colorado (more or less round in shape). As a general rule, willow blades have less resistance in the water and therefore allow spinnerbaits to sink faster if fishing deep, plus they also can be worked faster without 'blowing out' in shallow water.

This rig can be used with both wafters, pop-ups and even bottom baits.

Generally, female walleye which are 25 inches long are about 10 years old, and 30 inch females are in the range of 20 years old. The oldest Lake of the Woods walleye we have aged was a 23 year old female which was 30.3 inches long.

Typically, your average male walleye will live anywhere between 15-20 years. Female walleyes live significantly longer than males. In fact, if left alone, the average female walleye will live for around 25 years, possibly longer.

Why are walleyes so hard to catch? ›

Walleye are terrible fighters for their size. They are slender and just don't pull that hard. You can catch them on very light tackle. It's almost like they want to come join you for dinner.

Ideally, the set up should be a 6' medium light, fast action spinning rod with a medium-sized 30 reel. Having this setup allows the user to feel subtle strikes, as walleye will typically slurp the bait and can be easily missed.

July is the best month for limit catches of Lake Erie Walleye. The weather is stable and walleye are schooled up in their normal patterns and migrations.

The top colors for walleye fishing in stained or muddy conditions when it's cloudy are orange, pink and red and when sunny white and metallic.

Normally, a pound test line between 6-10 pounds is a good choice for walleye fishing. This range provides enough strength to handle the fish's fighting ability.