Good job Ryan! I’m a former fishing guide in Ontario, Manitoba and Alaska (licensed). Here’s a tip for LARGE walleyes FYI: When fishing with a spinning reel and a worm harness or minnow (common in Canada) get the bait to the bottom, ultra slow drift preferred, then open bail and let line, keeping your tip up, from rod tip to water, lay loose on top of surface. As soon as the line tightens, set hook immediately. So why do BIG walleyes like it? As a walleye grows it becomes much more sensitive to vibration of ANY KIND, and is “spooked” away. Even if you set a rod down in the boat against a gunnel, the BIG ones feel it 25 feet below. I had two Canadien walleye records (19.3 lbs. & 21.2 lbs) by age 16. I and was taught to fish at age 12 by Cree Indians from N. Ontario, they are amazing walleye fishermen!
Hey Chris Amazing Advice and tips ! i live close wondering if you still do and guiding in Ontario as im interested and send me message and let me know thanks :)
@@canadianhunter4574 Hi there! I’m just replying back. Thanks for the message, I’m grateful. If you’re ever willing to fly me up there to fish, teach and show you about how to get big walleyes, I’d come nearly anytime. In my experience early spring and late summer are the best times in general. I do get invited to speak at outdoor sporting shows and have done many guest appearances on TV as well as advised authors of Walleye fishing books. Wish I were a skilled writer myself. Walleye and Eastern Brook Trout (aka/ “specs”) are my focus. I’ve been fishing them for over 65 years now. I was fortunate to have some real expertise teach me the skills I’m certain are not fully understood by many anglers including those who also fish these species regularly. I think the old knowledge of the native or indigenous people has been, for the most part, lost. I now realize I was one of the lucky ones getting the close attention and teachings at a very early age. Good fishing. P.S. I’m living in Mexico and learning salt water fishing, but I’ll take fresh water Canadian fishing ANY DAY over salt water fishing. (Fun fact: I even learned (from my Cree indian mentor) to get, gentle lay, but quickly coming up to the moose, then jumping off the gunwale on to the shoulders and ride the back of a cow moose when she is swimming across a bay. I used to make BIG tips (relatively speaking) from my guest fisherman so they could take movies of me doing it. I used to get $12.00/day guiding when I started, so I found I could get a $20 tip for “Moose Jumping” Haha!
Three states have Walleye as their state fish. Minnesota, South Dakota, and Vermont. I'm a Minnesota resident myself, and are definitely my favorite fish to catch!
I just discovered your channel and it looks amazing! This was just the video I was looking for. I hope that you post more videos like this. I am going to college next year to become a Fisheries Biologist. I live in York County PA.
Forgot to mention , fisheries biologist is my dream job , that’s so awesome! I hope that it works out for ya! Send me a friend request on FB or Insta and we cat talk more about it!
I’m still catching 24” walleye in 6 ft of water off a rock point entering a river from a lake. Still catching them from shore. Whitefish Lake Manitoba. Last walleye caught was July 26/2021
Hey I really think you did a great job of explaining the walleye species. Please continue on this subject, I see big things ahead. For example, Tom Boley may learn a thing or two from you. Lol.
I love doing these , research really helps you learn more about the fish. I have plans to do videos on every species of fish but man it takes time. I haven’t had much time to focus on youtube this year , hope to find time to do more!
The whitish glimmer of a walleyes eye has nothing to do with pigmentation, or colors. Walleye have a tapetum lucidum, just like cats and other nocturnal predators. It reflects incoming light back through the eye of the fish, like a little mirror behind the retina. I think it's super cool that this feature occurs over so many different animals. It's obviously super advantageous if its evolved alongside so many mammals and fish alike.
I don't know about the weight of this fish but I'm quite sure I saw a 29" walleye come out of Prompton Dam, in Wayne county, in 2000. I had caught several 26 inchers from this dam in the past, and this particular fish, caught on a large Rapala plug, dwarfed the fish I had caught. Unfortunately this reservoir was ruined by 3 floods in 5 years, and the feeder fish have apparently not returned. I'm going to give it a try soon and find out if it may be recovering but I have little hope.
Thank you for the comment! My best walleye is a 28, but I have seen multiple 30’s caught myself , all of which were big fish but not near the record. I appreciate the reply, I hope that the prompton dam recovers for you, and I hope the fish return so you can hammer them!
Since this video conclusively proves that Walleye are related to perch and NOT Pike, can people please stop calling them pickeral? Chain/grass pickeral and pink pickeral are small cousins of the Northern Pike and Musky. The lure set up may be called a pickeral rig and it indeed catches walleye, but that does not excuse the linguistic misnaming and abuse of the walleye. Thank you, signed a irked Canadian. P.s. love this video! Hope there is one for the pike as well.
You ever catch a blue walleye with all its blue slime that makes everything it touches blue. They are rare up here in northern Ontario. One lake that I know of on my trap line off the Ogoki River
Honestly , there are like 100s of soft baits out there , the mr. Twister tails are always one of my favorites but you just gotta try them and get confidence , allot of them work in given situations and once you have confidence in the plastic , you will stay with it and catch. The Wyandotte worm is great too.
Try rivers and shallow lake spots in the spring but when it gets hot you might want to invest in a boat. They are very finicky and sensitive to light/temperature
Corey Fischer , thanks for the comment and the feedback! Hopefully you learned something new! I just learned about the Otolith bone in the walleye and the process for aging the fish! Pretty cool stuff!
41inch or 104cm is probably far away from world record. Plenty of meter+ caught in Europe(Netherlands, Finland, Sweden,Norway). US world record is probably in US only. Nice video tho
That old world record is not documented enough to stand and the pictures aren't convincing at all. Consider that there are only 3 state records(besides the "world record" that are over 20lbs and that the next closest one is over 2lbs lighter than that Tennessee "world record", I think we can take it off the books and consider it a "legend". There are also 4 between 18lbs and 20 lbs, two 18's and two 19's. It's not even that fat of a fish, compared to the Greers Ferry fish, it just looks like a pretty standard built BIG walleye, maybe 32-34" or something. Still huge, but not 25lbs.
Good job Ryan! I’m a former fishing guide in Ontario, Manitoba and Alaska (licensed). Here’s a tip for LARGE walleyes FYI: When fishing with a spinning reel and a worm harness or minnow (common in Canada) get the bait to the bottom, ultra slow drift preferred, then open bail and let line, keeping your tip up, from rod tip to water, lay loose on top of surface. As soon as the line tightens, set hook immediately. So why do BIG walleyes like it? As a walleye grows it becomes much more sensitive to vibration of ANY KIND, and is “spooked” away. Even if you set a rod down in the boat against a gunnel, the BIG ones feel it 25 feet below. I had two Canadien walleye records (19.3 lbs. & 21.2 lbs) by age 16. I and was taught to fish at age 12 by Cree Indians from N. Ontario, they are amazing walleye fishermen!
Hey Chris Amazing Advice and tips ! i live close wondering if you still do and guiding in Ontario as im interested and send me message and let me know thanks :)
@@canadianhunter4574 Hi there! I’m just replying back. Thanks for the message, I’m grateful. If you’re ever willing to fly me up there to fish, teach and show you about how to get big walleyes, I’d come nearly anytime. In my experience early spring and late summer are the best times in general. I do get invited to speak at outdoor sporting shows and have done many guest appearances on TV as well as advised authors of Walleye fishing books. Wish I were a skilled writer myself. Walleye and Eastern Brook Trout (aka/ “specs”) are my focus. I’ve been fishing them for over 65 years now. I was fortunate to have some real expertise teach me the skills I’m certain are not fully understood by many anglers including those who also fish these species regularly. I think the old knowledge of the native or indigenous people has been, for the most part, lost. I now realize I was one of the lucky ones getting the close attention and teachings at a very early age. Good fishing. P.S. I’m living in Mexico and learning salt water fishing, but I’ll take fresh water Canadian fishing ANY DAY over salt water fishing. (Fun fact: I even learned (from my Cree indian mentor) to get, gentle lay, but quickly coming up to the moose, then jumping off the gunwale on to the shoulders and ride the back of a cow moose when she is swimming across a bay. I used to make BIG tips (relatively speaking) from my guest fisherman so they could take movies of me doing it. I used to get $12.00/day guiding when I started, so I found I could get a $20 tip for “Moose Jumping” Haha!
I'm here in Saskatchewan and the walleye fishing is amazing
Me tooo 🇨🇦🇨🇦
That fish poster looks awesome. Fish grow up a lot slower than I thought. Very humbling
Three states have Walleye as their state fish. Minnesota, South Dakota, and Vermont. I'm a Minnesota resident myself, and are definitely my favorite fish to catch!
Thank you for this video. You did a wonderful job!
This was really useful, thank you!!
thank you very much for the goldmine of information
I just discovered your channel and it looks amazing! This was just the video I was looking for. I hope that you post more videos like this. I am going to college next year to become a Fisheries Biologist. I live in York County PA.
Yeah man , that’s my goal is to post one on every species in PA. It’s allot of research but I love doing it.
Forgot to mention , fisheries biologist is my dream job , that’s so awesome! I hope that it works out for ya! Send me a friend request on FB or Insta and we cat talk more about it!
Walleye are my favorite fish to eat. Better than most saltwater fish. Virginia spots are good and so is perch, but walleye is my favorite.
🔥🔥🔥fire bro just the video I needed
Thank you for this video it was amazing
I’m still catching 24” walleye in 6 ft of water off a rock point entering a river from a lake. Still catching them from shore. Whitefish Lake Manitoba. Last walleye caught was July 26/2021
Superb info!!!!
Hey I really think you did a great job of explaining the walleye species. Please continue on this subject, I see big things ahead. For example, Tom Boley may learn a thing or two from you. Lol.
I love doing these , research really helps you learn more about the fish. I have plans to do videos on every species of fish but man it takes time. I haven’t had much time to focus on youtube this year , hope to find time to do more!
Thanks buddy for the awesome info.
Amazing video!! Which method would you recommend for shore fishing walleye in June? also what time of the day? Thank you
The whitish glimmer of a walleyes eye has nothing to do with pigmentation, or colors. Walleye have a tapetum lucidum, just like cats and other nocturnal predators. It reflects incoming light back through the eye of the fish, like a little mirror behind the retina. I think it's super cool that this feature occurs over so many different animals. It's obviously super advantageous if its evolved alongside so many mammals and fish alike.
I caught a 20 inch 2.11lb walleye today. Badass fish
Two pound?
@@strahinjacelarevic3432 yes 2lbs 11oz
That was very cool! Thanks for the info man!
Yeah man no problem , I’m going to do more of those this winter , it just takes allot of time lol
I don't know about the weight of this fish but I'm quite sure I saw a 29" walleye come out of Prompton Dam, in Wayne county, in 2000. I had caught several 26 inchers from this dam in the past, and this particular fish, caught on a large Rapala plug, dwarfed the fish I had caught. Unfortunately this reservoir was ruined by 3 floods in 5 years, and the feeder fish have apparently not returned. I'm going to give it a try soon and find out if it may be recovering but I have little hope.
Thank you for the comment! My best walleye is a 28, but I have seen multiple 30’s caught myself , all of which were big fish but not near the record. I appreciate the reply, I hope that the prompton dam recovers for you, and I hope the fish return so you can hammer them!
Have greater hope!
Since this video conclusively proves that Walleye are related to perch and NOT Pike, can people please stop calling them pickeral?
Chain/grass pickeral and pink pickeral are small cousins of the Northern Pike and Musky.
The lure set up may be called a pickeral rig and it indeed catches walleye, but that does not excuse the linguistic misnaming and abuse of the walleye.
Thank you, signed a irked Canadian.
P.s. love this video! Hope there is one for the pike as well.
Great video, will you be doing a similar one for Musky
Yes sir, i am going to try! I had to start with Walleye first and Musky is number 2 on my list!
My favorite fish to catch
You ever catch a blue walleye with all its blue slime that makes everything it touches blue. They are rare up here in northern Ontario. One lake that I know of on my trap line off the Ogoki River
I have not , they sound interesting!
Bowfin get blue goo in there mouth during spawning season maybe that's a similar thing
@@Draven-tc3mn i didn't know that. thank you
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I was with my friend when he caught a blue walleye in Northern Quebec. Super cool looking fish.
Can you recommend any soft baits
Soft baits? Senko is all you need!
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Honestly , there are like 100s of soft baits out there , the mr. Twister tails are always one of my favorites but you just gotta try them and get confidence , allot of them work in given situations and once you have confidence in the plastic , you will stay with it and catch. The Wyandotte worm is great too.
I’m in Ontario close to Toronto about half an hour North I can’t seem to find anywhere to shore fish for walleye I wanna catch one so badly :(
Try rivers and shallow lake spots in the spring but when it gets hot you might want to invest in a boat. They are very finicky and sensitive to light/temperature
Awesome video
Corey Fischer , thanks for the comment and the feedback! Hopefully you learned something new! I just learned about the Otolith bone in the walleye and the process for aging the fish! Pretty cool stuff!
Always good to learn. Helps catch more lol
41inch or 104cm is probably far away from world record. Plenty of meter+ caught in Europe(Netherlands, Finland, Sweden,Norway). US world record is probably in US only. Nice video tho
So basically: Lake Barricuda?
I think you have the pectoral and pelvic fins the wrong way around.
That old world record is not documented enough to stand and the pictures aren't convincing at all. Consider that there are only 3 state records(besides the "world record" that are over 20lbs and that the next closest one is over 2lbs lighter than that Tennessee "world record", I think we can take it off the books and consider it a "legend". There are also 4 between 18lbs and 20 lbs, two 18's and two 19's. It's not even that fat of a fish, compared to the Greers Ferry fish, it just looks like a pretty standard built BIG walleye, maybe 32-34" or something. Still huge, but not 25lbs.
SO IF THE FISH ARE BIGGER IN THE SOUTH WHY ARE CANADIAN FISHING LODGES FULL OF AMERICANS TRYING TO GET A TROPHY FISH?
I don’t think I said they are bigger in the south I just said they get bigger faster due to warm water ...
We don’t get record breaking fish anymore because everything is so damned overfished. They never get a chance to grow that large anymore.
Holy shit these transitions make me seasick
I did away with them in all my newer videos , sorry about that.
Great channel but the wiggle transitions are not good
They really are not , I got rid of them , thank you
Those transitions killed me, sorry I'm out
Take care of yourself!
They are delicious!
Dude ...excellent info. Thx