4 Walleye Fishing Setups for “Most” Situations

Wired2fish's Kyle Peterson prefers walleye fishing with faster-paced tactics using forward-facing sonar, Garmin's LiveScope Plus in this case. He shares his top 4 setups for delivering baits to the noses of walleyes with the ultimate speed and control and several rigging tips to help you get the most efficiency out of each setup.
Here's how Peterson accomplishes the above with a handful of go-to walleye fishing rigs.
1. Drop shot. The ultimate in efficiency, a drop shot fished with a heavy weight gets down to the fish fast and with pinpoint accuracy. Locate walleyes with live imaging and then pitch on them -- the drop shot falls straight down to the target. A small hook and leech hooked just behind the sucker are usually too much for fish to resist. Fished in this manner, Peterson feels he can put his bait in the face of more fish than most other applications.
2. Slip bobber. Ah, a good old cork. A slip bobber can be fished at any depth and suspends a lively bait in the face of fish. While a drop shot may fish faster, there are times when a suspended leech bobbing with the waves triggers more bites. You can also easily adjust bait depth relative to the fish without retying, whereas a drop shot requires re-rigging with a longer or shorter leader.
3. Gliding jig. Lures like the legendary Rapala Jigging Rap dart aggressively from side to side when snapped. Peterson has the most success fishing these baits across the bottom on a cast, but they also produce in vertical jigging applications. Speed is a powerful trigger, and few lures have the sheer fish-triggering speed and action of a minnow darting erratically across the bottom or in place.
4. Moving baits. Peterson has excellent success walleye fishing with hard baits such as jerkbaits and small crankbaits, while paddle tail swimbaits rigged on a ball head jig can be similarly effective, especially when immediate depth control is needed. As he notes, live imaging shows us that fish commonly occupy the entire water column 360 degrees around the boat, not just relative to good-looking structure and cover.
FEATURED ELECTRONICS
• LIVE SONAR - Garmin LiveScope Plus System (GLS10 & LVS34): bit.ly/3clmtX8
• FISH FINDER (bow stack) - Garmin GPSMAP 8612xsv: bit.ly/3aJMq26
• FISH FINDER (bow stack) - Garmin GPSMAP 8616xsv: bit.ly/3aJMq26
• TROLLING MOTOR - Garmin Force Trolling Motor: wired2.fish/3vGdiXo
TACKLE USED
DROP SHOT SETUP
• ARK Invoker Pro Series Spinning Rod, 7'6" Med Lt: wired2.fish/ArkInvokerProSpin...
• REEL - Daiwa Tatula LT Spinning Reel, size: 3000: bit.ly/3ILI07u
• LINE (braided mainline) - Seaguar Smackdown Flash Green, 15-pound: wired2.fish/3NsXiiY
• LINE (fluorocarbon leader) - Seaguar Gold Label Fluorocarbon Leader, 10-pound: wired2.fish/3LOj8vR
• HOOK - VMC Octopus Hook, size 4: bit.ly/3RFEBeC
• WEIGHT - VMC Tungsten Tear Drop Weight, 3/4 ounce: wired2.fish/VMC-TungstenTeardrop
SLIP BOBBER SETUP
• BOBBER - Thill Pro Series Float, 3/4'': bit.ly/3yFWIbC
• BOBBER STOP - Thill Americas Favorite Bobber Stop: bit.ly/3PyufLv
• ROD - Falcon Cara Spinning Rod 7'3" Med Lt: wired2.fish/FalconCaraCastingTW
• REEL - Daiwa Regal LT Spinning Reel, 2500: bit.ly/3PxLXPo
• LINE (braided mainline) - Sufix 832 Ghost, 15-pound: wired2.fish/3yHx1ZP
• LINE (fluorocarbon leader) - Sufix Advance Fluorocarbon, 10-pound: wired2.fish/3jT4WGh
• SWIVEL - VMC Rolling Swivel, size 2: bit.ly/3oasPvb
• WEIGHT - VMC Tungsten Worm Weight: bit.ly/3yNiWZk
• JIG - Mustad WL746 Walleye Jig Head
GLIDING JIG
• JIG - Rapala Jigging Rap #7:
• JIG - Rapala Jigging Shadow Rap:
• ROD - 13 Fishing Oman Black 7'1" Med Lt -
• REEL - 13 Fishing Architect A Spinning Reel, ARA-5.2-3.0: bit.ly/3cmLlOr
• LINE (braid) - Sufix 832, 10-pound: wired2.fish/3yHx1ZP
• LINE (leader) - Sufix Advance Fluorocarbon, 10-pound: wired2.fish/3jT4WGh
HARD BAIT CASTING SETUP
• ROD - ARK Reinforcer Series Spinning Rod, 7'3" MedLight: wired2.fish/ARKReinforcerSpin...
• REEL - Daiwa Regal LT Spinning Reel, 2500: bit.ly/3PxLXPo
• LINE (braid) - Sufix 131 G Core Braid, 10-pound: bit.ly/3zcH6Oc
• LINE (leader) - Sufix Advance Fluorocarbon, 8lb: wired2.fish/3jT4WGh
• CRANKBAIT - Berkley Flicker Shad #5: bit.ly/3INXtDX
BOAT & OTHER GEAR
• BOAT - Lund 1875 Pro-V Bass XS Bass Boat: wired2.fish/Lund1875ProV-Bass
• MOTOR - Mercury FourStroke Outboard, 200hp: wired2.fish/MercuryFourStroke...
• NET - Frabill Power Extend Net
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[@dionbrandt6176]

Lots of good tips,

[@Wisconsin_Fisherman]

Great tactics! I use a lot of the same presentations in northern WI

[@GayazFishing01]

Nice 👌

[@ninjakiller07]

LOL at your 70 my local lake 80 .. nice video

[@repairdrive]

Can they only be caught from a boat deep out?

[@panfishin-fool8057]

No rocky shorleline, dropoffs and weed edges are prime areas

[@theunluckyfisherman4845]

It helps alot to have a boat. Most of the spots you'll see them are not very shallow unless theyre spawning (there are exceptions to this).

[@charlieknight5065]

Of personally always wanted to be able to go walleye fishing I've ate while I before and that is some good eating but I've never had the chance to catch one or have the opportunity to go fishing but now that I'm a new boat owner I'm wanting to learn to fish for basically all fresh water sport fish LoL have a blessed day everyone

[@derekgray5511]

Oh boy, I cant wait for the, "tHis IS cHeaTIng" comments.

[@thedutchfisherman7078]

This is cheating!

[@Wired2Fish]

It’s harder than you might think

[@thomasindler1576]

We're did this guy come from , take his electronics away! Looks like a beginner.

[@davidraguse2106]

Well you should us something which will educate us