Best spring walleye baits and techniques (NO LIVE BAIT!)
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- Got nothing against draggin’ around live bait if that’s your thing…what’s important is that you’re getting out fishing! That being said, there’s a pile of killer artificials out there today that can help step up your game and put bigger fish in the boat.
Here’s a breakdown of my go-to baits for spring walleye fishing. This vid’s primarily talking natural lakes right in your backyard - not Great Lakes, reservoirs, rivers - though some of the info applies to all.
Thanks SO much for watching! 👊
- Brett
Here's my go-to baits for spring walleye fishing:
‣ VMC Neon Moon Eye Jig:
‣ VMC Boxer Jig: bit.ly/3F2d4Pw
‣ VMC Bucktail Jig: bit.ly/3PqVwlD
‣ 4” Impulse Smelt Minnow: bit.ly/3EY4YaD
‣ Impulse Paddle Minnow: bit.ly/43sfHWe
‣ Berkley Ripple Shad: bit.ly/3PQ5m0L
‣ Juice Baits 3.8 HD Swimmer: bit.ly/2VmXOar
‣ B-Fish-N AuthentX Moxi: bit.ly/45ZtKC4
‣ B-Fish-N AuthentX Pulse-R: bit.ly/3TpNGK1
‣ Rapala Jigging Rap: bit.ly/3NHB66f
‣ Rapala Rippin’ Rap: bit.ly/44tqpef
‣ Rapala Shadow Rap Shad Deep: bit.ly/3TGzWvP
‣ Sufix Advance Mono: bit.ly/3rQSGNO
‣ Sufix 832 Braid: bit.ly/48DRSwu
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Excellent advice!! Went right off with jigging a paddle minnow here in MT, got a 29lb 47.5 inch Tiger Musky 3rd cast in!! A lot of luck, but you're advice gave me the basics!! Thank You!
I bet that got your heart pumping lol
wow this is one of the most informative walleye fishing video ive ever seen. Thank you for so much for this. keep it up!
Thank YOU!
Never caught a walleye on live bait. I just figured they didn't fuck with live bait lol also haven't been targeted walleye ever if I caught one it wasn't on purpose lol
And just like that I caught a walleye when fishing for flathead on a live bullhead off the bottom lol
*I used to fish with a Crippled Killer growing up in the 50/60’s and **enjoyable.fishing** recommend think this lure gas a smoother propeller action. It is a great surface lure.*
"No live bait" I love it! Check out a beetle spin rig if you haven't yet. It's great for shallow muddy or stained water.
Overlooked for sure!
Beatles spin is my go to. After you buy a bunch you'll have extra bodies. I put a few in different sizes and colors and walk the banks and docks
Someone needs to make a tackle warehouse for walleye fishing!!
Best idea I've heard in a long time
Nick why u not doing it bro
Its called Dakota Angler in Sioux falls
@Sincere Isaac And?
Tackle warehouse aint everything ya need for it??
Anybody else watch this 8 times in the last two days?
Hahahaha yes! 👊 Hope you have a great spring.
Im just getting into targeting walleye and this has been the most helpful video. Thank you sir!
Caught a 21in eye on a chatterbait up shallow! At night.
Using what kinda trailer on it?? Slow rolling or swimming it in the column?
Awesome advice and we'll done video. Thanks for sharing and now subscribed aswell👍
hard 'g' on gif as in graphical interchange format
great video just subscribed.....you have many jigs i am just starting out what would you suggest for just a couple of them and also a rod 6 feed medium what reel is there a combo you would suggest also can it be a two piece pole i will be in my honda
What’s a good spot for walleye in Minn?
Lots of great options out there! One of my favorites is Mille Lacs in central MN. Huge numbers of fish and also a great shot at catching a big one, too.
@@TargetWalleye I’ve fished there before we didn’t have no luck guess we were too far in the water or just not I’m the right spot.
The entire state. Minnesota is the walleye state. Find a lake. There’s walleye in there.
“It would be weird if there were Zebras on our lakes” 😂
What you call a lake (for a lot of y'all's lakes anyways) in Minnesota we call a big pond here in Tennessee lol
Hey great vid! Question: How deep would you usually fish the hair jigs?
Very informative video thank you! Been trying to get dialed into my local walleyes in lower NY for past few years. Going to give your go to impulse a try this spring.
New subscriber! Wow! Very informative and well explained! I'm excited for spring walleyes! I love using jigs myself along with plastics. I also like using the snap baits! I own 3 of them all a variety of color but the chartreuse pattern.
Awesome thanks much! 👊 Hope you have a great open-water season!!
You slept on the paddletail and fly combo homie!!! Hit the biggest walleye I've got on those!
Wow, I really appreciate you getting into a lil more depth. New sub. I rea like the fact you don’t cut in between every sentence too lol. Thanks for the tips
We catch walleye on zoom lizard one after another bass fishing
Braid doesn't float? All the braid I've ever used I never could get it to sink
Could have been using float line, theres braid and then float line.
Where are you from ? I'm right on the rainy river aswell
Try the Storm 360 GT searchbait. I used it the other day and I couldn't keep the walleye off them!
Give me the ones for crappies, white bass and walleye man.
Absolutely loved the video and learned a lot! You got yourself another subscriber
I like this guy, very informative.
Really appreciate it!
Loved it! Thank you so very much! Now if you excuse me I'm leaving to go hit the Saint Lawrence River in Upstate NY home of GREAT Walleye!
Chris Farley reincarnated!! Awesome video brother just caught my first walleye 2 nights ago,6lbs fat as hell on a 3.5" keitech easy shiner in morning dawn color with a zman headlockz tt swimbait head,im fricken hooked man!
I fish a lot at 1-8 feet around points and reefs most of the year- so I use 1/8 oz head to avoid "donating" tackle to the rocks/concrete chunk rip rap placed around these bars and reefs. If I use a 1/4 head....it's out further while trolling with plastics over transitional mud/sand flats or weed edges in 8-12 feet of water. It's a big prairie pothole full of walleyes, perch, crappie......but the deepest spots are no more than 15'.
What would you recommend on the Columbia river during spring time ?
wish the shank of the hook was longer ,i now make my own because a 5 inch bait with a 2 inch jig misses fish
Nice !! Thanks for the info . Fishing here in Kansas is not the greatest BUT I have caught 28" Walleyes using live bait . I am wanting to fish in the winter months for walleye thank you for your advice .
Thx Randy! I've always thought it would be fun to take a trip in a southerly direction and try to target them on purpose. Hope you have a great winter!
how good do you think the walleye fishing is in snake river idaho
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Ok not fair. I’m sitting during ice season and watch this video. Now I want open water so I can try this on my walleye lake before the tourney😬😬
Heck yeah 😂👊🔥. Hang in there a few more months!
Ok just stumbled on this video somehow. Well done video. Got me to subscribe. I fish north side of lake Erie and the grand river that feeds into it. Love catching Walleyes my best so far is a 30.5 inch I caught and released a few years ago trolling a Live Target bluegill in 14ft of water. Hoping to beat that this year
Caught a saugeye yo-yoing in my rippin-rap at night around 9 pm! They’re pretty loud! I was fishing under a bridge and when I was yo-yoing the rippin-rap in I could hear the rattle vibrating out from underwater and echoing! The vibrating was echoing which I was confused but amused about!
Can I get free lure from you I wanna try some
What is your though on or experience with Berkley Nanophil, with floro leader? Great information video..thanks from Michigan. Tight lines
I've had lots of success catching walleye dragging tubes up reefs for smallmouth
Very Informative. Will be giving these techniques a go on Missouri lakes this year.
Thx so much! That’s a bucket list trip for me, hopefully one day!
Lots of good information here. Thanks man!!!
New sub
I appreciate it!!! Hope you're having an awesome fall. 👊
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Would you fish the FAT Keitech or the regular?
I like the Fat for slow-rolling and in colder water. The regular fishes a little bit faster which I like as the water warms late spring and can even be snap jigged throughout the summer.
@@TargetWalleye Thanks! Great video as always!
Great advice man and hope to see ya out there someday. Keep a tight line!
Thanks Chris! 👊
The strike-king rage swimmer and the berkely ripple shad a definitely my go-to swimbaits for spring walleye.
Thanks for some Great Advice!! Gana use it for tomorrow!! Let's see how it goes! :D
Nice video! I swear by kitech paddle tail. I'm definitely going to try that skinny forked tail minnow looking one. I also swear by live bait! Lol I don't get the aversion. It can be just as much of a challenge to catch a fish with live bait. And also how to bait to get more hooked fish and not get your bait picked off etc. Anyway great video!
Great video !!! Thanks for all that information, I learned a lot. I really enjoy the website and do look forward to it every week, thanks.
New sub....great info!! I may have missed it and apologize if I did but my question is what pound fluorocarbon bumper/leader are you using?
Replacement arrived!By the way, I did forget to mention that the original lure did have a decent strike however as most anglers will attest you can get a hit ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxCbNOWAGmn6nfbCbJDmasvBq7J38KZNw2 and fish will hang on and release lure. I used the replacement lure yesterday and ran thru a Shimano Waxwing, Kastmaster, Bobber (set to sink). I found the does run deep (I casting on the flats 3.5'). Make sure you adjust your rate of retrieve and rod tip angle (up) to prevent getting snagged on bottom. Used it a couple of times and action was very lifelike (looked like local bait fish for trevally), craftsmanship very good....however eyeball fell out. I asked for replacement and it is on it's way! It was very easy to change out treble to single inline hook.
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Nice video, I'm a noob to walleye, having recently been moved to ND. My daughter caught a huge one in a canal on a fire tiger spoon and my wife has caught a few, but I get so bored with the way these guys fish for them here. Some bass-ish techniques will keep things spicy!
Will you please do a video on storage and organizing products for jigs, crankbaits, bottom bouncers, etc
You need to come try fishing The D (Detroit River) in the spring. Numbers and LOTS of Trophy fish every year.
Possible crossover bass guy here. You mentioned getting outfished by mono and Al. Agreed Al is awesome, but I'm an up north bass fisherman, and I throw, no joke, 10 foot floro leaders, minimum. You said 6 feet like it's a long leader, if you can use a small knot and deal with reeling down on it, I usually only do it with spinning gear, but I throw insane leaders on gin clear WI waters. 20 feet, no joke, all the time. I want the braid to minimize the stretch on bomb casts, I'm doing everything I can to not spook shallow northern bass, long cast, need a good hookset. It may not be the buoyancy of the mono, but the distance to the connection knot that is giving the advantage to the mono on certain days. If you find it's super clear water when mono works better, try doubling that floro leader. Just my experiences. Maybe wrong, or not good for others. Good video, I'm just stumbling on it now, looking to see what the walleye guys are up to. Sounds like finesse bass fishing to me. Which is good, I have all the stuff for that lol
awesome vids, I really enjoy them, here is a question where I have heard every different answer there is, when your using jerk baits or rattlin raps or stick baits overall, I have been told snaps and swivels are bad, use only loop knots, tie direct no loops, what is your opinion on that.? do you tune your hard baits. I know I know novice question. Appreciate all the detail you go into on what your are using and how to use it.
what would do in a deep reservoir thats cut out like a bowl an lined with rocks all the way around
When in doubt, troll it out! 🤣
@@TargetWalleye I've been trying but no boats are allowed gotta get em from the bank lol
Yes
You know what your talking about !
Bout time someone else agrees with me. I'm glad I found this
Great video very educational
Great info
Seems like most of your plastics have a lot of plastic length beyond the hook. Do you jerk right away or wait to set the hook after you feel a bite?
Really great information. Thank you
Thank You.
Never had a lure
"Zebra muscles that is. That would be weird if there were actual zebras" Classic lol
Interesting video.
Killed the eyes in Ohio on the perch hair jig last spring. My go to. Eager to try the paddles this year
No doubt!
You sold I'm wanna lure
Has anyone tried using a slip bobber setup with a 1/16th or 1/8th oz micro jigin rap from shore? Wondering if it'll still work like fishing it verticaly from a boat
Nice ima try out juice baits
ya it is called tackle warehouse
& I'm a "shorebound" angler..which means can't afford a boat payment yet..lol
Right! Plenty of walleyes to be had from the bank. Snap jigging with plastics works great for that too. Love not having to tote bait around -- plus always seemed to lose more bait from the bank since your presentation is more horizontal than it'd be from casting from a boat. Good luck!
Awesome video very informative 👍
Wtf is a break or a lip
Great video, learned a lot! Thanks!
Thanks a lot for the tips. I live on the Lake Michigan side of northern Michigan so the focus is on trout and salmon (port of Manistee) so the walleye fishing is much harder than the east side of the state. You do a great job! 👍👍👍
Thx Bob!!!
walleye is both singular and plural.
Thanks, Great video.. 🐋🐋🐋
What kind of deep divers are ripping wraps or
I've never caught a walleye hopefully with your advice I'll have some good luck.
Hope it helps, Mike! Have a great season.
Love your work man! Great stuff!
Thx so much! 👊👊👊
Good stuff 😎
Wall dogs!! Love it
Great info, thanks for the advice. New to MN and cant wait to hit up the rivers and lakes.
Great info ..
great video!
Super information. You got it dialed in. Thanks
Really appreciate it, Adam!
Great info and will try these this spring!
Good luck Greg! Thx for watching.
I'll be trying these techniques when I head to Minnesota. Thanks!
Thank you and good luck man!
Don't go to Minnesota Ontario is100 times better more lakes, rivers means more and bigger fish that is why it rated#1
@@ernestsutton3455 yeah well we aren't allowed in Ontario border is closed. Not everyone is allowed in Canada.
LIT!!!
What boat do you use for
Walleye fishing ?
I had a Lund 1825 Pro Guide tiller, but just sold it earlier this week. Looking to get into a windshield boat now that I have an 18-month-old daughter.
@@TargetWalleye Look at the King Fisher Falcon 1825 I have one and they are Killer You cant believe how well they are built.
Super helpful tips! What do you recommend for line? I have a pretty versatile spinning setup with 10lb braid and a heavy baitcast setup with 40lb (mostly for pike or heavy cover bass) but I've heard 6-8lb mono is better for walleye... Do you think 10lb braid on my spinning setup is ok or should I invest in another rig with lighter mono? Preciate any advice!
If I could only throw one spinning setup for walleye fishing, it'd have 10-lb braid with a fluorocarbon leader attached. There's special times when mono will get you more bites, but you can still do a TON of work with the braid + fluoro combo. We have a ton of zebra mussels making the water clarity waaaay up there...so I like to throw on a much longer leader than most -- say about 8-12' long. I adjust the lb test of that but leave the braid.
Great video!, lots of great broken down info there, new sub from southern middle Tennessee i hope to put to good use all the good advice from this channel, thanks guys keep them coming!
when you switch to mono, do you still use the fluoro leader?
I do typically run a fluorocarbon leader still. The water has gotten crazy clear around central MN thx to all the zebra mussels...so always looking for any advantage I can get. Fluoro is just that much more translucent and also is super abrasion-resistant which helps with the nicks those zeebz like adding to the line when snapping through them.
Thank You for the info I will give it a try!!! :)
Awesome info! Especially about those breaks a month into post spawn. However...I believe that braid does float...especially if treated with fly gink...very awesome and great for topwater. 😊
But more importantly...
The Gospel of John when you're ready friend.🔥