I've had that happen fish for pike -walleye get skunked, then change the setup like go from casting jerkbaits or plastics then say try deeper trolling or even dead bait and it's like Hello where've I been hibernating.
I figured you had a few stashed away for that special moment when us icefishing people start to get little stir crazy. Looking forward to them bud, thanks for the reply. Your an awesome guy for thinking about the fish and the future of the outdoors, don't see it often enough.
I live in Rice County MN and all our lakes are algae city!! Mud bottom. Ever fish those kinds of lakes in the summer? Cuz I cant find walleyes anywhere during the summer.
I think they're over hyped but they are good eating. They take on the flavor of whatever seasoning or breading you decide to use. Little to no fish taste. I prefer pike honestly.
Clay and or anyone...can you explain the mechanics of this rig to me? So if you're using a bottom bouncer and you have it near the bottom...and then you have a crank on 5' of leader that prob dives at least another 5+ feet... how does this work without snagging? I know with spoons and spinners you have a certain amount of lift that will lift the rig ABOVE the bottom bouncer, but I feel like this set up would cause the diving crank to go below the bouncer especially at 1.8mph plus. I've been trolling for the last couple of years on inland lakes and I have had a reasonable amount of success, but to be honest its basically like black magic and its hard for me to put together the speed, line out, how deep the crank is, etc. Thank you for any comments...
His bouncer is probably 4ft off the bottom. He checks for bottom everyone in a while by tipping the rod back and giving a bit of slack. Once he feels it he tightens back up on it bringing the bouncer off the bottom.
Hey Clay, great video, I love learning more techniques and styles!! I know I asked this before, but can you post the exact link to the bait that your using, it would be great to click on it and boom, it shows the exact bait that you're using in your video, or rod or line ect. Don't want to make things harder just a thought. Thanks!
HEY CLAYTON, want to take my old man to a lodge with lakers and walleye if possible, have a few places in mind but would appreciate your opinion on a fly or drive to lodge that will blow him away, we fish lake ontario regularly, we want 30lb plus lake trout, any help would be appreciated. Thx
Good video! In stained water like LOTP try shortening your lead to 24”-36”. It’s easier to handle/net them. I found you have much better control with shallow stick baits. They dive 3-5’. Using crank baits on a bouncer is a great way to catch fish without having a lot (100-200’ )of line out. Nice to see different techniques.
What trolling speed are you going at with this setup Clayton? I might of missed it in the video I'm assuming it would be in that 1.2-1.8 mph range could be higher with crankbaits.
As soon as I seen the cows I knew you were at lotp.. hahaha. A couple told me not to eat the fish from lotp while I was buying tackle the other day. "Too polluted, too much cow shit". Definitely made me laugh after they walked away.
MN, Matt that is true I've done the same thing here. You can cover a lot of in a litte time.. also did a rainbow trout fishing in a inland lake to get down deeper with a crank bait works great with a bottom bouncer. My son Ian and I went out for pan fish on Saturday, 5 fish limit on sunfish on this lake, had a had time finding keepers, 9.5 to 10+.. love it keep up the great videos...
Hey Clayton, another good video man! One question: In the dog days of summer to early fall do you ever make an effort to jig or bobber for walleyes 10 feet or so off the bottom to hit the column that might have more oxygen rich ("They" call it thermocline) water? We have graphed alot of stuff in Devils Lake and Ashtabula here in North Dakota on the bottom between 23-33 feet and we cant get them to bite. Wondering if they come up off the bottom to feed where the water is better quality and then go back down to the cooler water and hang out belly to bottom. Thanks!
We need one of the famous Schick catch and cook with some Jay Siemens catch and cook. Walleye tacos or something. Get Cindy in a video to, we haven't seen her in a while.
I see you keep saying Snell instead of leader. Are you actually using a snell Knot for your cranks or just saying wrong words and call a leader a SNELL??
I've had that happen fish for pike -walleye get skunked, then change the setup like go from casting jerkbaits or plastics then say try deeper trolling or even dead bait and it's like Hello where've I been hibernating.
Great tip... thanks
Great video ;)
Any bloopers videos?
Nice video bud!
Thanks dude!
Hey buddy. I'm craving icefishing. You should put together a ice bloopers real from the past few years. Just a thought, I think it would be great!!!!
I have two videos to edit from last winter :)
I figured you had a few stashed away for that special moment when us icefishing people start to get little stir crazy. Looking forward to them bud, thanks for the reply. Your an awesome guy for thinking about the fish and the future of the outdoors, don't see it often enough.
Thanks for the tips!
I live in Rice County MN and all our lakes are algae city!! Mud bottom. Ever fish those kinds of lakes in the summer? Cuz I cant find walleyes anywhere during the summer.
I love it! I've been doing this for about three years now on Sakakawea and Devils Lake in North Dakota, and people think I'm crazy, but it works!
Works great!
I've rn these on a bunch of the smaller lakes and dams around williston with a bunch of success
Great learning video. Thank you Clayton. 👍
I am Super surprised all your main fishing lakes are same as me my friends
Slow troll with a Hot n’ Tot worked well here as well………
Keep the vids coming….👌🏾
Nice video, Clayton.
If you don't have a bottom bouncer you can use a 3 way swivel and make a 3 way rig and do the same thing using a bell sinker.
Yup! I actually use that one a lot more :)
Definitely going to be trying that 👍
Yes! Do it! Worked so good!
Are walleye good eatin?
I think they're over hyped but they are good eating. They take on the flavor of whatever seasoning or breading you decide to use. Little to no fish taste. I prefer pike honestly.
They're the best. Nice and delicate.
Hey Clayton, I trust your judgement, what's going on with Frost Bite, their website is really messed up, should I be ordering from them??
Let me look into it for ya. :)
Lol been doing that for almost 20
Years it’s a deadly summertime technique and you get to use all your favourite shallow cranks and any depth !!!!
It sucks quite a bit that you have Lurenet as a sponsor but they don't ship to Sask...
I hear ya. Working on that :)
Acme and Savage will though :)
@@ClaytonSchickOutdoors Excited to hear it! They have some cool looking stuff. Keep up the good work brother.
Awesome video, I love trolling that’s my go to method. Best way to find fish in my opinion.
Oh man, i rather get shot in the foot then bottom bounce or troll, having said that ONLY way i got em the other day was bottom bouncing. :D
HAH! I hear ya! I don't mind it when I can work them quicker.
Clay and or anyone...can you explain the mechanics of this rig to me? So if you're using a bottom bouncer and you have it near the bottom...and then you have a crank on 5' of leader that prob dives at least another 5+ feet... how does this work without snagging? I know with spoons and spinners you have a certain amount of lift that will lift the rig ABOVE the bottom bouncer, but I feel like this set up would cause the diving crank to go below the bouncer especially at 1.8mph plus. I've been trolling for the last couple of years on inland lakes and I have had a reasonable amount of success, but to be honest its basically like black magic and its hard for me to put together the speed, line out, how deep the crank is, etc. Thank you for any comments...
His bouncer is probably 4ft off the bottom. He checks for bottom everyone in a while by tipping the rod back and giving a bit of slack. Once he feels it he tightens back up on it bringing the bouncer off the bottom.
Clayton, you're putting on a Summer Clinic.
Oh I dunno about that one :)
Hey Clay, great video, I love learning more techniques and styles!!
I know I asked this before, but can you post the exact link to the bait that your using, it would be great to click on it and boom, it shows the exact bait that you're using in your video, or rod or line ect. Don't want to make things harder just a thought.
Thanks!
I want to see you go do a paddlefish snag sometime.
Nice technique. I will try that the next time out. No walleyes but Rainbows are the target.
It will work on rainbows :)
@@ClaytonSchickOutdoors Excellent
Clayton, what are the black sliding clips called that you attached to your pencil weight?
They come with the bottom bouncer actually. Look up Bottom Bouncers from Cabelas
Check out the Northland Rock Runner sliding weights. You get the black sliding clips along with the weights.
I can’t believe it, almost 51k subs. I remember finding your channel with 2-3k sub
Awsome video...really enjoyed it as always 👍
HEY CLAYTON, want to take my old man to a lodge with lakers and walleye if possible, have a few places in mind but would appreciate your opinion on a fly or drive to lodge that will blow him away, we fish lake ontario regularly, we want 30lb plus lake trout, any help would be appreciated. Thx
I’m the only one I’ve seen do this until now. 👍🏻Clayton.
I got laughed at for doing this.. Until i landed a 29er. Fun way to change things up. Great vid, feeling vindicated lol tight lines!
I was wondering if you could recommend a good place to stay on lake of the prairies…with cabins to rent hopefully lol
I literally just tried this setup last wknd and it worked awesome 🤘🎣
Nice man! Works so good to cover water!
Hey Clayton,great video.
where can I get the bullet 3 &4 oz bouncers, hard time finding them!
Bass pro/ Cabela's has the 3 oz pencil style. I've used the slick stick by Northland in the past with good success
If you can’t get your hands on 3&4oz buy 2’s and slide barrel weights up the wire then bend the bottoms.
Good idea!
I like the clip system for the line too.
Awesome video going to be using this technique soon thanks for posting cheers from idaho
What net do you use? Looks cool.
What speed did you go ?
1.8-2.4mph
Good video! In stained water like LOTP try shortening your lead to 24”-36”. It’s easier to handle/net them. I found you have much better control with shallow stick baits. They dive 3-5’. Using crank baits on a bouncer is a great way to catch fish without having a lot (100-200’ )of line out. Nice to see different techniques.
100% Cheers!
What trolling speed are you going at with this setup Clayton? I might of missed it in the video I'm assuming it would be in that 1.2-1.8 mph range could be higher with crankbaits.
Been doing this on the river in red wing with stick baits for a long time
5’ of mono and a floating original rapala is how I learned to do this 25 years ago. Great for smaller structure where tighter turns are required.
Love it!
Giving away all the secrets… more great info on this channel
This is Old School for salmon out in the PNW, when you don't have the boat for a downrigger we used these!
I like how your average size is my biggest of the weekend lol
You need a bait caster with a flipping switch!
YES!
Clayton I enjoy your videos, but just wondering where Jay has been? No videos in 2 weeks, I hope Sam didn't leave him on an island somewhere.
I know where those cows are.....Thanks a lot almost as good as the way point lol
HAH There are cows everywhere on that lake! :)
You’re always thinking outside the box.
What do u use to clean your screen and what adjustment did u say u make.for interference on the graph?
Glass cleaner is what I use :) Try noise filter. There are 4 settings and a lot of time you can get one of them to be clearer than the others.
Rapala flat raps wicked for this style of fishing, they stopped making them though
I’m loving that 90hp trolling motor almost as much as I am enjoying this video. 👍
As soon as I seen the cows I knew you were at lotp.. hahaha. A couple told me not to eat the fish from lotp while I was buying tackle the other day. "Too polluted, too much cow shit". Definitely made me laugh after they walked away.
MN, Matt that is true I've done the same thing here. You can cover a lot of in a litte time.. also did a rainbow trout fishing in a inland lake to get down deeper with a crank bait works great with a bottom bouncer. My son Ian and I went out for pan fish on Saturday, 5 fish limit on sunfish on this lake, had a had time finding keepers, 9.5 to 10+.. love it keep up the great videos...
1.8 to 2.4 mph, do you find you get a lot of pike going this fast? I know that I'm going too fast when I start getting pike. When fishing for walleye
I caught no pike on this day…. But you usually catch a couple yes. All depends on the lakes for sure.
I troll for walleye up to 3.2 mph, especially in mid-late summer on shallow flats. 2.4 would be the slowest i would go
What would be the ideal size bouncer to use for cranks? I've used them for harnesses but never cranks and want to try it after watching this video.
Wahoo! I'm fishing while watching you fish clayton couldn't be a better day! Epic vid as always!
Hey Clayton, another good video man! One question: In the dog days of summer to early fall do you ever make an effort to jig or bobber for walleyes 10 feet or so off the bottom to hit the column that might have more oxygen rich ("They" call it thermocline) water? We have graphed alot of stuff in Devils Lake and Ashtabula here in North Dakota on the bottom between 23-33 feet and we cant get them to bite. Wondering if they come up off the bottom to feed where the water is better quality and then go back down to the cooler water and hang out belly to bottom. Thanks!
This is an old technique. Floating original Rapalas.
I rig them with a 3 way swivel and a bell sinker.
Today’s the day I head for Delaronde lake from ear falls Ontario. Just seeing this video posted gets me pumped!!
Check out Hackett Lake like 30 min north of Delaronde, I had great luck there too just a bit ago.
As soon as you said find the cows find the fish I knew exactly what lake you were at! LOTP is one of the best easy access walleye fisheries in MB!
We need one of the famous Schick catch and cook with some Jay Siemens catch and cook. Walleye tacos or something. Get Cindy in a video to, we haven't seen her in a while.
Did you have any recommendations for a spin cast rod that can run bottom bouncers up to 2 oz?
Great video on my favorite lake. I was also wondering when we would hear "Holy Murphy" again.
This is the channel I am watching for more than any other. Keep up the great videos mr clayton.
I can’t wait to try this without the wife and kids in the boat! Great video Clayton. Thank you!
I see you keep saying Snell instead of leader. Are you actually using a snell Knot for your cranks or just saying wrong words and call a leader a SNELL??
Wrong words. I should be using the word leader :).
thought so. I'm just bugging ya incase you never realized. Love your videos brother
NOOOO keep these lures QUIET!