What is your favorite baits for river walleye fishing during the fall? I live in Michigan and fish the st.joe river and I like minnows.
2006-09-30 16:15:39 · 9 answers · asked by cannondalerick 3 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Fishing
I live in Wisconsin and in these rivers during that late fall run I wack the **** out of them. If you like minnows you'll love it..Use a Wolf river rig, 8inch drop on 1/2 oz bell sinker, 3foot hook lead with as small a treble as you can get away with (I use a #12 mustad round bend with lake shiner). Cast at a 45 degree angle downstream, let sinker hit bottom, jerk like youre setting the hook, reel up half the slack, pause 1-2 seconds, now snap it again..repeat...repeat youre sinker will only be on bottom for a second or two at the most. Sometimes wally will hit it so fast it will bring back a flick on youre pause but most of the time you will simply set the hook into the fish when you snap it!!! Use a longer pause 2-3-4 seconds between snaps when water gets cold (mid low 30's) If you can follow what I'm sayin you'll be writting me back this fall freaking out......
2006-10-02 15:11:29 · answer #1 · answered by JOEL T 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I live in WI and fish the Mississippi at pool 9 dam. There they like the heavy streamline jig heads with a flash tail tipped with a minnow. I was out last week and a 3/4 oz sliding weight with a bead and about 16 inches down a medium size hook with a minnow hooked behind the dorsal fin. I have not had any real experience other than that myself.
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2006-09-30 23:28:19 · answer #2 · answered by TheReelReport.com 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try Herring they are a little larger and shinier than minnows. They work well here on the east coast. Give it a shot and hope to see you in the record books.
2006-10-04 16:41:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
minnows are probably the best however i have had success with worms and a 5 of diamonds lure.
2006-09-30 23:32:47 · answer #4 · answered by my_mas0n 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i live in bay city mi and we` use minnows too on the saginaw river and bay,also use crawlers
2006-10-01 00:02:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thread kernels of corn onto a hook. It's an inexpensive lure you won't cry about losing.
No artificial lure can compete with live bait.
2006-09-30 23:26:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Here is an online forum dedicated to walleye
http://www.fishusa.com/Discussion2/default.asp?category=18&hideall=y
2006-09-30 23:36:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like a crawler harness with a fat crawler. Good luck
2006-10-02 17:03:22 · answer #8 · answered by firebirdstevev 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
jig and twister tail and minnow
2006-10-01 11:26:19 · answer #9 · answered by hill bill y 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋