| Walleye fishing gear does not have to cost you an | | | | jig up and let it fall when you feel a slight resistance |
| arm and a leg! You can get started for a minimal | | | | when you rise it up or a light tap set the hook cause |
| amount. I like ugly sticks. My Walleye set up is an | | | | that's a walleye hit. Sometimes they hammer it but |
| ultra-lite Ugly Stick and a Penn ultra-lite reel loaded | | | | usually they hit pretty lite. |
| with 6lb. line. I also use a medium action Ugly Stick | | | | Another method is to be in 10 to 12 feet of water |
| with 10lb. line sometimes but I usually stick to the | | | | and use a slip bobber. Set it so it is just off the |
| lighter gear. My choice of lures is jigs about 1/4 oz. | | | | bottom with a minnow. Slow trolling, back trolling or |
| tipped with minnows, or worm harnesses. My ultra-lite | | | | drifting a worm harness with a night crawler is very |
| Ugly Stick cost about $25.00 and my medium action | | | | effective. You can also just drift with a jig or a 3 |
| cost about $30.00 My Penn Ultra-lite reel cost about | | | | way set up. Keep an eye on the depth finder and |
| $50.00 and you can get a decent set up for less than | | | | when you pick up a fish go around and drift over the |
| that. For my medium action reel I use Pfluger Tison | | | | area again. Try to stay in 10 to 15 feet of water. |
| reels. They are very reasonable priced and sturdy | | | | Trolling a good sized minnow bait ( 5 inches or better |
| reels. As far as a boat goes you don't need one. I | | | | ) along drop offs in the evening works well. I fished a |
| have caught plenty from shore. I do have a boat | | | | cove on Castlerock Lake in central Wisconsin with a |
| which makes it better when trying to locate walleye. | | | | 4 inch Rapala that floated, it had a black back and a |
| With a boat I point the back of the boat into the | | | | white belly. The cove was about 4 feet deep and I |
| waves with the motor running and try to keep it this | | | | was casting from shore and I cleaned up on Walleye. |
| way by putting it in reverse for 10 to 15 seconds and | | | | It was pitch dark outside and the mosquito's were |
| steering a little. this is called back trolling basically you | | | | biting but so were the walleye! |
| have spotted walleyes on the depthfinder and you | | | | As you can see walleye fishing gear does not have |
| are trying to keep the boat in one spot over the fish | | | | to be expensive and you can use many different |
| without dropping an anchor. It is a little hard to | | | | methods to catch them and no walleye article would |
| explain and kind of hard to do at the same time as | | | | be complete without mentioning how they are to eat. |
| fishing. It is not to bad in calm waters but when I | | | | They are great. so go out there and catch a a mess |
| learned how to do it I was in Canada and it was very | | | | of walleye with your new found knowledge and have |
| rough. Once you get the hang of it, it is pretty easy. | | | | a fish fry! |
| Basically you drop the jig to the bottom and rise the | | | | |