Bottom Bouncing for Walleye

Big walleyes are the target on Fishing 411 with Mark Romanack. Lake Erie is the place to find giant fish in great numbers. Using Off Shore Tackle planer boards and bottom bouncers, Mark boats many big fish.
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[@jeffcummings5688]

Thank you so much for showing us your years of experience tips and tactics.Teaching America to 🎣

[@jasonscottsgreatoutdoors429]

As someone who lives on Lake Erie, Gobies are one of the best things to happen to our fishery.

[@hellosweetheart3350]

Really? Why? They're such a drag

[@jeffcummings5688]

Thanks for teaching America to fish!

[@samiam1150]

The sandbar off Lorain produces some mighty fine walleye, too. See you out there sometime, Mark.

[@tribalfishingadventures6184]

Great educational video on bottom bouncing for walleye.

[@boomn216]

That is the way I like to fish for Walleye too. Bouncing jigs off the bottom. I seem to have a lot of good luck with the curly tail grubs for that. Your fishing not to far from my house too.

[@hooked2hunt]

Great video!! Always share great information!

[@BBBYpsi]

When it gets into june in lake erie you can use spoons,cranks,thundesticks,hot n tots,bottom bouncers. they all produce for walleye. The bonus part of bottom bouncers are once in awhile you get a few yellow perch. Take minnows with you if you get a few yellow perch drop the lines & catch a few of those also. When the white perch are biting you cannot keep those things off any thing you fish with. You might end up with 50 white perch to 1 walleye. white perch biting take the real youngsters out & just do not plane on doing any fishing yourself because you will constantly be dealing with those things but it is a blast for the young kids to catch that many fish. Forgot to say early spring you jib for wallye with blade bait & minnow

[@undead_reaper5630]

Beautiful fish man

[@ricklent6561]

Great video !

[@richman61]

excellent video, thanks for posting

[@honky-tonkhank6205]

Thanks for the info!

[@rickantonelli4420]

This is some great info if you fish Lake Erie.

[@johnresor2477]

Great vid!

[@MrDuckhunt24]

what rods are you using with the planar boards?

[@fishgrubblades9835]

Good stuff 👍

[@Moosedigger]

If you had a choice between a or 18 or a newer or 39 which one would you choose. I generally fish braid.

[@gregfuzi1069]

That's an average walleye in the Saginaw bay. I got pictures to prove it. We where getting them 25 to 30 inches long. I lived in tawas Michigan walking around the state dock dragging suspended baits. More like trolling but you walk.

[@timpeterson8564]

Ben. Nice job with your video. Your voice is easy going and that is reflective in videos. Again well done Future considerations What time of year is it. That dictates where and how you fish. Wheather a lake or river system I have other thoughts but don’t want to write a novel. Ping me if you would like to chat

[@leovoldoftrest9987]

How does your rod not slide out that low? Looks like a rocket style holder.

[@jaymacklin8303]

Great video man! New sub here loved it!.....👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@Thebazzman]

What size/type line are you using for bottom bouncing?

[@jeffcummings5688]

Mark does the blade size on a worm harness matter much when trolling for walleyes say if you just invested in size 5 blades instead of having 4,5 and 6 or is there times where 4 is better in Spring and 6 better in Fall??Thank you for teaching us how to fish and invest in equipment you use that works

[@411Fishing]

Great question Jeff. I find that my "go to" size on Colorado blades is the No. 4. Certainly there are times when the No. 5 and 6 are also good and that tends to be on Great Lakes waters where the fish run a little larger and the fish also tend to be more aggressively in competition for food. On inland lakes I generally down size to a No. 3 or even 2. My rule of thumb is that if the bite is tough I use smaller blades and slow down a touch. If the bite is snapping, I tend to upsize in blades and also speed up a tick. I hope this helps.

[@jerrygray6702]

Can you do this with a gas trolling motor or are they to nosiey?

[@casd5130]

Can you come to Lake Erie fishing camp my camper has an mountain on it and can you go fishing with me and my dad in one of our friends maybe

[@timkosena734]

great video! What are your thoughts on that Starweld Boat? I just picked up the 20 but the non PRO version. So far pretty happy with it. Took a gamble with it.

[@411Fishing]

I've only owned one Starweld and it was the 20 Pro. The 20 Pro is similar in layout to the popular Fishmaster series of Starcraft. The boat served me well.

[@larryd.collins7996]

Why don't you give some detail/knowledge about what you were doing. All I got was blade marketing and you caught big fish in 35 ft of water, while bottom bouncing? Speed? Weight you are using? Leech or worms? Time of day or general daypart? Thanks.

[@undead_reaper5630]

I haven't caught or fished for walleye since 2015 😔

[@jeffmorand4796]

Avon Lke on Lake Eire , how do you have a lake on a lake?? what am i missing?

[@411Fishing]

Avon Lake is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, United States, located on Lake Erie 17 miles west of Cleveland. The population was 25,206. It is part of the Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area.

[@jeffmorand4796]

@@411Fishing Great, thanks I never heard of it, I am in Windsor on the D river but have fished Pelee and many other islands in Erie, thanks for the info, I am waiting for the nite bite to fire up, rather fish with the moon, than crowds, cheers

[@kylebarcomb6192]

Ever let any go

[@robertadams9232]

What size treble hooks do you use on your spinner rig.?

[@411Fishing]

For open water trolling I like No. 2 Octopus hook on the front and a No. 6 Trokar TK310 treble on the tail hook.

[@thegreatpotatokitty8196]

that into song was.... something..

[@johannahardisty8730]

i did the same thing but instead of catching a walleye i caught a CAT FISH and thats the only fish i caught that day

[@patkane9902]

Best fucking intro song ever!!!! Beauty

[@maranger123]

The intro though…….

[@johannahardisty8730]

#lakeArthur

[@dylangooden7556]

2:43 gaylord

[@mikegrant7388]

get rid of music it makes it hard to concentrate on you