The Most EFFECTIVE Way To Catch WALLEYE. (EASY How To!!)

[@andymcfarlane2966]

Northland Tackle makes an amazing bottom bouncer that is second to none. It is called the 'slick stick'. It is made out of stainless steel which intensifies the bottom. You can easily tell if you're on rocks, sand, logs or transitions. It also has a bobber built into the top of it, so when you do get snagged, let some line out (loosen your line) and the bobber will wiggle your bouncer free. It's worth the extra cash as they are not cheap.

[@danhufferdoutdoors]

A good rule of thumb that I use for weight, is one oz for every 10 ft, I fish 2oz down to 25ft, after that you don't get much feel.

[@brojoutdoors8251]

Thank you

[@AlanS-zj3qf]

Just wondering why you throw your cut off line in the water behind you...bad practice.. not a good look.

[@danhufferdoutdoors]

@@AlanS-zj3qf I didn't see it ?

[@AlanS-zj3qf]

Watch video where talking and sitting on edge of boat..maybe an innocent move...gd fishing thx for tips.

[@erikstark3250]

My favorite way to catch walleye is a triple swivel. a quarter to 3/8 ounce jig with a paddletail on a foot long mono leader on one end and a 2 foot mono leader with a walleye fly on the other. Cast out and jig.

[@45degreenorth24]

Trolling a slow death is always good . I would think a jet diver and back trolling a lindy rig or floating jig could be killer.

[@lyleschock9849]

Up here in Alberta , we call em bottom bouncers , excellent way to find fish on our reservoirs . Good vid .

[@alexhenrie4906]

Out in ontario too

[@superdave3181]

On Lake Erie this is my go to set up. We are having the best walleye season in quite a few years. Everyone is getting their limits, most of the time in a couple hours.

[@wms7004]

Yes sir!

[@strikeforcek9149]

Exactly what I do (minus the bottom bouncer, I just count out my line). 3/4oz egg weight with a worm harness trailing 24-36" back. Hammered Gold blades and virtually any bead, haha.

[@cmercer8204]

Ever try trolling rapalas? I've had very good luck with em. I'm a great lakes boy myself.

[@Art-nd7mh]

I troll with a white ballon cut into strips about 5 inches long put on a regular harness, some old fisherman thought me a long time ago.no need for worms the ballon bait last for many catches. Good fishing everyone

[@AddictedFishing]

Great idea!’

[@rsantos627]

South Sask the number one game species is Walleye. I know a lot of anglers that cut their lines if they hook anything else. Pickerel rigs are the most popular set up with leeches

[@jamesshearer1032]

We had great success fishing below a dam from the shore casting a jig with a bobber about 2-3 feet from the jig which kept it off the bottom. Caught 12 in 2 hours. Kept 6 nice ones.

[@bryson5635]

Great video guys. As a rookie, learning as much as I can helps out tremendously. Y'all should do more videos like this for guys like myself lol anyways keep it up. I'm addicted!

[@whisperingeagle]

Hey thanks I am a lifelong trout fisherman but lately I've been into pike. I know how tasty a walleye is. So ive been trying to figure out walleye methods from videos. Many seem to complicate it. Thanks for the simplistic clear cut video . I got it .

[@darkthought7860]

I live in north western Ontario. Nothing but walleye and jackfish here. Walleye taste great. Jackfish r a bit fishy so I lean toward walleye

[@tinkis50]

When I was a very little girl my dad would make me bait the hooks because he said my scent on the worm was what attracted the fish for him. I have believed him for more than fifty years. Nice to know it is a real REAL thing!! 🥳🥳

[@DavidSmith1957]

A wise Dad and terrific daughter!

[@KELLEYSrUS]

I fish central Wisconsin and trolling Flicker Shads is usually the way to go but this year the crawler harness is killing them. I use in-line weights mostly. The bigger fish are sometimes suspended 8-10 ft down in 20+ fow. Jigging works too but I hate it.

[@mikepowell8958]

What are some good Walleye lakes around there?

[@bryanmeigs1496]

I like drop shot, find a spot, throw the anchor, drop shot with a leech best setup ive tried

[@louis-philippedorion635]

I’m a poser at walleye fishing just 3-4 years at it. But I had my fair share of catch using a double pickering rig hooked to a 3oz. bottom walker. Form top to bottom : leech, crawler and minnow. Very effective.

[@douglbe]

When I fished the Saginaw Bay in Michigan, I liked crawler harness and bottom bouncers, now I live on the west side of Michigan and fish smaller bodies of water. Jigging is my favorite way to fish now, the Berkley snap jig is awesome. But, when jigging isn't working I go back to crawler harnesses with or without bottom bouncers depending on where the fish are in or out of the weeds. This video was great, still picking up great ideas to try.

[@Foxxyginger]

Northern ontario, lots of walleye. I use mepps spinners and chartreuse grubs active shore casting but the locals like a jig, silver minnow and bobbers.

[@InTheYear]

Give these fellas a thumbs up 👍 they’re giving US FREE TOOLS!!! thank you for so much information and new styles

[@InTheYear]

22,000 views and a measly 73 comments?? Y’all observers who view are NO ONE!!! Without a voice. Thumbs up M F errs.

[@ryanpost7817]

I searched for best technique for catching Walleye and turns out my usual set up is exactly this technique, minus the 35 - 65 lb braided boat anchor/vehicle tow cable you suggested for line strength, Lol. Honestly 10lb braided line is more than enough for up to 24inch Walter's. That just my opinion tho. I might try a heavier test (no more than 20lb) now that it was suggested. At least if I get a snag i can just rip it out and wont snap my line... at least up to the bottom bouncer. Lol good video tho. Thanks

[@iainmorgan8699]

I thoroughly enjoy the content of these videos. They are tested and explained well. All your presenters are enthusiastic and knowledgeable. Thanks for making well worth my time.

[@thewoodmansk5510]

My go to is a bottom bouncer with a hooges hooks northerlights spinner with a chunk of beef heart. Some days you cant beat a hard rattle bait

[@ronhardin8963]

This was a very helpful video being that I'm not a walleye fisherman but need to learn how to catch them

[@mrcollier1641]

They work great on Lake Erie all summer

[@chriss2112]

a year late, but from ontario here just started fishing for walleye, swim baits get me the most action, top water at dusk works too.

[@paulsanders6645]

Grew up in SDak, lots of walleye fishing! Rigs, jigs, plugs, through the ice, did it all. Favorite way for numbers was to wade for em in the evening. Small Whistler jig tipped with a minnow... awesome feeling the "tick" when an eye would take it. Like trolling/drifting with bouncers and leaders, too. Spinners, smile blades or even a single corkie with a crawler, leech or minnow depending on the situation (wind, current, water clarity, etc.). Have used the slow death hooks with some success as well. Only 3 lakes to target eyes here in Idaho and I have to drive a couple hours to do that! Try to get out every time I get back to SDak though! Great eating fish that are fun to catch.

[@HoTankaHoksida]

I dont troll since i aint got a boat. But i use a 1/8 oz white and orange eye jig head with a live minnow and cast from shore and usually bring in my limit

[@kenlynn340]

Northern Ontario. I use a 1/2 or 5/8 oz jig tipped with a finescale dace in morning and evening. Late morning or early afternoon I like to cover wind driven shores with a Husky Jerk in gold.

[@johndudley1774]

Pulling bottom walkers most effective, but I love catching walleye by bladebaiting. I live on lake rosivelt, kettle falls wa. Fish darn near every day.

[@darrenlefebvre8196]

I'm in Alberta Canada, and we are 100% all walleye fishing here, it's the ONLY fish I keep lol.

[@paddlefar9175]

You are really missing out on Northern pike, especially the bigger 4+ pounders. It can be one of the best fresh water fish, not including salmon. They have to be from a good clean lake, not some shallow, muddy river or lake though.

[@darrenlefebvre8196]

@@paddlefar9175 oh for sure, ill take a good big pike off the slave lake or one of the bigger cold water lakes, but slough sharks from small lakes that get warm aren't very tasty in the later part of summer. I am just partial to walleye lol

[@shaolinchief]

Great video, great walleye fishing in northern Quebec, Canada, James bay, Assinica reservoir, my personal fav spots and home land, world class fishing!

[@IMFSHN]

I grew up in North Dakota where the Bottom Bouncer" was created.the 1oz/10' is accurate. No need for a line counter. Watch your angle. I've enjoyed your videos.

[@privatelabel4004]

Rattle traps are amazing year round baits. If they don’t take it, swap to a smaller size. Or a nice loud Rip N Rap is better. I usually fish southern Wisconsin rivers

[@gregoryfuzi4745]

That's one way we fish for walleye in the waters of the great lakes of Michigan.

[@KKore22]

Scent definetly matters. I was crabbing and decided to put some anise scent I had on the bait and caught a crap ton in the one trap. Then caught even more and put it on all of the traps.

[@cargage9523]

Those are crabs dumbass

[@murrayandru7527]

weight , slip bobber and a floating jig with a leech always works for me .

[@LARRYCAL]

Walleye are the best fish I’ve ever eaten

[@jiminmontana]

We always called them bottom bouncers. I love your channel! Thanks for the info.

[@dci762striker]

Guaranteed you’re the only people in the world discussing tidal changes and walleye fishing.

[@MrSanteeclaus]

Been many years since I have fished with a bottom walker. They were very efficient with the Lake Erie fisheries

[@cryingwolf4955]

Simple yellow jig, bit of orange with a chartreuse grub. works all day every day

[@superdave3181]

When you know where the fish are. Trolling can help you find them on a bigger lake, then you can get out your jigs and cast to them if their schooled up. At least where I'm at?

[@mr.springfield7014]

Lake St. Clair Michigan. We use the same set-up. We call them bottom bouncers but a great tactic for walleye. Drifting or trolling.

[@ZachNMcCall]

I caught a few on tubes fishing Roosevelt for smallies last week. But the bottom bouncer is a catching machine here in E. Wa.

[@josh_c603]

I live in Minnesota and a lot of us use a Snell or Lindy rig with a worm or leech for walleye. Pretty much the same but no spinner and usually only one bead. Troll around .7 to 1 mph.

[@Dan-ir4db]

Here in Northeastern PA the walleye seem to like leeches or crawlers on a jig when bank fishing. No boat yet, maybe next yr or a Harley. But if you know the layout of the body of water with depth charts you can usually pinpoint any type of fish. Gotta do the homework. Thanks Addicted I'll be trying out the garlic scent tomorrow.

[@PinchTheBarb]

When i was in the BWCA earlier this year, walleye capital of the world, jigs and leeches were unstoppable.

[@davidsomero7337]

Great video we fish like that in New Hampshire the conn. River

[@user-xv5xj3zm7t]

I tie my harnesses up with a single slow death hook...adds action to the crawler .. great video guys. Keep it up

[@graymccomb7725]

You guys are true pros, you have the Best videos that I have seen on walleye fishing!!! Please have a video on to tell the Best way to feel when your weight is on the bottom when chugging or bottom bouncing, Thanks for everything!!!

[@bp7505]

Bangin walleye in central Canada dragging a worm using a walker. They work great!

[@pmcorriveau2366]

Abitibi Témiscamingue ( north West of Québec), i personally love to goo near grass when its sunny in a 10 to 12 feet of water area with a thin fin ! Its easier to feel the fish and you can also fish some pretty big pike with that ! But i definitly need to learn this way too !

[@connorwatson4897]

Catch walleye or pickerel as we call it, up in Ontario Canada 🇨🇦

[@sheldonbenedict4686]

Live in Montana along the mt nd state line, I fish mainly in Shade Hill in SD or in lake Sakaweia up by new town nd for walleye

[@mariopaul6702]

Fliker Shad 7 firetiger, so far best way I ever caught Walleye.

[@johnnyboysky2274]

Yes I agree with everything you've said. Yes help eachother!!!! You guys are great!!!

[@crapanzanocarmelo]

Finally a good walleye rig video for beginners. Just Wish ya guys woulda talked a lil bit about night time methods and rigs. But great video thanks!

[@montyhaskett9392]

Over hear in Eastern Wa. at the confluence of the Snake and Columbia slamming them. Great video guys!

[@silasclayton7777]

Kennewick here!

[@lone_wolf_lifestyle]

Could you guys do a lake trout video I've been wanting to catch a lake trout for so long but I can never hookup on one

[@AddictedFishing]

SummitLifeTV We will see about this one.

[@milkman2591]

Caught 2 last weekend in upstate NY, 80ft of water. 78° surface temperature. Didn't think I was going to hook up at all with how warm it was.

[@milkman2591]

@B K I was in piseco lake in NY, up near speculator.

[@gavinpotwin347]

Oooh boy this is gettin me fired up to get out on the channel and get some tasty walleye on my kayak!

[@billgregory9560]

thanks Guys , I fish lake temagami in northern ontario, ( lucky me ) mostly I just fish off the back of my houseboat with a minnow and a weight , I catch lake trout and once in a while a walleye , Ive bought some of those bouncers and Im now going to troll off my little 14ft useing your worm harness rig, Ill let you know

[@F-N-C]

Sick dude, looking forward to using these techniques. I caught one at Dexter right outside of Eugene trolling with a Wiggle Hoochie. It was awesome.

[@andrewpieri10]

I haven't really fished for walleye since I was really young with my pops but I do remember my dad and uncles always used helgramites, not sure if that's spelled right but I think they are like the larva stage of a dragonfly and they look insidious lol. Almost like the predators face on a centipedes body. And they always fished lake Erie or pymatuning lake in PA.. I could be wrong but that's at least what I remember lol, hope it's helpful somehow.

[@rgTORO_grOSO]

Dobsonfly larvae yep ✅.... similar to dragonfly larvae, which also look like an alien predator Lol...

[@scottbenzing1361]

Not to mention that you can catch just about any game fish with similar setups.

[@billyharville7721]

How fast do you troll? What about the lakes and reservoirs. Do you use this technique? Thanks for all the info!

[@matthewadolph51]

Thanks for the tips I just stopped your vid to order that secret sauce and duo snap swivels. Great video guys thanks

[@truthless8261]

pickerel rig with leeches and find a good drop off on a river, a good deep spot. i like spots where 2 streams meet, always great walleye fishing. but otherwise i've caught more fish on a black/yellow lenny 5 of diamonds than all my other hooks combined. its my go to.

[@martycarroll6432]

Can you tell me what is a Lenny 5 of diamonds? Thank you.

[@truthless8261]

@@martycarroll6432 its a brand of spoon hook. Lenny Thompson. red devil is probably the most common version.

[@martycarroll6432]

@@truthless8261 thank you!

[@mikepowell8958]

@@truthless8261 what's a good size?

[@truthless8261]

@@mikepowell8958 i like a no. 0 or 1. but if you only want to catch the big ones, go with a 1 or 2. a no.2 is one once i believe. then i use a leader and 12lbs test.

[@jkwon7759]

I love the beaded bracelet the blue-shirted guy has on his left wrist.

[@toddklein8920]

Rule of thumb in reservoirs is an ounce for every 10 feet of water depending on speed you're trolling bottom bouncers.

[@cobia1794]

Too much.. I'd say half oz per ten, me- 17# mono main line, 14# lindy, and slow...

[@ROBBANKS666666]

Garlic salt works great too.

[@tyler97511]

Anyone got tips for the trent river deer tail jigs used to work great but since the zebra mussels and gobys i cant get them to bite but see others bringing in good ones still

[@timothythompson1784]

North Dakota boy here can't ever go wrong with a lead head jig when it comes too walleye either tipped with live bait are a plastic

[@jwill9877]

What lake do you fish in ND? I lived there for 6 years and I miss fishing devil's and sakakawea.

[@stevebenson3024]

Liked the video. Everybody always have a better way. First thing is get rid of that snap on the end of the bottom bouncer and put a cross lock on. Start with two ounce go to three if you need to. Just my opinion we fish North and South Dakota, Northern Iowa clear to Lake Erie. Slow death will out fish worm harness thumbs down. Try both see which one works best. Like a # 4 blade. Smiley blade was killer in Canada last year and in June. Slow death no blade 3 ft leader. Liked your info.

[@jakeriggs9796]

These tips work great in Montana on the Missouri. Thanks for video

[@sethpeake]

Thank you for the informational video

[@idahoweez7242]

Smile blades in the snake river

[@khmaisynz]

Excellent tips guys. I use to live out in the Northwest but moved back home to Minnesota. Many walleye spots here but love me some Lake of the Woods MN. Troll bottom bouncers and even 3 way swivels with up to 3 oz pencil weights,.. Love the video guys and keep at it. Visit MN and give any one of us a shout,. Good old MN nice welcomes ya.

[@joaotorres2810]

VMC UV Moon Jig paired with a 3inch easy shiner kietech

[@Follower_of_The_Word]

I’ve fished walleye year-round on the river in the Mid-Columbia basin for over 30 years. I’ll drag a slow death if things get slow, but my go-to is trolling stick baits, 3-4” long bodies. Sometimes a weight is needed, but under 20’ they will dive freely to that depth. Trolling downstream in summer and upstream when the water cools down. Eat them all, they are a tasty invasive species that will never be fished out. The best breeders are NOT the big fat pigs-that’s a terrible myth that is not based on science. Just ask a biologist.

[@freetimeoffshore3157]

Flicker shads and bandits behind planer boards on Saginaw Bay is my favorite way to catch limits!

[@rippleblue3353]

Awesome video thanks guys

[@kamsharps]

Bottom bouncing seems to pull bigger fish than jigs here in Wyoming all depending how scattered or concentrated the fish are

[@jeffcummings5688]

Thanks for sharing your tips!Try the Dreamweaver worm burners

[@austinmakin935]

So if I’m fishing in 20 feet of water, how much line should I let out? 30 foot to get the good angle?

[@anthonyjenkins6073]

I live in HUBBARD, OREGON JUST GOT HOME FROM NORTH DAKOTA VAN HOOK what a great fishery hookem JUST like video showed nice vid need to HOOK up with peel the reel.

[@thefishwistler]

A lake I like to fish here in the smokey mountains of western NC has walleye. I think they are pretty uncommon in the south. I've had them visiting the upper Midwest. They are yummy, I have yet to catch one I end up with some nice bass for trying though. Bass anglers on the lake catch them frequently.

[@Missionsabroad]

Here in Canada 🇨🇦..We call em Pickerel..Detroit River..Mid April! Only got one yesterday..shall see today!

[@nicholasgrzych1008]

Slow death hooks? Not always the ticket, but they have put a lot of fish in my boat. Great tutorial!

[@duanewandel5045]

Fishing in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in mid September , just can't seem to get them to bite. I really liked your video, I have never used a leader over 3 ft long, nor have I used a weight over 1 ounce. Now I have to give these both a try. Thanks guys

[@joshcandela13]

Dude good vid I'm in mid Illinois...walleye fishing for my first time today ...thank you for tips heading to bait shop now

[@traviscox-anders3419]

Lots of walleye in the North Saskatchewan river where I live. And Yeahh worms on a pickerel rig works awesome

[@gregfuzi1069]

Saginaw bay northern point tawas Michigan. Walleye heaven.

[@PRACERZ]

For me, over the years a 1/4 oz jig with a leech or leech type body has been dynamite for me. Casting or trolling it just works.

[@edwardcoulier4734]

Here on the lake michigan shore we catch em off the piers before and after they run up the rivers to spawn. Fire tiger and clown pattern cowntdown raps for the win 😁 Too bad clown pattern was discontinued 😤😖😜 You'll catch some monsters this way, so put dem hoggs back in the lake to make babies :) Tight lines..jointed

[@darickhuffman8929]

Sandusky, Ohio fishing lake Erie right by cedar point, we call those bottom bounces, and that's 1 of the main game fish for us around here on lake Erie

[@michaelcatalano8882]

I'm In Ohio and fish for walleye on lake eire which for me at least is like the holy grail of walleye fishing. A style of bait fishing I almost only see in the Midwest is slow dropping minnows. It is super simple and effective in basically any jigging scenario. Just find a pod of fish suspended and take a minnow either alive or dead and hook it and about 18 inches up put a tiny little split shot. The key is as the name suggests that you want the minnow to really slowly fall to the bottom amidst the fish. Just post up about 10 or 20 yards away from the pod and cast in directly on top of them. 30 or 45 seconds later it should fall through the pod and BAM you have a fish. In my experience 9 times out of 10 this will soundly out fish jigging or power corking.

[@gllyson]

Minnesota, huge walleye country

[@Boyers-baits]

In the up of Michigan i exclusively go for walleye trout and salmon

[@toddlingren1644]

Wyoming walleye are the bomb

[@randyjones200]

Yup gold hammered spinner with a 3oz sinker and a minnow ,,,,super simple

[@Sirach985]

Very informative video. Great work!

[@gerardhaubert8210]

Gold hammered sickle blade, red and yellow beads, 10lb test braid