Summer Walleye Fishing Tips and Tricks

Well I finally filmed another Tom Talks video. Took long enough.This weeks video is all about summer walleye fishing. Where you can catch summer walleyes. How to catch summer walleyes. Summer walleye fishing tips and tricks to catch more walleyes. Lots of good information. I talk about spinner rig walleyes and snap jig ( hyper rattle ) walleyes. Thanks for watching and let me know what you want to hear about next!
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[@markohmstead5855]

I learn more from your channel then anywhere else. Keep up the good work.

[@jessemeyer8713]

I've been a hardcore walleye fisherman and fished competitively for 30+ years and still learn something from most of your videos.. keep it up man you do great work!

[@1heybulldog]

I have to say that your videos are some of the best I’ve seen on walleye fishing, and for other species. Very informative. Usually other shows give very little information and your basically watching a guy catch fish for 10 minutes. Thanks for all your hard work and helping us anglers becoming better fisherman.

[@MrHarryson1985]

Because of you I now actually enjoy fishing. Thanks for all the great info Tom. I am one hundred percent of the time rocking at least three rods in the boat. One for trolling one for jig and one for slip bobbers. I used to struggle to catch a few fish in a year now there's rarely a time I come off the water without something in the live well. Hats off to you. Keep up the good work

[@craigwavra3495]

Your explanation of the dive curve will be a big help. I was using too small snap weight. Really like these tackle talks. Appreciate you taking the time.

[@mikegreif6764]

Your channel is better than any fishing show on TV. I hope that it eventually turns into you having your own show and making a large pile of casn.

[@mikecollins8241]

Older video, timeless advice 😊

[@HuntsWorkshop]

You are the man! Using Helix Mega SI with repeatable success from watching your videos and learning about shadows.

[@shootermcgavin991]

Thank you for the tip about the line looping around the tip of the rod when snap jigging!!!!!

[@cliffwood2105]

Tom you are the man! I used to catch the random walleye or two per year usually a live bait rig fishing for something else, but now i can do it like i know what i am doing. THANKS BRO

[@darrenmckenzie1908]

Tom, your videos are the best I've ever watched. Thank You. Wondering if you could show a video on rigging planer boards. I can never get mine to work correctly. Also wondering if you do any guided trips?

[@mattschindler6741]

This is my favorite channel and I have never been walleye fishing lol.tight lines Tom

[@michaellemaster6637]

As always great information Tom!

[@boblancaster8775]

Best walleye channel there is. Great job Tom. 👍👍👍👍👍

[@jamesmountainman8384]

When im not fishing or working..im watching your videos👍

[@fishgrubblades9835]

Nice 👍, just caught some walleye on Chautauqua lake. Super hot out.

[@iampcheez]

Hey Tom, if you have the time between fishing and editing. You should try to do an Ask Me Anything segment. I'm sure (and know) we have a million questions for you. Cheers!

[@larryelliott4917]

Love Tom Talk..so much info thanks

[@michaelburdosh6431]

Keep this going Tom, very informative

[@integratirecarrotriver4026]

One of the best fishing channels. Thank you for what you do.

[@fatboyfatboy-ou5jr]

Thanks Tom for you're video's I've learned so much so far can't wait to try them. My target is usually bass and walleye in spring and fall river fishing. My locators are old and need upgrades so don't do alot of lake walleye fishing and work alot. Broke my leg so not out right now but thank you. I like how you're super informative and don't talk down to us. Best teaching video's I've come across keep up the great work!!! Alan

[@d3l71]

Great videos Tom, very informative. I fish the Winnipeg River system near the Manitoba/Ontario border of which Eaglesnest Lake is a part. There are many significant reefs and areas with strong current combined with many lake/bay environments. If you ever have a chance in one of your videos to make specific reference to these types of systems I would find it very useful. Thanks again for sharing your expertise.

[@adamnelson5186]

Thank you for all your hard work 🙏👍

[@jamiehartzell5286]

Great information as always keep up the tom talks

[@ajfergen]

Thanks for all the great info! I have watched a majority of your videos and seems like the quality and format just keeps getting better over the years. I enjoy the Tom talks and instructional videos just as much or more than the fish catch videos. I also really like that fact that they are current uploads which tell you what is currently working. I agree with your big picture approaches and importance on finding the fish which dictates how to fish them. Would like to see more videos about locating walleye depending on the time of year and just looking at different contour maps. The following are random questions that don’t need responses.. How many fish per hour are you catching on average? What percentage of time do you spend driving around looking for fish? How often and under what scenarios do you start fishing without having marked any fish in the area? How do walleyes relate to steep break lines?

[@reut34]

Heading up to your area on the 20th for a week with the future in-laws. Staying around Chief Lake and hoping to get on some walleyes. Thanks for the awesome videos!

[@jerrylney1456]

great info tom thanks

[@1heybulldog]

Who taught you how to fish for walleye Tom? You seem to know quite a bit for a young guy. A friend of mine Bill Struble was a guide on lake Sacandaga in the Adirondacks. I know it took him a lot of years to master walleye fishing on that. He was known as the walleye wizard.

[@tonysholders766]

We are in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin as well are the MLF boys. The smallmouth bite is deffinitley crazy. Fixin to try some of your walleye techniques this week. Excellent videos !!!! Keep your boat wet bro. Tony S. Pontiac, Illinois

[@mikepavlak7404]

Tom I know you love walleyes and I do too! However, it would be great if you could also inform us about the movements and patterns of catching smallmouth as well. I know Northern Wi has a lot of good brown bass fishing. My kids love catching them :)

[@fidiusjwhoopie]

Tom,a suggestion for a vid I havent seen you make would be a detailed vid on your boat,rigging ,trolling motor, electronics( transducer )etc. Etc., I know this isn't the first time you've heard this request so do it up ,I think we'll all appreciate checking out your setup Thanks in advance from Mn

[@matthewblackley7265]

Hey Tom, I just moved to middle Wisconsin near the wisconsin river, do you have any tips for finding summer walleyes on the river? I mostly fish from shore or in a kayak. Keep up with the awesome vidoes!

[@th3whitewidow632]

Before finding your channel I could not catch a walleye for the life of me haha, love the videos man they helped a lot thank you, if you ever head out to Utah for some odd reason and wanna fish for some eye let me know it’d be a blast!

[@billburpo8289]

👍 great info as always, are u fishing the flowage at all this time of year, or just the deep clear lakes? What about locations/patterns for stained systems like the big chip?

[@fear2470]

Hey Tom, Great info, has really helped me pick up my walleye game. Gone from maybe getting some to always trying to get double digits. Lol You ever drop shot them? Thanks I appreciate all the tips and tricks. Bill

[@joesteen9742]

Great info Tom! Keep the video coming.

[@brianfunk5687]

Awesome chat Tom! Thanks for the great info

[@fishnshack1988]

Thanks Tom 👍. Best info always. Now I need more time to fish, working too much. I'm going out this weekend to apply a little Tom Talk to the walleyes, poor fish.

[@pb6936]

I fish the Detroit river. Any tips regarding fishing river systems during the summer? BTW: Great video and information

[@michaelevans2594]

I want to see some panoptic’s fishing would be cool .

[@toddwiirre461]

Thanks for the bottom bouncer hack I was wondering about that in previous video. Keep lip rippen thanks

[@Intimidator82]

Great info Tom, have you ever fished river walleye in the late spring post spawn with water temps in the low 60's?

[@danielmihal461]

Best channel out there!

[@bellssuperclean]

very very good info

[@glenpomeroy2047]

Hi Tom, You do the best instructional videos ever!! A couple of videos ago you were showing us fish around " cribs" on your depth sounder. What are these cribs? Are you referring to a a man made sunken rock structure, or is this some kind of natural structure that your referring to? Keep up your great work!!

[@sniffum35]

Man made. They looked like log cribs in that video. Wisconsin lakes are filled with them.

[@glenpomeroy2047]

sniffum35 k thanks

[@fatboyfatboy-ou5jr]

To clarify Tom i fish shallow bass inland lakes since locators are old. Hard to find walleye factories in se Wisconsin around Milwaukee. Fish Mississippi river in spring and fall for walleye. Humminbird wide vision 1995 technology (yes that old).

[@scottrouwhorst881]

Great stuff Tom

[@devonjames9584]

Your badass Tom keep up the killer walleye tips an tricks I'm suprised u dont have 1mill subscribers

[@bobosterday3350]

Well done young man!

[@glennbarry6327]

Any opinion on instead of bottom bouncers using pencil weights and quick-change clevises?

[@joshuavanderschaaf5145]

I wonder if you ever fish river systems for walleye.

[@timschwarze4842]

Out of curiosity, for someone like you who fishes every day, about how many rods do you have?

[@summy5022]

Hey Tom if you wanna mix something up, a crappie video would be awesome

[@derrickeischens3993]

Ever fished lake Winnie, Minnesota Tom?

[@theobserver9565]

For anyone looking to buy a Piscifun 1000 spinning reel by advised it has no anti reverse lever.

[@toddjensen5689]

Great video series! Love hanging in the garage with you. How's your foot?

[@seanrivard1254]

When you troll shallow water...say 15 feet or less...how close to the bottom do you run your harnesses? Still 3 to 5 feet from bottom or the top of any structure you are fishing? I often fish 9 to 12 feet and thought it was important to keep it on the bottom. Now I know how wrong I was. Thank you for explaing why.

[@DirtyJobsGuy1]

That’s a great question! I hope Tom responds to it! I’ll be interested in what he has to say.

[@MichaelJones-rn2pq]

If any of you guys want to impress me, go on a summer burbot fishing trip and catch some. Everybody from Minnesota tells me that they can only be caught through the ice during winter. I know they don't migrate...

[@mforbes82]

Come to Minnesota!!

[@TomBoley]

Coming

[@mforbes82]

@@TomBoley awesome, big fan base here!

[@scotthammond7058]

Any advice for stained water?

[@bigz5262]

Do you catch a lot of smallmouth while you’re walleye fishing in this summer heat?

[@douglasengland100]

What about river fishing walleyes mid to late summer?

[@HookinandSwinginOutdoors]

Keep it up thanks a million

[@esoxinator968]

Are you using precision trolling book to know were your bottom bouncers are or did you figure out on your own

[@johnnywalleye]

great talk,why in your opinion do night crawlers out fish plastic on harnesses?{if you believe this is so} ive purposely leave my crawlers home to force my self to keep using different style,flukes paddle,worm imitation,i cant find anything that works,any input would be great,,

[@tylornorsworthy8533]

I love your videos

[@sbdude52]

, Love your vids do you use double hooks for crawler harness or single ?

[@TomBoley]

Double

[@brezovo59]

Hi Tom. I'm Deni from Toronto Canada. Wind direction and walleye orientation? Good job. Thanks

[@wtsnapforpc2]

Love this segment also from Barrie ontario Canada Just down the street from you Deni, Great vid,s Tom I sucked on Walleye before seeing your channel now things are getting better

[@tharemyhopkins5873]

Thanks Tom! Just for fun question (if it's not your thing, no worries): What do you typically pack for breakfast / lunch when you're out everyday?

[@TomBoley]

I actually don't eat on the boat much.

[@Josh-sd1hg]

What exact type of hooks do you use on your crawler harnesses? I made some with octopus hooks and fish seem to be getting off. FYI - we have to troll faster so we’re going over 2.0 most of time

[@fatboyfatboy-ou5jr]

I was also wondering what u use for locators? I was looking at solix 15 but think a 12 is just fine but may add a second head unit and possibly 360 in the future. Are there any benefits to solix vs. Helix? What do u think? Thanks Alan

[@rowanoostraoutdoors]

Question for you - I'm headed to northern MN in early August. Last year I caught a bunch of walleye on jig raps but they were all 8". Any tips to get on some bigger ones?

[@josephmadjecki9169]

Tom, if leeches aren't avaiable, are you going to crawler or minnows under slip bobbers?

[@samfishnsky391]

Do you usually do a lot of zigzag when trolling open water with planer boards or you run more of a straight line?

[@markh9532]

How do you avoid being perched to death when pulling spinners by the weed edge

[@FishDonkey]

Tom, what is your rod holder system that you have on your garage rafters?

[@jessiebrickner7129]

I have never caught a walleye on a hyper rattle. I have caught a smallie or two, one big sucker, and a rock. Apparently this bait and I have some sort of disconnect going on.

[@jessiebrickner7129]

So, I need to amend this. This past Friday I finally caught a walleye on a hyper-rattle. I honestly thought I snagged a clump of weeds it was such a solid, heavy weight. Was a nice 24.5" one.

[@amberlytrask1389]

I was wondering if my side imaging is up to date enough to see the details like you do. I have a Humminbird 798 ci hd. It is about 7 years old. I am still learning how to read side imaging. How updated of a Hummingbird do I need to spot fish on side imaging?

[@wyojo6704]

On the hyper rattle, what length do you use? I ordered 1.5 inch but was concerned because I believe you said the hyper rattlers that weigh 1 oz.

[@nathangravel2883]

He used the 2.5” models in some videos for sharp shooting it down quick

[@wyojo6704]

Nathan Gravel thanks Nathan!

[@joemartin6439]

Hi Tom, are you using live bait often all season?

[@nickparrinello3302]

Kick A** vid walleye man!

[@harrypagan6398]

I agree with the Jarhead, you are a load of information. what are you guide fees

[@gerrylabau6140]

What's the lead from spinner to 1 oz snap weight?

[@sderhammer8940]

Hi Tom, fishing crawler harnesses, if you are getting bites but they are not hooking themselves.... should you speed up or slow down? Thanks

[@TomBoley]

Sharpen the hooks. Reel into the fish when the rod loads

[@ericfuchs5402]

Tom during the bug hatches, do you generally fish aggressive or more subtle presentations?

[@TomBoley]

Subtle

[@tb7009]

Hey tom what rod do you use for walleye trolling ? Length, action?

[@TomBoley]

6 to 9 ft trolling specific moderate action rods

[@AnthonyXiong]

you ever gonna get back into chasing muskies?! :D

[@kentmiller2935]

I think I have a good walleye lake in central Minnesota, but you cannot use any kind of live bait, or spinners without a ton of little fish robbing your bait. What can I try? Don't have the spotlock, so acme jigging has not worked yet either.

[@Himes26]

I have the same issue (no spot lock), but I’ve had some success back trolling into the wind with my transom mount trolling motor. I just keep adjusting the throttle until my line is completely vertical, I also drop a way point and zoom all the way in on my map to make sure I’m not drifting. Or course in 25 feet of water the sonar is beam is roughly 8 ft in diameter, so actually drifting around a little bit might be advantageous, that fish can be anywhere in that 8 ft zone.

[@devonjames9584]

What size weight would u prefer trolling open water say about 30 feet deep

[@TomBoley]

2

[@lesleyallen2056]

Hey tom

[@leftysloft5030]

Hey, hook a brother up. I fish Lake Arthur in PA, and I can't seem to get a bite on. The water 2 nights ago was 83 at the surface. The lake is long with a lot of fast break edges and flat spots, but the lake is generally 15-25', with a max around 30. I'm going to pick up a few hyper rattle's, but do you have a video for shallow lakes? Thanks I try to mainly fish the lake at night.

[@tuiflies5869]

When your Humminbird units are networked, do they both need the same tech? Can I get one with Mega SI and have the second one with GPS/Sonar only?

[@sniffum35]

No they just have to be networkable models. ie g2n, g3n (not g2, G3). 4 plugs in the back vs 3.

[@tuiflies5869]

sniffum35 will the SI image be viewable on the non-SI unit? It sounded like Tom said that was the case in his “About my boat” vid.

[@travisnunya4641]

Tom been trying to order some of them Elliot rods had no luck always on back order is there company a scam and what else you recommend besides Elliot rods I give up with them they don’t even have a phone number on there website to call and check

[@TomBoley]

They are out of stock because they exploded in popularity. They are great rods and will be back in stock soon.

[@neilbygd4228]

Hi Tom, why do you have 2 fish finders side by side in your boat? Sorry if you have answered this before!

[@1heybulldog]

He uses one for graphing and the other for mapping

[@dongrage1995]

How do i get to go fishing with you?

[@esoxaddict]

Enjoyed it but next time could we get more commercials

[@DirtyJobsGuy1]

Such a great info video! I have a tendency to be to anal and get hung up on only running a certain depth. I always seem to forget that the fish do have a tendency to feed up. So being 1ft above them is not a big deal.

[@richardnowosiad3462]

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[@Chinkle734]

That better be an old fashioned... just sayin