There are lots of ways to catch walleye. Although they do suspend at times and in certain waters like Lake Erie, in many cases, walleyes stick pretty tight to the bottom. Thus, you need a sinker to ...
GAY — Live-bait rigging, a time-honored technique for walleyes, seems to have faded from popularity in recent years. Most guys fishing crawlers troll with spinner rigs these days, and, from what I can ...
While many fishermen who use the original Lindy Rig lengthen the snell to 8 or 9 feet, sometimes even longer, the men who introduced the Lindy Rig shorten theirs. Did you know the original Lindy Rig ...
Don Beans likes fishing for fall walleyes on lakes along the Knife Lake flowage, northeast of Ely. He favors narrows on those lakes, where minnows seem to congregate in the fall. He often uses a Lindy ...
It's not very often that you can point to something and say, "That really revolutionized fishing." And that is especially true of something as innocuous as a fishing sinker. Yet, there are two sinker ...
The bite was subtle, which is often the case when fishing a river hovering around 40 degrees. I was fishing a Ned rig — a finesse-sized pairing of a slim ...
East — Walleyes are hitting Lindy Rigs and leeches or crankbaits on the 25- to 30-foot gravel and mud areas during the day. Slip bobbers and leeches have worked best after dark on the 14- to 20-foot ...
We're out on Lake Erie trolling for walleye. We're trolling at about 2 Mph, using SP Viper Spoons, baited with nightcrawler ...
Johnson's Portside reports walleyes are hitting on the gravel in 22 feet and on the mud flats in 28-30 feet using a Lindy Rig and nightcrawlers. Also lots of action after 8 p.m. (the night ban is off) ...
Who'd have known 20 years ago that one day walleye would be among the most popular sport fish at Beaver Lake? Maybe the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission fisheries staff saw that vision. Game and Fish ...