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Neat Walleye trick,,, maybe

Posted By: Pete Klocki
Date: 3/1/10

In Response To: Walleyes on LP (Craig Bowen)

> I have caught some very nice walleyes on LP but it was
> usually incidental to fishing for striper or SMB. It
> does not appear that many people target walleye. Even
> Wayne describes them as a "bonus fish."

The only eyes I've caught at LP have been acidents also, while bass fishing with cranks or spinnerbaits. But the things are so good in a frying pan I may revise my approach this year. A few weeks ago one of my back east customers turned me on to a walleye trick he uses and swears by.

He likes to use a 1/4 oz spinnerbait slow-rolling along the bottom that has a small stinger hook trailing off the main hook. He hooks a whole live nightcrawler at its head on the main hook,, stretches the thing out,, then catches the crawler on the stinger treble somewhere back on the crawler's length so it stays stretched out as much as possible without balling up..

He says some guys rig a crankbait that way,, but the small spinnerbait works better because it can bounce, thump and bump along the bottom without getting hung up as much.

Sounded like a pretty hot idea to me.. Enough so that I added some stinger hooks to the "Tackle Box" button on our site; http://www.wildharebaits.com/thetacklebox/stingerhooks.html

I think I'll be trying this first chance back to the lake at the only place I've caught any eyes with some regularity,,, that would be at Friendship Cove, left side going in, from the shallow flats at the mouth all the way back to "Fish Rock".

Petester

(Well whaddaya know. Another snake.)

Messages In This Thread

• Walleyes on LP -- Craig Bowen -- 3/1/10
  • Neat Walleye trick,,, maybe -- Pete Klocki -- 3/1/10
    • Re: Neat Walleye trick,,, maybe -- Craig Bowen -- 3/1/10
      • Re: Neat Walleye trick,,, maybe -- Pete Klocki -- 3/1/10
        • Just drop them down -- Craig Bowen -- 3/1/10
    • Re: Neat Walleye trick,,, maybe -- Forrest G Sharp -- 3/1/10
      • North Wash is another hot spot! -- Forrest G Sharp -- 3/1/10
        • Hey Pete! -- Forrest G Sharp -- 3/1/10
          • Re: Hey Pete! -- Pete Klocki -- 3/1/10
      • Re: Neat Walleye trick,,, maybe -- C & C -- 3/1/10
        • could of been the same fellow? -- Forrest G Sharp -- 3/1/10
          • Re: could of been the same fellow? -- C & C -- 3/1/10
        • Re: Neat Walleye trick,,, maybe -- Ken Creta -- 3/1/10
        • Ahh Yes bouy 99A -- ThomasJ -- 3/1/10
          • Simple & consistant Lake Powell Walleye !! -- Matt Madsen -- 3/2/10
      • Re: Neat Walleye trick,,, maybe -- jdrinderle -- 3/1/10
  • Re: Walleyes on LP -- Ed Gerdemann -- 3/1/10
    • Re: Walleyes on LP -- Forrest G Sharp -- 3/2/10
      • Re: Walleyes on LP -- Jim Macaluso -- 3/3/10

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