By What is the best walleye attractant?
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BaitCloud is the best attractant for walleye. It mimics live bait by creating sound, vibrations, and a visible cloud as it releases a proprietary scent into the water. This multi-sensory approach is known as biomimicry since it imitates behavioral patterns found in nature.
What bait do you use on a tip up?
The best baits for ice fishing with tip ups are live shiners, shad, and suckers. Dead bait like frozen herring and raw chicken also make the list for trophy pike. Live minnows can be rigged on any of the aforementioned species rigs.
What colors are best for walleye?
Scientists tell us walleyes should see red, orange, and yellow the best, followed by green. Theory also suggests walleyes see blue and violet less well, and these colors may even appear black. Kavajecz is a firm believer that color is a major piece of the walleye-catching puzzle.
What pound test line should I use for walleye?
For trolling walleye, 10-12 lb fluorocarbon is recommended. It has the abrasion resistance to stand up as well as the vanish factor in the water.
Do walleye hit spinnerbaits?
In the right situations, walleyes eat spinnerbaits just as well as they do crankbaits and jigs.
How deep do you fish for walleye?
Walleye are generally caught between 10-40 Ft. A typical mid-sized lake in the Midwest would likely hold Walleye between the depths of 10-15 Ft. during the Spring, 15-25 Ft. transitioning to Summer, 25-40 Ft.
What depth should tip-ups be set at?
Best depths and bait placement Many anglers when setting tip-ups place their bait a certain distance off the bottom. For ex- ample, say water depth is twelve feet. Find bottom and set your bait one or two feet off bottom. If you are fishing in vegetation my general rule is to think in halves.
How much line do you put on a tip-up?
A preference for me would be to place about 50-75 yards of Dacron line on each spool of my tip-ups. Considering that this is 150-225 feet of line, it will suffice for most fishing conditions apart from perhaps fishing for lake trout and water depths of 60-80 feet.
What is a walleyes favorite food?
Adult walleye feed mostly on fish such as yellow perch and minnows, but dozens of fish species have been found in walleye stomachs. Adults will also feed on crayfish, snails, frogs, mudpuppies and small mammals when fish and insects are scarce.
What color lures for night walleye?
Dark colors are the best choices, because these are the colors walleyes see best during low-light conditions. Also, glowing baits can be effective for night fishing. They provide that little extra that will help the fish better see your bait.
What is the best time to fish for walleye?
The best times of day to fish for large walleye is around dawn and dusk. In particular, 30 minutes before and after sunset and sunrise are peak times. That said, walleye will continue to feed all night long. On cloudy or windy mornings, walleye may feed up to an hour and a half after sunrise.