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| Hi Guys,
I am a little new to this whole walleye thing. I am going to sound totally stupid here. I hear about people catching walleye with crakbaits all of the time. I think that sounds like more fun than sitting and waiting for a bite all day. I am going to be heading to Canada next week. Please dont ask what lake cause I really dont have a clue, but we will be just north of lake of the woods I guess. My question is; what crankbaits are the best option for getting a few nice walleyes, or can you think of some other kind of artificial lure that would be likely to get me into a few? Sorry for being such a novice, any help with be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance
Joe |
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| Since you mentioned canada, I suspect you'll be doing a fair amout of casting.
My choices for cranks that cast well:
Wally Divers (the larger ones cast nice)
Rapala countdowns
Bomber Long "A's"
Smithwick Rogue's
Rapala Shadraps
ReefRunner Ripsticks
if you intend to troll here's a few more to add to the list
ReefRunners
Reefrunner deep little ripper
Deep Thundersticks
Deep junior thundersticks
Rip Shads
Hot-n-Tots
as well as the above mentioned lures.
Good Luck in canada. |
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Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay. | Joe.
I had the big list of my favorite crankbaits all lined up in my mind, until I read the word Canada in your question. And I'm sure some, if not all of them will catch you some walleyes. But when I think of Canada lakes I think of Jigs and twisters, Powerbaits and Gulps. Mainly because they hardly ever allow or need real live bait in these lakes. A fishes growing/foraging season in Canadian lakes are very much shorter in those Northern reaches, and the fish seem to instinctivley sense/know this. So when they get to the full blown foraging stage during the warmer months, being in the right spot hopping some jigs (in most cases) is pretty much all of the fishing equation one needs to satisfy.
Edited by walleye express 6/17/2006 11:46 AM
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Location: Saginaw Bay | Joe, definately jigs and twister tails as Dan said....Tom |
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| Definately Jigs and plastic. I haven't used gulp up there, but I certainly would take a variety with me now. You can take crawlers, as long as they are in bedding, not dirt. I did my best with a jig and a crawler.
As for crankbaits, Shadaps, Deep Little Rippers, Reef Runners, Deep Juniors, and Deep Thundsticks have all produced in Canada. I don't cast cranks much, but trolling works for me.
Good luck, and have a great time. |
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| Leave the cranks home! In Canada all you need are jigs and twisters tails different sizes and colors. Thats all I ever use there, been doing it for 25 years |
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Location: Fond du Lac, WI | Last time I went to Canada I took some cranks and 2 OffShore InLine Planer boards along. After catching nothing but small pike on them (and having some bit off) I spent the rest of the week with jigs and plastics. Plenty of fish caught for shore lunches and a few to bring home too!
Edited by DaCoder 6/22/2006 1:14 PM
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| My all time go to trolling bait in Canada is a Deep Diving #12 Husky Jerk in Tennesse Shad. I love that bait and color up there. Otherwise a Jig is hard to beat. |
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| When the bite slows on the reefs and points, banging shoreline and weeds for walleyes are a lot of fun. You will pick up small mouth, pike, and muskie too.
My #1 favorite for up in canada casting is husky jerks. Blue and silver work good on lakes north of LOW along with gold and black.
#7 shadraps, and floating rapala's work great too. We have caught some suprisingly big walleye casting. |
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