Kayak Walleye tips

[Drewsif]

Would anyone pass on some tips for targeting Walleye from a kayak, so very new to me, I never have gone after strictly Walleye before. This weekend I was out on a lake in the middle of the day, hot, calm, blue skies due to the ladies wanting to lay in the sun. I was attempting to target these fish in 25’ – 30’ feet of water near drop offs. I know the afternoon is not an optimal time to fish for them. What presentations will work from the kayak? Would just a simple curly tail on a ¼ oz jig get down deep enough with a simple troll? What other baits and presentations would be optimal? I don’t plan on giving up bass fishing I just want to catch me a nice size walleye.

Thanks,

Drew

[HookUp]

'eye's have always been bonus fish for me while bass fish'n.

Bait of choice has been a chartreuse grub on a ball head.

[Turtle135]

I don't think a quarter ounce jig will get to that depth trolling. If it is dead calm you could fish it straight down and get it down there.

Tom (aka: Dan Marino) posted this link for a bottom bouncer:

http://www.basspro.com/Bass-Pro-Shops-X ... 9662/63092

That would get a presentation 25-30 feet down on a slow troll.

[oprcsr]

You could troll Reef Runners 800 series, they should get down there. I'm interested in the bottom bouncer myself. Love Berkley Flicker shads for walleye but they actually catch everything, however they get down to 12-16 feet depending on the amount of line out. Very interested to see how they would work with the bottom bouncer.

[Drewsif]

Time to start researching bottom bouncer’s. .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI9TH21LMOY&feature=related
Thanks for the tips fellas.

[Giant607]

Bait of choice has been a chartreuse grub on a ball head.

x2 Works in rivers anyways. Jigging lipless cranks works sometimes too.

[archeryrob]

Fish deep or in the shadows or fish at dusk and dark. They will hit any bass lures are are not usually caught by bass fisherman as they are hiding from the light.

[mbart]

Troll for walleyes and my favorite method is with a two hook crawler harness with a #3 or #4 colorado blade. Abu Garcia 5500, 8 lb. XT green, and a 7' med. fast tip rod. Use my P-Max 170 for depth and a handheld gps for trolling speed, .8 to 1.2 mph works best. Use #5 split shot to achive depth, set the rod in the rod holder and cover water. Last summer I got into a productive pattern, fishing in 25' of water catching fish in the light of day with this method.

[lconn4]

I didn't know what I was doing but in 84 I won walleye tournament at Woods Lake in Ontario casting a Carolina rigged Rapala original floating minnow and Fish Formula. Nailed a Musky on the same rig. My guide that day was just shaking his head.

[nmYAK4fish]

MMMMM...... Walleye I love to target walleye they start biting here in nm in march at my favorite bass lakes while the bass don't turn on till may or june. What I like to do is go to the dam doesn't matter what lake and throw a chartruese bomber or 3" swimbait in white or chartuese with a 1/4 or 3/8 ounce head, if they stop hitting those they will never pass up any of the berkely gulp products. Start in the corners of the dam and can almost always find the mother load also chunk rock or ssteep cliffs that are close to the river channel are killer spots as well. Here is one I caught in march.It was the biggest of the 20 or so I caught that day.

Sorry for the close up I had to Crop The photo to make it small enough to post.