Want to take a lot of the aggravation out of fishing for walleye this summer? You know what I'm talking about: dead minnows, worms and leeches, deep-hooked fish that die, etc. Walleye fishing would be so much more pleasant if you took live bait out of the equation.
Here's how to do it. Watch BassMaster Classic winner Gussie (Jeff Gustafson of Kenora) catch walleye and bass on Lake of the Woods last summer.
And here's something that should ease Red Lake anglers worries about smallmouth bass becoming established in Red Lake: Gussie catches both fish in the same place.
4 comments:
Great video, thanks for sharing Dan. I'll have to try this method in the spring and see if it works as well for me.
Mike S
Good luck, Mike.
Hope you have a great trip.
Thanks for the video link, Dan. I’ve been using more and more plastics for walleye the last few years and doing great
Terry Matson
Hey Terry,
Great to hear from you.
I was intrigued by Gussie's undershot spinner on the Smeltinator jig. That type of spinner has been around for a long time, i.e. Roadrunner jig. I'm by no means a walleye expert but I do pretty darn well using a Beetle Spin which has the spinner on the top. I usually replace the Beetle Spin body with another plastic bait, sometimes a smelt imitation.
What I like about the spinner-jig is it is retrieved with a slow, steady retrieve to keep the spinner moving and this prevents line twist, something that plagues me, even when I get the plastic on the jig straight.
Jigs and plastics are cheap and effective.
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