| The dream of every serious Walleye fisherman is | | | | change bait every five to 10 minutes. In the case |
| to "catch the big one "or the "killer giant walleye". | | | | of minnows you can count on live minnows lasting |
| Many times the real serious trophy fish elude the | | | | considerably longer. It's all by observation of the |
| most serious of anglers. It's no accident - if that | | | | state of your bait and of course trial, error and |
| Walleye was not that smart, powerful with a | | | | personal experience. |
| most magnificent lunge on the spot, how do you | | | | Next in line is how you specifically drag jigs and |
| think he got to the point of his life, or your fishing | | | | bottom rigs. It can be said that "the more you |
| career, that he is now? | | | | drag, the more you snag ": Snags take time and |
| Yet there are any number of apparent difficulties | | | | effort out of actual fishing time for catching and |
| , wrong tactics and procedures that often do not | | | | landing that big fish. On top of that it's downright |
| follow the successful trophy sized Walleye | | | | frustrating as well as a waste of time. Again if |
| fisherman or sports angler. | | | | you snag and get your line out it takes time |
| First and foremost is the condition and placement | | | | effort. If the line is lost - then it's a whole process |
| of your baits. For example some not so | | | | and waste of time to set up your tackle again - |
| successful fishermen continue to use bait that | | | | especially the way you like it. Instead make it |
| could be considered "lethargic" at best. Perhaps | | | | your practice that your jigs, live bait rigs, and |
| the bait was the product on sale at the lakeside | | | | bottom bouncers swim just above the bottom of |
| or riverside bait and tackle shop, perhaps they | | | | the lake or river most of the time. You may |
| are just plain lazy that these alleged fishermen | | | | have periods of contact with the bottom surface |
| utilize such a poor example of the bait that is | | | | but try to keep this occasional with bottom |
| supposed to attract and detain the Walleye | | | | contact on a fairly rare and irregular basis. This |
| monster fish of their dreams. If only these poor | | | | way if you do that tick, the chances are that it |
| sports anglers realized that this is all false | | | | will be your fish on its strike. |
| economy and certainly not productive to their | | | | Lastly rather than fishing with overweight jigs fish |
| fishing dreams and goals. It can be said those that | | | | the very lightest jig possible. Heavy jigs will make |
| fail to plan, plan to fail - in this case that trophy | | | | it harder to feel Walleye strikes, which all in all |
| sized Walleye fish is the goal for sure. | | | | often feel like little more than subtle resistance of |
| Most anglers do not know , realize or appreciate | | | | the tackle and water. |
| the simple fact that the simple natural | | | | Chances are much greater now that the elusive |
| movements of real quality live bait is much more | | | | Walleye fish which outsmarted or even ignored |
| important in attracting that elusive Walleye for its | | | | you last fishing season will come calling. Even if |
| fatal strike on your line , than the apparent scent | | | | you are not successful in landing the killer Walleye |
| or even the taste of the fishing bait. Make it a | | | | of your dreams remember that bad day spent |
| simple rule and procedure to adhere to that fishing | | | | fishing on the water is better than the best day |
| bait crawlers and leeches be continue undulating | | | | at the office. |
| and in fine motion. For bait crawler and leeches | | | | |