| 1. Do Follow the Masses | | | | work. Changing presentations in known walleye |
| Words travel fast about hot fishing spots and | | | | waters need to include tube baits. |
| soon the masses hear about it and you'll find that | | | | 5. Leader Length is important |
| each weekend more and more boats are fishing | | | | Fishing river walleye normally includes bottom |
| in that particular walleye fishing hot spot. If you | | | | bouncers. It is the number one walleye rig on the |
| are fishing "new" waters, don't be afraid to muscle | | | | Columbia River after March. If your walleye |
| yourself into the action. | | | | waters are murky then you don't need a very |
| 2. Check out the landscape | | | | long leader. If the water is clear, you need to get |
| Look for long stretches of beach/river front that | | | | that walleye harness back further behind your |
| are shallow with a sudden drop off. Daytime | | | | bottom walker. |
| walleye fishing is best in these drop off areas. | | | | 6. Bobber Fishing for Walleye |
| Don't be afraid to move into very deep cold | | | | Greatly influenced by steelhead fisherman, fishing |
| waters to find your walleye. | | | | with bobbers is picking up momentum. Once you |
| 3. Do Give Night Walleye Fishing a try | | | | figure out the depth of the river where walleye |
| This ties into our number 2 unconventional walleye | | | | are holding, nothing works better than a worm |
| fishing tips. I like to find that long stretch of beach | | | | presentation without all the distractions of a |
| that has a drop off and a shallow 10 ft or less | | | | walleye harness. Any type of invisible fishing line |
| area that has a weed bed close to shore. This 10 | | | | works best because the only thing the fish will |
| ft. area needs to be at least 50 yards wide. The | | | | see is a worm tumbling downstream. |
| simple reason for this area is because the walleye | | | | 7. Run Crankbaits in Deep Waters |
| sit in the drop offs during the day and at night | | | | Many a fisherman thinks that a crankbait can only |
| they go hunting for food and they don't have to | | | | be fished at the depth of the manufacturers |
| travel far to find it. | | | | specifications. When we troll upstream for walleye |
| 4. Tube Baits Work | | | | and we are fishing a deep drift in the river, we'll |
| I can't even begin to tell you how many times we | | | | slip on some weights about 4 feet above the |
| were out fishing for bass in deeper waters and | | | | crankbait so we can reach depths below 30 feet. |
| we end up catching a walleye. Walleye eat just | | | | When I first tried this method I simply attached a |
| about anything in the summer and tube baits | | | | leader on a bottom walker and tied on my |
| should be used when your worm harnesses don't | | | | crankbait. |