| One major challenge when it comes to walleye | | | | straight can make a big difference. Also lead core |
| fishing is adjusting to a wide range of depths. At | | | | does not stretch, so adjusting your drag a bit |
| times walleye can be in only a couple feet of | | | | looser is a good way to compensate. |
| water-at others down fifty or sixty feet. Trying | | | | Using multiple lines can be a very good walleye |
| to cover such a difference with a limited number | | | | fishing technique. This works particularly well if you |
| of fishing lures can be a daunting task without | | | | are following a break and are working with |
| knowledge of the right techniques. For this reason | | | | various depths at once. Lead core makes this |
| knowing and using lead core is essential for any | | | | very doable, and it can result in getting to walleye |
| walleye angler serious about catching a lot of fish. | | | | that would otherwise be difficult. Varying your |
| Lead core is a fishing line with an inner core made | | | | pole lengths will help with your lines tangling as well. |
| of lead which makes it heavy and allows it to sink. | | | | During the summertime when many walleye are |
| It is made of a different color every 30 feet, | | | | suspended is a perfect situation where lead core |
| allowing you to easily gauge how much line you | | | | is easiest and most effective. Using your |
| have out. With lead core you can put nearly any | | | | electronics correctly will determine your success. |
| walleye lure at whatever depth you need-an | | | | The idea is to put your walleye lure just above |
| ability that opens countless options for you to | | | | the fish. Walleye are ambush predators, and will |
| consider. | | | | attack their prey from below and behind. If your |
| Your fishing lure depth will depend on how much | | | | fishing lure is underneath them, chances are it will |
| line you have out and how fast you are trolling. | | | | be ignored. |
| More line and slower speeds will go deeper, less | | | | A common mistake many walleye anglers make |
| line and faster speeds will go shallower. Either | | | | is letting too much line out. Your lead core |
| factor alone can be used for small adjustments | | | | shouldn't be dragging on the ground, and your |
| which you'll need to make to find the right depth. | | | | crankbait will be much more effective as well as |
| Often the smallest changes can make all the | | | | avoid many more snags if it is up off the bottom. |
| difference. Your number one mission, even before | | | | Remember it is better to miss high than miss low, |
| your walleye lure choice, is getting the lure in the | | | | but sometimes that window is pretty small. |
| right position. Only then do you have any chance | | | | Mastering the use of lead core will allow you to |
| at all. | | | | use walleye lures in ways you never could have |
| A fishing rod with a soft-tip will work well with | | | | otherwise. Though not the only method for doing |
| lead core. This can tell you how your walleye lure | | | | so, it is the easiest and most inexpensive way. |
| is running by the steady vibration, which is | | | | Getting your fishing lure to the proper depth is a |
| something that comes with a little practice. | | | | big part of the battle. Without it, a losing battle. |
| Keeping your lures properly tuned and running | | | | |