favorite/best baits for a beginer

Hey everyone, I’ve been on idohunting for quite some time now and just made an account on idofishing. Anyways Im not much of a fishermen and would like to know what some of your favorite lures for catching walleyes are. thanks

For beginners I would think jigging or slip bobbers or dragging lindy rigs

Welcome!!
you can also drag a jointed rap in crawdad, firetiger, perch, shad pattern and do quite well also.

lindy drifting minnows when the fish are hungry, too.

Casting cranks and pitching jigs at shallow rocks!!!

Mark

Berkley Flicker Shads in all sizes and colors work very well on lead or longlinning

bottom bouncer and a 3 hook spinner rig with a night crawler
move slow, feel a tap-tap or a tug move your rod back
(point at the fish) feel weight set the hook and reel em in

Welcome aboard.

Where do you fish. Good lures depend a lot of what body of water you are fishing. Good old standards for walleyes are crank baits, lindy rigs and jigs. Guess you could throw a bobber in there to.

For cranks you cant go wrong with flicker shads. By a few cross lock clip for hooking them on the line. Troll them in the river or shallow early in the year on lakes at night or windy shorelines.

thanks for all the suggestions ill pick up what i can sometime before the opener. One more question, what would be the best combo (rod/reel) for walleyes in the 100 – 120$ price range?

Depends on what you want to do:
Cast/jig: spinning set up
Troll/3Way: level wind

It is not possible to go wrong with a 1/8-3/8oz jig head and a white 3″ twister tail. Just adjust the size of your jig head to the area you are fishing. You want enough weight to get down on the bottom, but not too much. You can catch everything in the lake/river on that rig.

Like Mike had asked – Where do you want to fish? That will draw a more specific answer to what/how you will fish them.
I don’t like to use live bait because of the money and headaches of dealing with it. I have a “crash-kit” for jumping in anyone’s boat with the basics I need to fish walleyes in most places.
1. Assortment of jigs from 1/16 to 1/4 oz.
2. Ringworms/Moxies/Padletails in firecracker, oystershell, chartreuse, gold fleck, and white
3. Kopper’s Live Target Smelt deep diver
4. Live Targert Gizzard shad in 1/2 oz
5. An assortment of blade baits – white/chartuese, white/pink/ & Gold

With this assortment in one bag, I can hit nearly any body of water from Door county (Green Bay), inland lakes, any river system and know I have something that they will eat.

It is hard to beat a Lindy Rig for live bait presentations

i plan on fishing the bwca or from shore in the mississippi. thanks for all the responses it has helped alot.

For what you plan on doing, a medium light – medium action rod, with a length of 6’6-7′ and a fast – extra fast tip should cover a majority of the techniques you plan on incorporating. There are plenty of middle of the road rods that should suit you well. Just pair it with a decent reel that fits well in your hand and that balances well on the rod and you’ll be set.