Piching Blades For Big Fall Walleyes

  • Dave Koonce
    Moderator
    Prairie du Chien Wi.
    Posts: 6946
    November 12, 2013 at 2:16 am #1241723

    Pitching blade baits is something I like to do a lot!! Each time out I try to fine tune my abilities in pitching these small treble hook holding pieces of colored metal. I still find it amazing how they do not get snagged and lost in all the rocks I throw them at, but that’s where all the fish are at !!!
    I still remember the beginning days and getting tips from the likes of Dean Marshal, Dee Zee, Dustin Stewart and Eric Rehberg to name a few. On one of my trips to Pool 4 Dean gave me a few blades and a few first timer tips and off I went. While vertical jigging with all the correct tools, not ripping the bait like most of us thought to be the case back then, I would work the bait very similar to a jig and plastic… Whoda thought ??? lol I had my first ever blade bait walleye absolutely SMACK the bait and with the normal reflex of any fisherman… FISH ON !!!
    One outing lead to another and I find myself pitching a lot of rock points ,wing dams and sand flats with the funny looking little bait with many names… The Blade Bait..
    Now all I needed was one of the Ben’s on this trip to get a good photo for me…

    Dean Marshall
    Chippewa Falls WI /Ramsey MN
    Posts: 5854
    November 12, 2013 at 2:26 am #1205334

    Seem’s like yesterday oldtimer!
    Good work !

    tom_gursky
    Michigan's Upper Peninsula(Iron Mountain)
    Posts: 4751
    November 12, 2013 at 3:35 am #1205346

    Hmmmmm I’ll have to try some of those Dave….

    Just don’t trust Dean to tell what weight to use…

    Eric Rehberg
    Eau Claire, WI
    Posts: 3071
    November 13, 2013 at 10:20 am #1363685

    Ohh the good ole days!!!!

    Eric Rehberg
    Eau Claire, WI
    Posts: 3071
    November 13, 2013 at 4:20 pm #1205720

    Ohh the good ole days!!!!

    Tom P.
    Whitehall Wi.
    Posts: 3528
    November 13, 2013 at 9:33 pm #1363896

    Quote:

    Ohh the good ole days!!!!

    Like LIke Like when the baitshop always had cookies, and some guy there that would greet yea with a big smile and handshake. Give yea the shirt off his back if he thought it would help someone out.

    Ben Putnam
    Saint Paul, MN
    Posts: 1001
    November 14, 2013 at 7:10 am #1363941

    Quote:

    Quote:

    Ohh the good ole days!!!!

    Like LIke Like when the baitshop always had cookies, and some guy there that would greet yea with a big smile and handshake. Give yea the shirt off his back if he thought it would help someone out.


    My favorite bait shop here still does that. Just don’t remind Russ I have 2 of his lucky shirts still…. he was told a different story!

    nhamm
    Inactive
    Robbinsdale
    Posts: 7348
    November 14, 2013 at 11:02 am #1364032

    How much action you guys put on these things with cold water. Stuck from shore nowadays in snaggy areas thinking putting on a big float, whip it out to the structure 30yards, let the blade shoot down 15′ and kind of work it that way. Got to pick me up a wing-it bobber, just don’t know if it would be worked effectively that way.

    Randy Wieland
    Lebanon. WI
    Posts: 13490
    December 8, 2013 at 9:46 am #1369633

    I agree very much on the getting away from ripping them. Back in the 70’s, that was all I saw guys doing on the river. Glorified snagging lure. Years passed and I tried them for Trout/salmon at the power plants and harbors. First thing I learned was how many hits I got while the bait was sitting still. As time progresses, I continue to learn more and more applications for them. Talk about a TRUE CONFIDENCE BAIT Last I counted, my B.B. Index was over 400 painted blades



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