Trolling

Whats the most important factors in successful trolling for Walleye?

Getting on the water?

Dutchboy wrote:

Whats the most important factors in successful trolling for Walleye?

#1 – find the walleye
#2 – pick the right bait
#3 – depth control
#4 – speed control

Consistently check off on #1 – #4 and you’ll be very successful.

Now that we can troll over here in Vilas and Oneida counties, I have started to do some searching… So I while I know where there are some, I am looking for some more too. #1 is right on, then we can start to break down the next three…

Mark

don’t give up, and speed control.

#1 for me is making sure your crank baits are running true, especially when running 4+ lines

James Holst wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Dutchboy wrote:</div>
Whats the most important factors in successful trolling for Walleye?

#1 – find the walleye
#2 – pick the right bait
#3 – depth control
#4 – speed control

Consistently check off on #1 – #4 and you’ll be very successful.

X2

What are your tips for finding them in a river system? Electronics are great, but arches don’t tell me what fish I am looking at. Got an easy trick?

I agree with James, but I’d either switch #2 and #3, or just combine them. To some extent, the right bait is a big part of depth control(unless leadcore or downrigging).

I don’t know, I think getting in the strike zone is more important than having the right profile or color. Not to be extreme, but running a 8′ diving crank in 15′ of water is not going to yield many results, even if it is exactly what walleye are looking for that day.

Not sure if James’ list was in prioritized order or not though, if not, then total agreement.