Thought I would pass on a little info about what I like to use for fall river walleyes. Ill start off with some current river fishing info.
The walleye bite on pool 2 has been pretty good as of late. The day time bite is still there but seems to be tapering off a little. Havent had time to fish a cloud covered day lately but thinking those may offer a better day time bite. The low light times of the day have been very consistent lately and may offer the best bet for tangling with numbers of river walleyes.
Fall is the time of year for fishing big plastic baits on the river for walleyes. Minnows will still work this time of year but for truly hard hitting reactions plastics excel. Vertical jigging, dragging, or pitching are all great options for fish plastics. Many of my favorite are from BfishN tackle and are the Moxies, K Grubs, Paddle Tails and Ring Worms. Lately the Moxies and K Grubs have been going very well in my boat.
For Moxies, BfishN and James did a very good job designing these baits. The long tail has plenty of action which is working very well in the current low flow conditions. In low light times (morning and evening) the large profile also helps those fish to key in on these baits. When they locate the bait a hard thunk is usually the result you feel on the end of the line. No doubt you have connected with a walleye.
BfishN K Grubs have also been a good choice as of late. Here again they have a larger body for fish to key in on and large tail that gives off good action. Good colors choices for this time of year for both types of plastics are Oyster shell, Fire cracker, Pro blue, White, Motor Oil, Pearl Blue S&P or any of the colors with white or Chartreuse tails.
For jigs to use with these plastics BfishN offers the H20 jig and Draggin Jig. Both jigs again where designed by river fisherman that are used to fishing in current, snags and with larger profile plastics. The larger hooks and wire bait keepers work very well with plastic bodies. The large variety of sizes are great for matching varying conditions and presentation on the river. Currently we are using 3/16 and 1/4 during the day for vertical jigging and pitching on deeper wing dams. In the evening we switch over to 1/8 for pitching and draggin on shallower rocks. With the river clearing up black is the color of choice in low light.
I know many of the regulars on this web site are very familiar with these baits but I still get asked often about what to use on the river to catch fish. Please feel free to add any of your fall favorites to this post or post any questions you may have about fall plastics.
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Hey, if it works go with it!!!
