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If you like to slow troll for walleye... Try this lure.
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The blade moves at a slower rate of speed than regular blades. Stephen Headrick has been using them on Dale Hollow trolling at around a Half Mile Per hour. He is having better success than with the regular blade harnesses.
Jim Dicken
Headrick guided 2 fellas last Monday night at Dale for Walleye and they had 7 fish over 6lb each, plus several other fish. There was pictures in his store to prove the "Lies" he was telling us all. I have no clue what he caught them on but do know the exact spot that he caught them on, too bad I am a smallie fisherman for I bet some eye's would be awful tasty.
Tight Lines
Has anyone ever trolled with a minnow or shad with a bottom bouncer? Also what about using artificial worms with a harness? I think this might keep the sunfish off, but would it work? Also, what artificial baits can you troll that walleye would hit? I think up north large lipped stick baits are used but I would think they would get snagged pretty quick on C-land. Thoughts?
What is a harness?
A harness or crawler harness is a rig that you troll behind a bottom bouncer. It typically is a 2 - 3 foot mono leader with a spinning blade, some beads and 1 or 2 snelled hooks on it that you rig a nightcrawler or sometimes a leech or minnow.
That is a tough question to answer with a real reason based on fact. yes most of the fish will be at the thermocline which is usually around the mid 60's temp and then colder below. In really hot summers which this is not when the surface temps hit 90 in late summer I have caught them down to 40 feet at the prescribed thermocline but that being said they are on the good spots as well at the 25 to 30 foot depths as well. Prior to the alewives, they were always from 25 up no matter what the water temp was until turnover.