Walleye fishing takes some time to master. If you use the right bait, you will still have problems catching a walleye unless you learn the technique and strategy needed to entice the walleye to strike. If you troll or drop and sink, you will do well with live bait if you can do this without scaring off the fish.

You need to present the live bait slowly and keep an even and smooth presentation. Jerking the bait and making vibrations in the water will scare the walleye away. Make the presentation glide through the water as a fish would do.

Walleye fishing is for the beginner as well as the professional, but you do have to learn what works for you. Just because one person uses one technique and it works does not mean that it will work for you. Everyone needs to develop their own technique and use the live bait that works the best. You might go to one area where fishing with night crawlers and a different area might find that minnows are better. It takes time and patients to find the right combination. You have to have a few different options when fishing for walleye anywhere.

Choose the live bait and then choose the area where you would like to fish. It is always a good idea to talk with other anglers in the area as well as the bait shops. They can tell you what is working on any given day. It might be that one day anglers are using artificial bait and catching more walleyes. It does pay to listen to some of the locals and take what they offer and try to combine it with what you already know. You will have a great days catch if you use the live bait correctly.

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