Walleye Fishing Tackle and Equipment

Walleye Fishing Equipment

The right walleye fishing equipment can help you catch more fish. Fishing rods should be medium or medium light action and from 5 to 6.5 feet long with good sensitivity. Fishing reels recommended are open face but some prefer bait caster reels. A fairly stiff rod with good sensitivity gives you good control for setting the hook.

Walleye Fishing Tackle and Lures

Jigs - Likely The Best Walleye Lure Ever Made
The best walleye fishing lures are a mixture of round head jigs in sizes 1/16 through 3/4 with the majority being in the 1/8th to 3/8 ounce weights. Colors include plain, orange & chartreuse, orange, pink & white, yellow, white, pink, red and black. Jigs can be used with all live bait or twister tails. Use as light a line and weight as possible for best results. Use heavier weights on windy days. Get these babies to the bottom and bounce them there - that's where the walleye are.

Crank baits
The Rapala Original Floating Minnow, the Husky Jerk, and the Shad Rap work best. The Shad Rap is possibly the best producer of trophy walleye .

Walleye Spinners
Little Jo's and lindy rigs work best. Blades in all the hammered such nickel, gold, copper. Chartreuse, orange, pink, yellow, and combination metal / colored. Vary the sizes. These work best when trolling. tip them off with a minnow or twister tail.

These fishing lures should be a staple of your fly-in fishing trip to Sydney Lake Lodge.

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