A 25-inch ‘eye, by comparison, will top the scales at about 6.35 pounds.Īs you can see, just a bit longer is definitely a lot heavier! Expect 20-inch ‘eyes to weigh in at about 3.3 pounds. Sporting a beautiful olive-gold color, the walleye is long-bodied and sleek, explaining why its close cousin, the European zander ( Sander lucioperca), is known as the pikeperch.įemales are generally larger than males, and like most fish, there’s a pretty constant relationship between a walleye’s length and weight. Walleye, or Sander vitreus as they’re known to science, are a cool water predatory species common to much of the northern U.S and Canada.

6.4 Bump the bottom and pound the ground.

5.1 The Heat is On: Summer Walleye Habits.4.3 Drifting while working big swim baits.2 What To Keep In Mind When Fishing For Walleye.Times are: Partly Cloudy, 2pm to 3pm & 7pm to 9pm. 3/0 to 6/0 medium spoons, 3/0 to 6/0 jigheads with aforementioned plastic worms. Try that area using 3/0 to 4/0 - 23' to 30' cranks.

It yields a fair number of Walleye, Brown Trout & Smallmouth. Most of the time though, I like to fish all around the dock in a 360 degree circle using a #3/0 - 23' crankbait.

Make sure you work the lure all the way to the dock, because you can and will catch them right at the dock. And cast out to the left side of the right hand bouy a 170' of so. They say purple and chocolate color work best, but it's been my experince that color doesn't matter. For the uni's I use a 1.5 oz jig head with a 5' - 6' worm. But all the trophies and uni's I've caught have all been off the Fairy Tale Dock. I don't specifically fish for Walleye that much. I caught this Uni by accident while in Pike Alley fishing for Muskie lol. Well, I by know means consider myself a walleye expert.

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