Walleyes on lures?

[Walking School Bus]

Most remarks I read about walleye success is using live bait on some kind of jig.  Anyone have good success using lures?   

[Marty]

I have caught loads of walleyes under non-conventional conditions, i.e., the murky waters of the Erie Canal with a maximum depth of 10-12 feet. My fishing was 90% crankbaits and 10% grubs on jigheads and they hit both readily.

They weren't fussy about the crankbaits, taking both bass-style and walleye-style lures.

Would these baits be just as effective in more typical walleye water? Would I have caught more had I used bait on jigs? Don't have a clue as to either.

[dulouz]

I have been trying to figure out how to catch walleye myself.  One of my fishing friends uses nothing but cranks to catch walleye.  He recommends: Rapala GSR4, Berkley flicker shad, Cordell walleye diver, Bandit 100 and 200 series.  I caught my first, and only one so far, on a Storm TC06. 

[Lund Explorer]

The vast majority of my walleyes come on meat rigs, i.e.; crawler harnesses.  I also catch a good number of lures, but nothing compared to these that Dwight caught trolling deep crankbaits.

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[Grey Wolf]

Short answer. YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Marty]

Cordell walleye diver,

Outstanding lure, but...

I used the 1/4 oz. with great success on bass, walleye and pike. One year within a period of just a few weeks the lips on two of them just pulled out while very little pressure was on them. Haven't used one since.

On that lure the lip is just glued in, it's not anchored to the body with a screw like the larger size. There's nothing that causes a confidence loss like reeling in and seeing nothing but a lip on the end of your line.  >

[Bluebasser86]

I've caught most of my walleyes on accident in the spring fishing for bass with jerkbaits. This last year I had great success with a Berkley Gulp minnow on an 1/8 oz jighead, way more than on livebait. I've caught a bunch in the fall on rattle traps while fishing for bass also. I caught a surprising amount of them on hula grubs this last year from several different bodies of water. I've also caught them on bass crankbaits, shakey heads, eakins jigs, shad raps, and a few on spinnerbaits. It's not livebait but we catch a lot of catfish with chunks of bluegills under bobbers floated over submerged weeds. Last summer my dad caught a 22" walleye on a bluegill head under a bobber.

[Gone_Phishin]

My PR 'eye came on a #10 Husky Jerk.

[Uncle Leo]

Rapala use to make a version of the Wally Diver called the Tail Dancer. This crankbait was a walleye catching machine.

[roadwarrior]

I have had the best luck with LC Pointers, but my guide at

Bull Shoals (Tim "Hot Dawg" Curtis) throws Rogues exclusively.

At any rate, jerkbaits rule!

                              

[basser89]

I have 3 baits that I've caught walleye on. Bandit 100 series cranks, Smithwick Rattlin Rogues and a Drifter 10" Jointed Believer.

[tholmes]

I've caught lots of walleyes on lures. Everything from crankbaits like Hellbenders, Hot'n'Tots and Shad Raps to jigs with twister tail grubs and tubes to blade baits like the Heddon Sonar. They're just like any other predator fish, they won't pass up what looks like an easy meal.

Tom

[Gone_Phishin]

I have 3 baits that I've caught walleye on. Bandit 100 series cranks, Smithwick Rattlin Rogues and a Drifter 10" Jointed Believer.

Holy Cow!  Big bait.

[basser89]

I have 3 baits that I've caught walleye on. Bandit 100 series cranks, Smithwick Rattlin Rogues and a Drifter 10" Jointed Believer.

Holy Cow! Big bait.

Yeah, that shocked the crap out of me! Was fishing for musky at the time. Didn't get a weight on her but she was 24". Wasn't much of a fight on musky gear. LOL!

[CoBass]

In lakes around here, any suspending jerk bait will do the trick. I've recently had very good luck with rainbow trout colored tube jigs in the Arkansas river. Those things are like crack for walleye. Tight Lines...CoBass

[northern basser]

My PR 'eye came on a #10 Husky Jerk.

When I do walleye fish,  I've done well with the husky jerk and original raps.  Early in the year,  mister twisters on jig heads work well in the river systems.

[Walking School Bus]

Roadwarrior, where do you fish Bull Shoals?  I know that lake very weel - my parents and Uncle used to live down there near Oakland just on the Arkansas side.

[pantherdev]

From all the replies I see here, they will bite anything if you have a walleye fishery in your lake or river.  I catch most of my walleye on crankbaits in spring/summer and a 3/4 oz. flexit jigging spoon in fall/winter.  I am in West N.C. and it don't get no better. ;D