Trolling Big-Water Walleyes

Chip Gross W. H.

Description

Experts reveal surefire methods for walleye trolling, equipment techniques, tactics, and moreOn big, open water like the Great Lakes, sprawling Western reservoirs, and large North American rivers, trolling puts more walleyes in the boat-hour for hour-than any other fishing method. Why? Because if done correctly, the lure or bait is always in the fish's strike zone. If anglers do it wrong, all they will net is a long, frustrating boat ride. In this detailed instructional guide, generously illustrated with more than 50 color photos and complemented by time-tested fish-catching secrets from 17 professional fishing authorities, fishermen will learn to catch walleyes from those who chase this highly prized sport fish for a living.A veteran walleye angler himself, author Chip Gross covers every aspect of walleye trolling, offering advice on basic and advanced trolling equipment, trolling setups throughout the fishing year, choosing crankbaits and other lures, determining when and where to fish, night trolling for walleyes, purchasing and rigging a boat for walleye trolling, and how to catch that trophy walleye of a lifetime. Information on cleaning and caring for the catch, as well as Gross's favorite walleye recipe, is also included.Walleyes are finicky, will-o'-the-wisp fish, often here today and gone tomorrow. They follow schools of baitfish like hungry wolf packs; as the bait moves, they move. Often this translates to anglers enjoying spectacular fishing one day but getting scarcely a bite, or possibly none at all, the next. Successful trolling can seem like an unattainable goal, but Trolling Big-Water Walleyes makes that goal easier to reach.

Sujets

• Fishing
• Hameçonnage

Informations

• Publié par: The Kent State University Press
• Date de parution: 20 janvier 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781612779492
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 6 Mo

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Trolling Big-Water Walleyes

Trolling BigWater Walleyes

Secrets of the Great Lakes Fishing Guides, Charter Captains, and Walleye Pros

W. H. “ChIp” GRoss

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Contents

 1Why WàLLEyEs? 1

 2What You’ll Need: Basic Walleye Trolling Equipment 11

 321Down and Out: Advanced Walleye Trolling Equipment

 4A Season on the Water: Basic Walleye Trolling TEchnIQuEs ànd luRE SpREàds ThRoughout thE YEàR 33

 548Choices, Choices: Choosing Crankbaits for Walleye Trolling

 659Going Walleye Trolling: Determining When and Where

 7Early-Spring Trolling: Your Best Chance at a TRophy WàLLEyE 72

 8A Shot in the Dark: Night-Trolling for Walleyes 81

 9Taking the Plunge: Purchasing and Rigging a Boat foR WàLLEyE TRoLLIng 88

10Whàt’s à TRophy WàLLEyE? 101

PREpàRIng WàLLEyEs foR thE TàbLE 109

ChIp’s FàvoRItE WàLLEyE rEcIpE 113

Contàct infoRmàtIon PàgE 114

 indEx 115

Chapter 1

Why Walleyes?

They don’t have the îghting abilities of bass, nor do they possess thE àERIàL àcRobàtIcs of tRout. ThEy’RE not EvEn à pàRtIcuLàRLy àttRàc- tive îsh, colored mainly a muted, brownish, yellow-gold. So what is the attraction of walleyes to anglers? Why do sport îshermen across NoRth amERIcà spEnd mILLIons of houRs ànd mILLIons of doLLàRs ànnu- àLLy puRsuIng thIs ovERgRown mEmbER of thE fREshwàtER pERch fàmILy? In a word: elusiveness.  Walleyes are înicky, will-o-the-wisp îsh, often here today and gone tomoRRow. in thE GREàt làkEs; spRàwLIng WEstERn REsERvoIRs; ànd large, North American rivers, they follow schools of baitîsh like hun- gRy woLf pàcks. as thE bàIt movEs, thEy movE. How thIs oftEn tRàns- lates for anglers is spectacular îshing one day and scarcely a bite or possIbLy nonE àt àLL thE nExt.  SImILàRLy, à coLd-wEàthER fRont mày movE In ànd compLEtELy tuRn o a walleye’s desire to feed. One of the most frustrating times you’ll ever experience as a walleye îsherman is seeing your boat’s sonar screen îlled top to bottom with inverted “hooks”—sonar echoes of îsh you strongly suspect are walleyes—but being unable to get the îsh to bite no matter what techniques you try.  YEt thàt’s whàt màkEs càtchIng wàLLEyEs so REwàRdIng whEn you do succEEd. WhEn thE compLEx puzzLE thàt LEts you pIEcE togEthER à LImIt catch is înally solved, the feeling can be euphoric and last for days. But duRIng thosE dàys of mEntàLLy pàttIng youRsELf on thE bàck, don’t bE lulled into thinking the îshing will be the same the next time you’re on the water—as it likely won’t. Every day on the water is dierent, and EvEn though you mày go to thE Exàct sàmE LocàtIon ànd do thE Exàct same things you did the time before, the îsh may or may not still be thERE. and EvEn If thEy àRE, thEy mày not bItE. lIkE i sàId, ELusIvEnEss. . . .  PRofEssIonàL wàLLEyE touRnàmEnt àngLER MàRk MàRtIn of TwIn làkE, Michigan, likely described walleyes and walleye îshing best. “Catching

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