Walleye Express
02-20-2003, 10:59 AM
O.K.,
I know this question may be over the top a little. And no, my boredom between ice fishing trips isn't getting to me. Believe me, I've been kept busy keeping stuff clean and in working order between trips with the wind causing much of the dirt and damage. Also had a delightful time in Grand Rapids Last Tuesday night talking with the West Michigan Walleye club boys. But what causes me to ask this question about the walleyes side preference, stems from my own experience and what I just observed while sharpening my Rattle Tot hooks.
I've often noticed that when casting at night for walleyes, and they come up and strike at the Husky Jerk near the top and just before I lift it into the boat, they'll hit it from right to left. That is, arch their bodies to the right and hit at the crank with their left side. This has happened very, very often this way. And many of the fish I catch that are not hooked exactly in the mouth, but in the side of the face are hooked on the left side of their face, and most times facing backwards.
I've also just noticed that the majority of my Rattle Tots have teeth marks on their left side, angleing from front to back. Meaning that the walleye/fish hit it from left to right. Now under these circumstances, I'd have to assume that walleyes are left handed. Humans will generally put up whatever hand they favor to protect themselves. Or catch a thrown object with whatever handed they favor. Of course I have no new terchnique to try if indeed wallyes are left or right handed. That is, not yet anyway. :-).
I know this question may be over the top a little. And no, my boredom between ice fishing trips isn't getting to me. Believe me, I've been kept busy keeping stuff clean and in working order between trips with the wind causing much of the dirt and damage. Also had a delightful time in Grand Rapids Last Tuesday night talking with the West Michigan Walleye club boys. But what causes me to ask this question about the walleyes side preference, stems from my own experience and what I just observed while sharpening my Rattle Tot hooks.
I've often noticed that when casting at night for walleyes, and they come up and strike at the Husky Jerk near the top and just before I lift it into the boat, they'll hit it from right to left. That is, arch their bodies to the right and hit at the crank with their left side. This has happened very, very often this way. And many of the fish I catch that are not hooked exactly in the mouth, but in the side of the face are hooked on the left side of their face, and most times facing backwards.
I've also just noticed that the majority of my Rattle Tots have teeth marks on their left side, angleing from front to back. Meaning that the walleye/fish hit it from left to right. Now under these circumstances, I'd have to assume that walleyes are left handed. Humans will generally put up whatever hand they favor to protect themselves. Or catch a thrown object with whatever handed they favor. Of course I have no new terchnique to try if indeed wallyes are left or right handed. That is, not yet anyway. :-).