Let's Play

[Ness]

Someday spring will come and I'll cease to be bored again. But for now, who out there thinks they can answer this question???
What are the ten most popular live baits for walleyes??? (Yeah, I said ten...)

[TBO/MN]

These may not be in order.
Crawlers
leeches
emerald shiners
golden shiners
red belly dace
rainbow dace
fatheads
angle worms
cray fish (crawdads)
frogs

How close am I???

Good Fishin'
TBO/MN

[Minnesota]

leeches
night crawlers
fatheads
redtail chubs
rainbow chubs
golden shiners
spot tail shiners
silver shiners
suckers
frogs

[EAGLE EYES]

I second Minnesota's guess! :-)

[Ness]

Redbelly daces are also called rainbow daces. I don't think anyone's going to get all of them... There's a thing on this list that I've never seen or heard of and they didn't include a few that I would.... You're off by a few.

[Orange Barrel]

I'm really bored, so here goes:
1 - minnows
2 - nightcrawlers
3 - leeches
4 - Storm Deep Juniors
5 - Rapala #5 & #7
6 - Storm AJ's Purple Prizm are the best (but are no longer available, and the only person I know who has them would just as soon have his rectum sewn shut before he lets any of them go.LOL)
7 - Storm Baby Thunderstick
8 - Hot-n-tots
9 - DNR Shocking boat
10 - Dynamite

I ran out

[AquaMan]

May flies gotta be in there some where toward the top same with perch fingerlings as well as thier own fingerlings

AquaMan~~~~~~~~~~~~~

--- "It all begins and ends at the water's edge"

[EAGLE EYES]

That's a pretty good selection I must say! However, I think Ness was looking for Live baits only.

[EAGLE EYES]

Oh yeah, Mayflies forsure! I guess Ness never said the bait had to be legal! (As in perch & walleye fingerlings) Good answer!

[Minnesota]

Here are a few obscure ones that I can think of-
salamanders
mayflies
grass shrimp
tadpoles
bluegills
crappies
perch
baby gardener snakes
toads
earth worms
waxies/mousies
crayfish
field mice
chipmunks
baby chickens
small children
tie on a 20 lb. northern and see if he comes up with a walleye in his belly(hehehe!)

If you combine a couple from this list with my previous list am I close???

Minnesota

[TBO/MN]

Up where I am from there is a difference between redbelly and rainbow. The rainbows have a different (yellow) belly. I talked to the bait guy (he is Canadian)and he said that all dace are the same, some just have a different color faze, males and females have different colors as well. I don't know anything about it, I do know that different parts of the country have different names for the same minnows. I see that someone has listed chubs, well around where I live in the summer, they call chubs, fatheads, and they call redtails, river chubs........so I would guess that we will see a lot of different names for a lot of the same critters.

Good Fishin'
TBO/MN

[sib]

some good guesses here, i just wanted to say when i do keep a fish i always check the stomach contents to see what their choice is. try to match the hatch if you will.

"go outside and play"
sib

[Frank from TBay]

I like Minnesota:-).

[eyewinder]

--1 minnie
--1 leech
--8 crawlers

[Ron]

When they're on a hot bite, the last 10 minnows in the bucket.

[Ness]

by at least two, maybe three... depends. What are you calling a
sucker???? Give me another name. This one so called bait... I'm not sure if it uh... er, does that? It sure is ugly..... Mind you, I don't personally agree with this list... I would think some other baits would be on it that aren't but hey, I'm not an expert so maybe I'm wrong.

[Ness]

You gave me twenty-seven answers to a ten answer question??? They let you do that in the Minnesota school district???? Hey, teacher, I put down ten answers for that fill in the blank question. You mean, they were all wrong? LOL

[FISHIN DREWPY]

GIVEN THE CHOICE,FISH ALWAYS WILL TRY TO EAT THE BIGGEST AND EASIEST-TO-CAPTURE FOOD THEY CAN FIND. I DON'T BELIEVE ANYONE HAS LISTED THE MADTOMS ALSO CALLED "WILLOW CATS"

[Ron]

Minnesotans always go above and beyond.

[Ness]

Atta boy, Drewpy.
Since all the baits have been listed by one or another person :-)
I'll post the list but I don't think we can actually say that anyone actually won.... So that means, hehehehe, I stumped the Board :-)
1. Golden Shiner
2. spottail shiner
3. redbelly dace, or rainbow (Listed as same thing)
4. hornyhead chub or redtail chub (Listed as same thing)
5. fathead minnor, tuffy or mudminnow (Listed as same thing)
6. madtom, or willow cat :-)
7.salamander or waterdog
8. ribbon leeches
9. nightcrawler
10. leopard frog.

As far as I know, there's nothing illegal listed???? I was surprised to see the absence of helgramites??? And just what the
heck is a madtom?????? Got a picture of one. Heavens, there are
worse critters out there than leeches to handle!!!!!!!!
These are not in order of popular preference. They are just considered to be the most popular of live baits for walleye. Of course, I imagine that it would vary from region to region and we all have our special names for different things... I can just imagine how much controversy will develope when I hit this Post
It button.... Oh well, we argue over dumber things :-)

[River_eye]

Is the last one a lamprey? I see them a lot, but I've never thought of putting one on my hook.

River eye

[Backwater Eddy]

Bullhead
Madtom cat & baby channel cats
carp
redtail & creek chubs
golden shiners
freshwater drum
mooneye
June grubs
white suckers
frogs & tadpoles

BE...><ND>

[Minnesota]

LOL!!!!!!!! Yes, but you only get to fish with 1 rod. Sort of a contradiction huh? It's like they take fishing more serious than education. hahahahahah!

Minnesota

[Tommy Mac]

1. Nightcrawlers on a plain hook.
2. Nightcrawlers on a plain hook injected with air.
3. Nightcrawlers on a finesse spinner rig.
4. Nightcrawlers on a large spinner rig
5. Nightcrawlers on the front hook of your crankbait.
6. Nightcrawlers on a float rig/plain hook.
7. Nightcrawlers on a float rig with a jig.
8. Nightcrawlers on a jig casting.
9. Nightcrawlers on a jig trolling.
10. Use a leech or minnow instead, on above presentations.

[Gilligan]

FROGS? FROGS?? Didnt you read Nesses post the other day about what she does to frogs? For heavens sake hide the frogs!

[Art/Co]

You got right Tommy Mac.......Amen

[Not zactly]

Not if a Minnesotan wears a Purple uniform and helmet with a horn on it! But then if you consider choking as something, then they excell!!!!!!!!

[Want Purple Prizm's?]

Call Bayshore resort in Gladstone MI, on the shore of Little Bay de Noc. They have a link here on the walleye links. Ask for Connie or Naomi, they will ship them to you if you order enough of them.

[WORLDS BEST WALLEYE TACTIC!!!!!!!]

Feed the Walleyes Baked Beans and taco Bell. Then all ya gotta do is float around till you see all the bubbles!!!!!!!!!!!

[AquaMan]

Opps, I guess I misunderstood the question. Those are walleye forage favorites, not "bait" to be used to catch walleyes. Sorry, my bad. Thanks for the heads up!

(Well, the fingerlings anyway. I have used a fly rod and mayfly nymph to successfully catch walleyes during the hatch.)

AquaMan~~~~~~~~~~~~~

--- "It all begins and ends at the water's edge"

[BD]

GEE! Maybe I should change my handle to "MadTom"! ;)

"An angler is a man who spends rainy days sitting around on the muddy banks of rivers doing nothing because his wife won't let him do it at home." --- Irish saying

[Buckeye]

OK. not only am I going to give you the bait but also the top ten ways of rigging them. here we go.....


1. leeches rigged off a 3 way swivel with a Reef Runner
2. night crawlers rigged off a 3 way swivel with a Reef Runner
3.emerald shiners rigged off a 3 way swivel with a Reef Runner
4. spottail shiners rigged off a 3 way swivel with a Reef Runner
5. rainbow chubs rigged off a 3 way swivel with a Reef Runner
6. golden shiners rigged off a 3 way swivel with a Reef Runner
7. spot tail shiners rigged off a 3 way swivel with a Reef Runner
8. silver shiners rigged off a 3 way swivel with a Reef Runner
9. suckers rigged off a 3 way swivel with a Reef Runner
10. frogs rigged off a 3 way swivel with a Reef Runner

Go get 'em.