Catching Walleye on the Churchill River

It's My Secret Weapon...

I love to fish for Walleye with my ultra light rod and reel. This usually consists of a 5ft ultra light action rod with a reel that holds 4 to 6 lb test line. You can use your 5 to 6ft medium to heavy rod with 8 to 10 lb test line as well. 

Every lake and river has different lures and bait that work on that body of water.  In this area (Churchill River) we only use a 3/8 oz lead head with a 4 inch plastic tail (worm).  Yellow, white, black seem to be the only colours you need. Some people will put on a frozen minnow, but I find that takes up to much time, and the Walleye seem to steal the minnow more times then not.

I will cut out the gullet from the throat of the Walleye and attach it to my hook. This is a secret weapon so I hope not many of you know what a gullet is. With the moving water we need a 3/8 oz lead head to get to the bottom where we jig while drifting along the Walleye spots. While bouncing our bait off the bottom or near the bottom with our constant jigging motion, we will get Walleye hits all morning long.

Written by Ron Cojocar of Adventure Destinations International