When walleye fishing whats the best lure/bait to use wen in late fall?

by admin on August 8, 2009 · 7 comments

Frank H asked:


i usually fish on the dock… and at the very end are some rocks then i think a drop of .. then down the other way there is some poles in the water… any suggestions?
sorry to mention i fish out of st.clair shores michigan.

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1 jim w August 8, 2009 at 12:37 pm

live minnow i seen a guy catch a citation walleye here in virginia from the bank with a minnow

2 teran_realtor August 8, 2009 at 5:17 pm

I’ve heard minnow or leech.

3 wildtickle August 9, 2009 at 6:44 pm

I have caught a lot of walleye on floating crank baits such as Rapella. Also try live bait such as a minnow with a slip bobber.

4 jims August 12, 2009 at 8:02 am

Try a 6″ suspending rapalla, the blue one worked for me this morning.

5 Rob August 14, 2009 at 4:21 pm

For fishing off of (your) dock, I would use a 1/8 to 1/4 oz. jig, preferably a Fuzz-E- Grub or a Northland Fireball, tipped with a 3 to 4″ minnow. You may need to add a stinger hook. Other options would be a 1/4 oz. jig head with a soft plastic minnow body (or a Berkley Gulp minnow) or a deep diving and/or suspending crank bait. Try fishing after dark. You might not have the best of luck, just limiting yourself to the dock. If you don’t have a boat, try shore/dock/pier fishing where Lake St. Clair and the Detroit River meet.

6 Dustin R August 15, 2009 at 12:12 pm

use a leech minnow an a slip bobber rig with a split shot about a 12in above hook that way you can adjust your depth i would stay about a 18 inch of bottom and i wold try this after sun set

7 TROY S August 17, 2009 at 4:51 pm

slip bobber and a leach on a small gold lead head

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