While you aren’t limited to fishing for walleye only during the evening hours, your chances of catching one are higher if you go at night. The reason your catch rates are likely to be higher after the sun sets is because walleye have extraordinary night vision.
How do you keep walleye from biting at night?
Three of my favourite nighttime delivery options are to cast a slow-sinking minnowbait such as a Rapala Countdown, a swimbait such as Storm 360 or a Freedom Lure Hydra jig tipped with a Bass Magnet Shift’R Shad.
What time of day are walleye most active?
Walleye feed most actively at night, with a peak in activity around dusk. The best walleye ice fishing is during the 30 minutes before and after sunset in winter.
What is the best time of day to fish for walleye?
Generally, the best time to fish for Walleye is early morning and late evening. When the sun is high at midday, Walleye move deeper and hold tightly to shade providing Cover. During periods of low light however, Walleye will move in shallow to feed on baitfish holding close to shore.
Are walleye attracted to light at night?
A few more night fishing tips to keep in mind: At night, walleye are attracted to light, so use lighted or glow-in-the-dark jug heads. Be sure to match your lure size with the bait size. Always use a slip bobber, and be sure to reel in the slack before you set the hook.
What colors do walleye see at night?
A walleye lacks the blue and yellow cells, so it’s color vision is similar to that of the rare human beings with blue and yellow color blindness. What this means is a walleye most likely can see all colors as some shade of red or green.
Why do walleyes go shallow at night?
During the warmest months, walleyes are usually found in deep, cooler water during the daylight hours, barely moving and often not feeding. But when the sun goes down and the temperatures drop, the walleyes move into shallow water in search of prey.
Do fish go deeper at night?
Another reason fish become more active at night is because the water temperature begins to cool off. This is especially important in the summer months. During the heat of the day fish dive down deep to find the cooler waters.
How do you catch walleye from shore at night?
Use a 7-foot, medium-action spinning rod and reel rigged with 10-pound monofilament line. Start walleye fishing at night in 10 to 20 feet of water, and then gradually work your baits or lures toward shallower areas that are 7 to 8 feet in depth if you aren’t getting any bites.
What is the best month to catch walleye?
The summer months of June and July tend to be the best for walleye. By this time, the spawning season is over, and most fishing venues will have a glut of small baitfish and shads, all of which walleye love to eat.
What color is most visible to walleye fish?
Scientists tell us walleyes should see red, orange, and yellow the best, followed by green. Theory also suggests walleyes see blue and violet less well, and these colors may even appear black.
Why are walleyes so hard to catch?
You’re cranking weed edges too slowly.
Walleyes relating to weedbeds often school tightly. To find them, quickly work a crankbait along the edges until you get a strike. You can pick that area apart slowly after you find the fish with a fast-moving lure.
How far should walleye be from the bottom?
In many cases, you’ll catch most walleye close to the bottom, but sometimes you can get better results by fishing 4-8 feet off the bottom at night. You may also want to set up several of your deadsticks at different depths to test for this.
Do walleye feed up or down?
Walleyes are basically bottom feeders, but don’t ignore those fish that suspend over drop-offs in deep lakes. Some of the best summer walleye fishing is provided by suspended fish.
Does light spook walleye?
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Walleye hate light, but from experience, pike, bullhead, and bowfin are some how attracted to it.
Are walleye attracted to green light?
We put the green light off the back of the boat several nights and attracted 1″ shad, lots of stripers and plenty of walleye. The stripers were easy to catch using anchovies or striper filet.
How do you catch walleye in ice fishing at night?
A great strategy for ice fishing for walleye at night is to set up a series of tip ups or deadsticks baited with live minnows, while at the same time jigging with an active rod.
Do walleye bite when it’s windy?
“A stiff breeze can be tough, but active fish often concentrate on the windy side of a lake or reservoir where the food chain goes wild and walleyes can use their keen sight and lateral lines to their advantage. The wind breaks up light penetration as well. We’ve all seen it.
Does lure size matter?
Decreasing lure size usually has a minor effect on catch rates. In contrast, even minor increases above the size optimum can yield major decreases in catch rates. If your catch rate falls off after upsizing, you are beyond the preferred size.
Do walleye bite when it’s cold?
Great catches of walleyes can be made not only because high numbers of fish are concentrated in relatively small areas, but because the species bites rather well in cold water. But this doesn’t mean they’ll chase down a bait.
Do walleyes bite better on a full moon?
The full moon will move some of the largest walleyes in the lakes into the shallows to feed, especially in lakes with clear water.Anglers may also notice that the walleyes they catch at night are often quite a bit fatter than walleyes they catch during the day.
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