Plastics for walleyes???

[FishingNy03]

with all the diffrent types of plastics on the market now is there any that work for walleyes??? ad if there is what lure would you match them with? thanks

[wyofly99]

I have caught eyes on the good old Mister Twisters all colors......

[addicted to ice fishing]

I have caught eyes on the good old Mister Twisters all colors......

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[laclabiche walleye hunter]

We have been hammering them with just a white jig head with a red eye and med minnow. No plastic body or tail. I find that if we are using plastic body's in the winter you catch allot more pike than Wally's.

[musky mike]

Gulp gobie on a large white jig head...

Bang bottom with it...

That is if you have gobies in your area

[markrazzy]

Actually caught my first walleye of the year a month ago on a 4 mm Fiskas with a Glow Micro Nuggie... pretty fun! 

[AT3NCION]

with all the diffrent types of plastics on the market now is there any that work for walleyes??? ad if there is what lure would you match them with? thanks

Were you reading the 2012 In-Fisherman Walleye Guide as well when you thought of this question? I only ask because I was pondering the same thing tonight. There was an article about it in the aforementioned magazine that really sold me on the idea of starting to try and experiment with plastics more. I mean, if Doug Strange thinks it's a good idea I'm going to say it's worth consideration. The only thing is it doesn't talk at all about fishing on the ice.
When I was at a tackle shop tonight I decided to pick up a few things to experiment with and something I picked up that seemed interested was the Storm Wildeye Swim Shad. I fish a river where I live frequently, and so with the paddle tail in combination with the eye of the lure being placed where it is it really made me think it could be fished vertically.

[stevek]

I got some of the Wildeye Swim Shads after watching a show when Doug was using them. They work real well in open water. Haven't used them much through the ice yet, but I enough to say they don't show up well on sonar.

[gooseblaster49707]

gulp works great in smelt or goby patterns around here. the smaller size on a jig head or beetle spin.  sometimes we use a crappie sized jig on the bettle spin they do suspend horizontal when tied properly.   fish them in the summer under a bobber too.

[slipperybob]

I've always done decent with Mimic Minnows and plain Mister Twister Curyly tails.

[walleyeslayer1978]

We have been hammering them with just a white jig head with a red eye and med minnow. No plastic body or tail. I find that if we are using plastic body's in the winter you catch allot more pike than Wally's.

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[crankshaft013]

Here in Southern Ontario... Spring fishing nothing seems to beat the yellow mister twister..

Through the ice I've had my best luck tipping my jigs (jiggin raps, buckshots, spoons, plain jig head, whatever..)  With a chunk of an ear plug..  Those squishy foam ones..  bright (almost fluorescent) yellow/chartreuse.

 

[walleyeslayer1978]

Here in Southern Ontario... Spring fishing nothing seems to beat the yellow mister twister..

Through the ice I've had my best luck tipping my jigs (jiggin raps, buckshots, spoons, plain jig head, whatever..)  With a chunk of an ear plug..  Those squishy foam ones..  bright (almost fluorescent) yellow/chartreuse.

 

If you are having your best luck on that, you should try a minnow head or a perch eye? Your numbers will be astronomical!

[esox_xtm]

This past spring during the walleye run I outfished the other three guys combined by 2:1 using Power Bait Rippletail shad. And all three were using real minnows.... The best part was at the end of the weekend I put those two baits right back into the bag they came out of.

I also catch lots of eyes tossing a shad body rigged on a relatively heavy jighead(can you say swimbait?). I know some folks think Stange (In-Fish) can't fish any other way, but it's so effective at times it's scary.

/mike

[steven girard]

Mister Twister Phenom worm color Motor oil/chartreuse or black/chartreuse with a treble enought long to be placed at the jonction of the colors!

[crankshaft013]

If you are having your best luck on that, you should try a minnow head or a perch eye? Your numbers will be astronomical!

Thanks for the tip!