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Offline Cbass123

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Are walleye line shy?
« on: Feb 10, 2017, 01:57 PM »
I'll be fishing for pike in a lake that has a good amount of walleye as well, and I have no experience with walleye.  Will they be scared off by a quick-strike rig or wire leaders? 

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Re: Are walleye line shy?
« Reply #1 on: Feb 10, 2017, 06:18 PM »
I would say yes, but thats just my opinion, my tips are set up for walleyes so I use a mono leader

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Re: Are walleye line shy?
« Reply #2 on: Feb 14, 2017, 09:54 AM »
80/20 I would say 80% of the time they are line shy. Jjigging for walleye I use a 2 foot floro line tied to my main line. When watching them om camera they would spook when they could see the braided line or a leader. The other 20% it doesn't matter, when they are aggressive they will bite. These times are usually first and last ice, before sun rise and just before sunset.

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Re: Are walleye line shy?
« Reply #3 on: Feb 16, 2017, 03:35 PM »
i know they can be at certain times or in body's of water that are clear. I really like fluoro carbon line(6-8lbs) because its almost invisible in water.
it's all fun and games till somebody looses a walleye!!

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Re: Are walleye line shy?
« Reply #4 on: Feb 17, 2017, 03:43 AM »
I've never fished for or caught a Walleye through the ice and want to give it a try and would like to know what weight line do you guys use for the main line and leaders? 

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Re: Are walleye line shy?
« Reply #5 on: Nov 02, 2017, 11:44 AM »
I've never fished for or caught a Walleye through the ice and want to give it a try and would like to know what weight line do you guys use for the main line and leaders?

I run 80lb Power Pro for my main line, then a ball bearing swivel with 10 lb Seagur Fluro leaders. I'll add either a glow bead or brass bead (or both) above a red #10 or #12 treble. Split shot to weight, depending on the size of my bait.

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Re: Are walleye line shy?
« Reply #6 on: Nov 02, 2017, 11:56 AM »
I don't believe walleye are line shy, I throw high vis line open water, tie direct. I've had a few days were the fish are off and maybe light line/ floro makes a difference and go to live bait. That being said in the winter I still use high vis line but run a floro leader. Mostly how tuff the line is. I run braid for heavy rap and spoons and mono for everything else. Eight to ten pound test for both lines. Floro also stays straighter than mono on a slack line on a drop reducing tangles from treble hooks.
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Re: Are walleye line shy?
« Reply #7 on: Nov 02, 2017, 02:39 PM »
I think they are line shy on a dead stick, on a jigging rod no, thats a reaction bite. All of my tip ups i run a quick strike with 20lb flouro, its stiff and pike have a hard time slicing it up in my experience.

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Re: Are walleye line shy?
« Reply #8 on: Nov 02, 2017, 02:43 PM »
I don't believe my experience provides a definitive answer but in my experience it doesnt matter. I cought my largest tip up walleye on a black Steele leader loaded with fluorescent beads and blades intended for pike on clear water you could see 25ft.

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Re: Are walleye line shy?
« Reply #9 on: Nov 15, 2017, 04:57 PM »
I'll be fishing for pike in a lake that has a good amount of walleye as well, and I have no experience with walleye.  Will they be scared off by a quick-strike rig or wire leaders?

I use "crossover" tackle a lot. Standard rig for walleye in pike water is a single #10 treble (short shank, 3x strong, black nickle) on the end of 18 - 20# stranded, uncoated (think thin and flexible) wire. I'll be experimenting with some 13# 7 x 7 strand this year and I think it may become my standard for these kinds of rigs. My biggest toothy (happened to be a musky) on that 20# wire was a 44"er.

Check the wire out. I can show you how to make foolproof, full test connections with no crimps or special tools. It's dirt easy.
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Re: Are walleye line shy?
« Reply #10 on: Nov 15, 2017, 05:49 PM »
I fish 3 different bodies of water 2 stained and 1 gin clear and find them not to be line shy , I do use a barrel swivel and a leader just for line twist
Soft water jigging it’s high viz power pro with a leader , and trolling straight fire line and shore casting high viz and leader , no need for steel leader for eyes , just my .02
 

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Re: Are walleye line shy?
« Reply #11 on: Nov 15, 2017, 07:41 PM »
I fish 3 different bodies of water 2 stained and 1 gin clear and find them not to be line shy , I do use a barrel swivel and a leader just for line twist
Soft water jigging it’s high viz power pro with a leader , and trolling straight fire line and shore casting high viz and leader , no need for steel leader for eyes , just my .02

To clarify: He's targeting pike looking for bonus walleye, not the other way around.
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Re: Are walleye line shy?
« Reply #12 on: Nov 17, 2017, 04:40 AM »
To clarify: He's targeting pike looking for bonus walleye, not the other way around.
Sorry , I was just trying to stay on topic (are walleyes line shy)
 

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Re: Are walleye line shy?
« Reply #13 on: Nov 17, 2017, 01:12 PM »
I believe walleyes can be line shy.  Spring fishing i use fluorocarbon 6# test and my buddy using 10# mono right next to me using the same lures wasn’t catching a thing.  I caught fish after fish while he watched.  Told him his line might be to heavy, he went to a lighter line and caught fish. So yes eyes can be line shy

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Re: Are walleye line shy?
« Reply #14 on: Nov 17, 2017, 03:15 PM »
Chute curious what type of fishing jigging , casting  etc
 

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Re: Are walleye line shy?
« Reply #15 on: Nov 17, 2017, 03:26 PM »
Caught 1,000's on a 50 pound leader off the wall in port huron.. so I would say no their not line shy..

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Re: Are walleye line shy?
« Reply #16 on: Nov 17, 2017, 05:19 PM »
Chute curious what type of fishing jigging , casting  etc

Jigging and fishing creek chubs off bottom..

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Re: Are walleye line shy?
« Reply #17 on: Nov 18, 2017, 07:40 PM »
OK, I already said it somewhere else but I'll say it again: Tailor your terminal setup to your primary presentation and take the rest as a bonus.
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Re: Are walleye line shy?
« Reply #18 on: Dec 07, 2017, 05:40 PM »
We've found the walleye here on Oneida aren't terribly line shy.  That being said, I use 6lb test fluorocarbon on most of my Walleye and Jack Perch rods.

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Re: Are walleye line shy?
« Reply #19 on: Dec 28, 2017, 12:07 PM »
i use floro leader now, but as a kid, i use to have just the black dacron line right to the treble hook. and we caught plenty of eyes.

if they are hungry, they will eat.

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Re: Are walleye line shy?
« Reply #20 on: Jan 05, 2018, 06:39 AM »
It certainly depends.. put it this way, if i use heavier line or steel leaders, or your quickstrike rigs, i will catch walleyes. If you fish with me, the exact same spots, exact same times, and use say 3 feet of 12lb fluoro leader and a #10, and we compare notes after a few seasons, you will have more and bigger fish.


I run a few feet of 12 or 14lb fluoro leader to a #10 treble hook.. ive broke off several large walleyes using 8-10lb fluoro.. so, i up'd my leaders to 12-14, havnt seem much of a difference. And no breaking on those 10-13lb walleyes..

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Re: Are walleye line shy?
« Reply #21 on: Jan 07, 2018, 06:07 PM »
Breakin' off fish on 8 - 10# leaders? Musta been some hawgs. I can land fish that weight 3x the pound test of the line/leader I'm using. Routinely. No horsing and you'll get most of 'em. Unless it's a pike cutoff.

That said I do catch walleye on very light wire rigs.  ;)
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Re: Are walleye line shy?
« Reply #22 on: Jan 10, 2018, 06:47 PM »
Breakin' off fish on 8 - 10# leaders? Musta been some hawgs. I can land fish that weight 3x the pound test of the line/leader I'm using. Routinely. No horsing and you'll get most of 'em. Unless it's a pike cutoff.

That said I do catch walleye on very light wire rigs.  ;)

Hawgs? I guess you could say that. Bigger then the walleyes your targeting, im sure of that.

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Re: Are walleye line shy?
« Reply #23 on: Dec 04, 2018, 06:51 PM »
All my main lines are superlines.  On stationary or very slow presentations like slip bobbing, or lindy rigging I use about 12-16" flouro leader on faster presentations I will tie straight to the rig. While ice fishing I usually always have a flouro leader on. After viewing walleye in the winter on a camera for many years I found that movement, sometime even the slightest will have walleye move off, not really scared but they move off.

Many time when the walleye are approaching the bait I do not move the bait at all, I think movement will flare them off before the line will but I still use flouro.  Sometime they will have to flare and take the lure three or four times before they take down my ice buster float  even an 1". Hot bite is different of course but slow is usually the norm in our area in winter.

 



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