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Hello,
I'm new to BFT and this looks like a place you could really gain some knowledge about specific waters. It's great ! I was wondering if anyone has tried Gulp Alive Leeches at Willard behind a bottom bouncer for Walleye? I would appreciate any advise.
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Never tried them just nightcrawlers. Caught them on bottom bouncers with night crawlers and deep diving lures
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Mactuna,
Thanks for the reply. Im not sure the Walleye in Willard know what a Leech looks like. I was thinking about buying some but they are pretty proud of them.
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The bass at Sand Hollow liked them. I won some of them as they are pretty pricy. I'll try them in a week or two or whenever I get out to Willard and let you know how they do.
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I used them so much in ND fishing Devils lake that I bought one of the big tubs of them. I haven't pulled them out at willard YET, only becasue they are a bait I usually use starting around july. Most leaches in the wild arent really active until the water gets warmer, so waiting until july makes it seem that much more natural, at least thats the way I look at it.
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They will eat anything that moves.
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what do you bottom bounce w/, tube jigs, or jig head and bait or what. I really want to catch some walleye this year, and I am clueless on how. I think i had a nice one on at the narrows last year, I was casting to shore and jigging a spinner back to me, but thats as close as i've come to catching one i think.
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Use these with a worm or leech. In Wyoming we use a minnow. Slow as paint drying and then some
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Thank you, aparently i am clueless.
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We knew absolutley nothing about Walleye's when we mover here from Calif and have elarned by reading and trial an error on the lakes. We still can't catch one at Utah lake, others we can catch them. They are one elusive fish at times.
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I posted about using them on another lake to get eyes last year, they work about as good as gulp minnows do for bass, not what I would use...[  ][crazy][ ][cool]
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I disagree on not using bottom bouncers. They are my number one producer for walleye's, especially this time of year. Use a worm harness and a crawler and get to the right trolling speed (slow slow slow, probably about a mile an hour gps speed tops). Presentation is key you don't just drag the bouncer on the bottom, it should "bounce" occasionally, it will take you a little while to know the difference between a hit and the bottom this time of year. You don't just let a bouncer out there and forget about it, constant adjustment in key, you need to be where the fish are. They can hit very delicately. I leave my poles in rod holders instead of in my hand as I set the hook to fast and pull it out of their mouth, I guess I'm too used to using crank baits and am too jumpy. Look up some of the walleye guys posts on here, Crankem comes to mind on bouncers. He catches an awful lot of eyes on them. I have all graphite poles with braid I use for the real sensitive bite and ugly sticks with mono when they are more active. With the ugly sticks I put them off the side in the pole holder at a 90 degree and when they hit the pole bends enough to usually set the hook on the eyes (usually trolling a little faster when they are more active). The graphite poles I've learned to feed it to them a little then sweep set the hook. Even with the ugly sticks you'll get used to feeling the set and you may have to sweep set. Crankem I think thinks I'm nuts for my ugly stick routine but it has worked for me in the past. You always need to watch your line because if you're trolling slow enough the eye can pick it up and swim the same direction as the boat. Sweep set is key again. Walleye are not easy fish to catch which is why I love going after them. It's not like trolling with cranks, you really need to pay attention.
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Sorry Bassrods, I thought you were saying not to use bouncers, now I see it looks like you're not a fan of gulp alive leeches. My mistake.
As for the leeches, I'd use crawlers unless the panfish keep taking the bait off the hook then the artificials seem to help that problem.
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Been using them since they came out. They work very well for all species. You can use them through the ice too.
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Your wrong again...I love the gulp it works, bottom bounce? well yes I use a form of it, I like to use the Mojo rock hopper for the weight it keeps the bait or lure closer to the bottom + you can work it slower then the bottom bouncer...There is more then one way to skin a cat..[ ][crazy]
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I think I will try them all. I was even thinking about a Lindy Rig set up.
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You can fish a bottom bouncer as slow as anything out there. Are you sponsored or getting paid by Mojo in any way? Sounds like it the way you're talking about them.
Not only can you fish bottom bouncers at any speed but you can have your worm harness completely on the bottom if you'd want to do that. I don't but if that's the goal it is easy to do. I became a fan of some super tall bottom bouncers Crankem hand makes, really nice for sage brush covered bottoms. I don't want any gunk on the worm harness at all. Eyes are looking up for food not down. The bottom bouncer is the best snag resistant tool that I'm aware of.
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Can't argue with the Linders. Lindy rigging is good as well. I still prefere to bounce but that's just one way to do things
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I haven't tried the leech but I used plastic worms on a bottom bouncer and did alright, but nightcrawlers caught more fish. later chuck
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Lindy rigs work best when you are fishing shallow,12 feet or less, and the water is clear. With not too many sticks and weeds. You can put a Lindy rig back 200 feet and pull it in big s turns. That way the lure is taking a different path than the boat and reaching unspooked fish. Bottom bouncers fall over if you fish them that far back, and snag up.
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