Fishing for Walleye - Quest 25 of 50
Channel: T Fish
Date: 2017-09-03

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I moseyed on over to the Wisconsin River and caught some fish.  The first one caught was a walleye. Here's how to catch a walleye with a bottom rig.  Just put a little weight on your line, put a dead minnow and a piece of worm on your hook, cast it out, and wait for the walleye to bite.  That's what worked for me today.  Here's how to catch a redhorse, or how I caught the river redhorse on the Wisconsin River.  I used a slip sinker a small hook (a # 1 hook) with a bit of worm.  I then reeled in slowly and hooked a redhorse.  I also caught a smallmouth.  That was pretty sweet, too.

River walleye fishing is really about finding where the walleye are and getting your bait in front of them.  With a slip sinker and a worm, the current makes the worm move around.  Walleye tend to bite moving things instead of stationary things, so this is a good way to present bait without having to cast and retrieve as much.  That's how I walleye fish on a river, but you can cast and retrieve if you want.  Walleye fishing in Wisconsin is really popular on the rivers, and if you want to go up farther north, there are several great walleye lakes, not to mention the great lakes like Lake Michigan and Lake Superior.

I caught all three fish in a similar fashion.  I'm a fan of "bottom" fishing, which means having your bait near the bottom, which is usually where most fish hang out.  It was a good day, catching a redhorse sucker, a smallmouth bass, and a river walleye all on the same fishing rig in the same location.