Lindy Darter

[thatsawalleye]

Going to buy a Lindy Darter and was wondering what color works best for walley. Also want to know if you use a minnow on the darter or if they work better without the minnow? Also if you are using a minnow what is the best way to hook the minnow on the darter so it keeps the same action? Thanks!!!!

[jwmiller33]

i have one darter and it is the perch pattern... never caught a fish with it but i have probably only used it for a total or 3-4 minutes total this ice season.. it looks promising but i just dont have enough faith in it to use it over my other rigs

[Steve Foss]

A perch pattern always is a good bet for 'eyes, since they eat so many perch and the darter really looks like a small perch dashing off the bottom. In deeper water/low light, color and pattern aren't going to matter much. Size probably will matter more. For 'eyes, I'd go with the smallest or middle sized Lindy Darters.

While I never tip them for lakers, I understand well that for 'eyes a minnow head is a great add-on. To preserve the action, tip the front treble. Tipping the rear treble will tend to kill the side-to-side wobble. And tip the tine of the treble facing directly forward or directly back, as the case may be. If you tip a tine pointing to the side, you can get the lure going in circles.

[thatsawalleye]

Thanks for the info! gonna go out tomorrow and try them out!! the lake that I am going on seems to be pretty dead out there but know it holds alot of walleyes! Maybe I can bring some in with the Darter!!!

[mhmklein]

just bought my first lindy darter, Glow red smaller size off the two, cant wait to hit URL next weekend to make it work!!

[&JAG]

Don't know how the eye's like it but, I've had luck with Tullibee and Perch with a Perch pattern small size... I was fishing for wally too ;0

[walleye365]

i like them got 4. walleye they tend to draw in but not many strikes.pike eat them up but they eat anything they can fit in there mouth.whitefish like them. perch,crappies ect. tend to like them. but i bought them for lake trout and they work.

[Northlander]

I have been catching walleyes on the gold/orange and shiner colors.

[thatsawalleye]

Tryed the small perch colored one tipped with a minnow yesterday for about three hours with no luck. The lake has been pretty dead so I dont blame the darter. Also the lake was really clear. I was the only person fishing the lake!