Walleye bite on dead bait.

[Jack Peterson]

Thinking the walleyes are more into dead shiners on a lindy rig right now. Ran out of bait last night, and had one shiner left that was dead on the floor of the boat. Chucked it in belly side up and caught a 6lb walleye in less than 2 minutes. Kind of cool! That girl was probably looking for an easy meal!

[reinhard1]

i cought a nice walley in canada in white otter lake with a piece of a rib section from a smaller walley i had cleaned earlier. i put it out in deeper water while on shore going after lake trout. i usualy used smelt, but ran out. good luck.

[Larson01]

Given I mostly fish LOW, when it comes to minnows we fish almost exclusively with frozen shiners for walleye, some exceptions being in fall and spring.

[tacklejunkie]

I use dead, frozen shiners on LOTW, on a jig with success. In fact, IMO, they outfish living minnows. I don't even jig them

[reinhard1]

my guess it's that dead bait give off more scent,smelt even more. good luck.

[malkin]

Is the frozen smelt you get from the grocery store ok to use on inland lakes?

http://news.dnr.state.mn.us/index.php/20...t-be-preserved/

[Northlander]

I have used the dead preserved shiners that you can get in vacumed sealed bags at baitshops with good success on LOW and Rainy river as well as around home.

[chickeywing]

I threw my left over fat heads in a ziplock bag and froze them. Worked just as good the next weekend as live minnows in my local river.

A couple years ago, they would only bite on jigs with the minnows hooked upside down.

TC

[malkin]

How about the preserved shads (in the resealable bags)--any difference or is a fish a fish?

What technique seems to work best for presentation? Drift with a bobber or throw and retrieve?

[Jim Almquist]

How about the preserved shads (in the resealable bags)--any difference or is a fish a fish?

What technique seems to work best for presentation? Drift with a bobber or throw and retrieve?

Let the fish dictate how they want the bait presented. I like to start by jigging aggressively and if that is not what they want slow it down a little bit and it may take just dragging the jig on the bottom. The same can be done done with rigging by giving a couple of quick pulls or a few short pull and maybe just pull your bait6" to 10" and let it rest for a moment before your repeat.

We buy our shiner's by the quart in the spring and I always use up all the dead ones before I will ever touch a live one and have never had a problem getting fish in the boat.

[TruthWalleyes]

Walleyes would only hit the crank bait last night when it was stopped...Lol Dead Bait, Live Bait, Irractic Bait... Who knows.

[tacklejunkie]

I have used the dead preserved shiners that you can get in vacumed sealed bags at baitshops with good success on LOW and Rainy river as well as around home.

You know, I've seen those but never knew anybody who used them but I've wanted to try it. When you say around home, you mean the SLR, also?

How do they compare to GULP??

[Chode2235]

Get the frozen ones, not the ones that are preserved in the 'juice'.

The frozen ones work great, although every time you set the hook the minnow is gone.

[Fish Head]

On LOTW, frozen shiners have been the ticket for some time now.

I've tried the bag of preserved shiners that you see at the store, but I didn't care for them.

[Fish Head]

On LOTW, frozen shiners have been the ticket for some time now.

I've tried the bag of preserved shiners that you see at the store, but I didn't care for them.