Walleyes and Maggots?

[Guest]

Anyone catching walleyes on maggots(euro larvae,spikes,waxies)? Sometimes when I'm fishing crappies at night, a walleye smacks my tiny glow jig tipped with maggots. I caught a 3 pounder off maggots last year and wondering if anyone else has any stories.

Thanks.....Good Fishing, Matt.

[Guest]

MJ5,
Although I have not fish for walleyes with waxies in the winter. My favorite slow 'eye presentation in the summer is a 1/8 to 1/4 ounce florescent pink jig tipped either with a 1" to 2" white mister twister tail or a couple of wax worms or meal worms. I hate to devulge my secret lure. This lure produced above all others when the fishing was slow this summer. I even had 2 5 pound 'eyes when everyone else was skunked.
Small grub worms work great, you just have to use them at the right time.

-Mr Fisherman

P.S.
The only reason I devulged my secret weapon was because I feel I have picked up so much from this site that I owed something. Oh ya, I think I'll try that trick next weekend, see if it works as good on hard-water. It should, but we'll find out.

[hawgTime]

A couple years back I caught a 2 lb. walleye while setting my depth with one of those lead depth-finders attached to my hook. I dropped the unbaited hook and depth-finder weight down the hole and a walleye grabbed it before it hit the bottom. Oh and there was that time I caught that 12 lb. walleye on a tiny glow jig tipped with a perch eye. OK, maybe the walleye was only a couple lbs., nevertheless, I was still surprised to catch a walleye fishing with a perch eye.

mike

[jeff127]

I caught a limit of 2-3 pound walleyes on lake waconia 2 years ago at first ice. I was fishing for sunnies with a shrimpo tipped with a couple euros; right at sunset they came in and slammed my jig. Within a half an hour I caught ten walleyes and had the eleventh one snap my line. My best night for walleyes through the ice as of yet and I wasn't even after them. Definately a memorable experience on light ice tackle.

jeff

[jdm911]

Caught two eyes on Genz worm with spikes two weeks ago on Devils Lk, small but they hit hard

[fish]

I catch quite a few walleyes using wax worms. I sometimes having trouble coaxing morning and midday walleys into biting when using fatheads. What I do is us a fathead spoon combination to bring the fish in. When if the fish are just sittting there staring at the spoon I reel it up and quickly drop down a small jig with wax worms. Works for me.

[Johnny B]

I have caught several walleyes using a tiny glow jig tipped with a waxie. Nothing huge, but a few have been respectable.
While crappie fishing I always drop a waxie under a spring bobber and so many times I have coaxed a light biting walleye into taking it. Now even when I fish strictly for eyes, if I mark fish on my Vexilar and can't get them to bite either my spoon, rap or set line, I'll drop down a waxie. It may not work every time but definitley worth trying.

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[Guest]

Thanks for all the replies.
I like to hear other stories.
Keep em' coming.
Good Fishing, Matt.

[Guest]

I have seen my share of big eye's caught from deep basins while using #3 Rapala JR's loaded with larva while searching for perch.

Devils Lake is a good example of this situation as is Waubay Lake SD, fresh water shrimp is the key for this to happen often. Big walleye glued to the basin in the deep winter period often feed on shrimp or things that eat the shrimp.

I have a friend who has several 12# plus walleye to his name on tiny JR's off deep basins in late January or early February. With 2-6# test that can be a challenge for sure!

I pulled up a 17.5 Buff on the tiny JR on 2# test, that was a hoot!

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[Guest]

Maybe, sure worth a try just to see what they do?

Even were the fresh water shrimp are plentyfull they seldome are the bait of choice.

Larva often is a better option. They stay on a hook better and they have they fresh juicie smell to them that many fish want.

Good fat fresh active larva are hard to beat on slugish fish.

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[Johnny B]

MJ5,
My thought is that freshwater shrimp would be an excellent livebait alternative even if they are not present in a specific ecosystem. Fish never see a wax worm in it's natural environment but it's an outstanding bait. Nor do they ever see a nightcrawler or most of the minnows that we commonly use.

I can believe shrimp must be difficult to keep on the hook!

Where did you see them and were they expensive?

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[Guest]

Thanks Backwater Eddy, I prefer euro larvae as well but will give them a try.

Johnny B, I found them at Mike's Sporting Goods/Baitshop out in Forest Lake. I didn't check the price but I don't think they should be too expensive.

Good Fishing, Matt.

[minneman]

FyI, 2 sauger I caught at LOW sat burped out mayfly larve, and the fish were only biting on small minnows, wish Id had some waxies?!

[fiskyknut]

Many times I have seen fish that I catch on the deep LOW mudflats burp up insect larvae. They indeed like those maggots/waxies and such. Myself, I use regular mealworms from the petshop, thread one on a small black leadhead, after the first couple quick fish you can offer to sell your buddy mealworms for 25 cents apiece!

[Guest]

Backwater Eddy, I saw some freshwater shrimp at a baitshop in the metro area (minnesota). Would those work for fish in this area where freshwater shrimp aren't present?

Thanks.....Good Fishing, Matt.

[Guest]

fiskyknut, sounds like you can make some nice money selling those meal worms. I have a petshop near by and will have to pick some up.

Thanks.....Good Fishing, Matt.

[Guest]

I just talked to a buddy of mine that has a 10x18 fish house on Mille Lacs. He was jigging for perch with a small jighead tipped with euro larvae and he caught himself a 3 pound walleye. Pretty nice fish. Just another story.
Good Fishing, Matt.

[Guest]

Fished Bald Eagle Lake on Saturday and caught a nice mess of crappies. Also pulled up two walleyes as well. Didn't catch them on maggots but watched a nearby fisherman catch a 26-incher on a spoon tipped with maggots. He tossed her back but took some pictures.
Good Fishing, Matt.