PLASTICS FOR WALLEYES ON THE RIVER

[halvyt]

I keep reading on the forums and in magazines that plastics are effective for walleyes and I was just wondering if anyone has ever tried them ice fishing? If so what did you use and how did you present them?

[EyeSkater]

I have caught walleyes up to 9# thru the ice on frozen rivers with plastics. My favorite presentation is a whistler jig with a small tube body doused in Kickin' Walleye juice. Flyer jigs work well with plastics also. I tend to avoid curly tails fearing too much action may spook fish.

'Eye-Skater

[halvyt]

What colors typically work best for this? I know that there is a lot of shad in the river so would that be a good color to start with? What about the Berkley baits that glow in the dark for the low visibility?

[Northlander]

A plain round rattle jig with a power smelt or a paddle tail works for me. I dont like whistler jigs in a lot of current unless Im not very actively jigging it.

A bubble up tablet broke in half stuffed into the paddle tails seems to help. Especially for Lakers but at times eyes show a preference to it.

[EyeSkater]

I have found very few colors better than white or yellow for the plastic. Chartreuse is pretty good too. For the whistler jig I like something with orange/green/white on it. Blue-Glow has worked very well and produced some very big fish for me. Work that whistler jig slowly until the fish tell you what they want. Same for the flyer jigs.

'Eye-Skater