Using Flashers for walleye

[fishngary]

I was curious If anybody uses flashers while trolling for walleye, and if so what would you recommend?

[PerchJerker]

A number of guys still use flashers on their bowmount trolling motors, although fewer and fewer every year. And there's still some guys that use them when running their main motors or kicker motors. There's nothing wrong with using a flasher in a boat, and there's some awesome flashers out there to choose from. Marcum and Vexilar are your choices, and if you're shopping for a flasher be sure to make sure you get one that you can easily view in the sunlight.

Personally I haven't used a flasher in my boat in quite a few years. The color graphs these days are so good and so quick that I feel like I'm giving something up by using a flasher. Color gps with mapping abilities and map chips is a huge benefit also. I rig my boat with color graphs and color gps/graph combo units, no flashers (except for ice fishing )

My recommendation is if you already have a flasher and want to use it in your boat, go ahead. But if you're thinking of buying a flasher to use in your boat, take a look at some of the color graphs and consider them before you buy. Hope this helps.

[fishngary]

Thanks for the info Perch, but the flasher that I'm referring to is the one that you run on your line 12-36 inches above your lure i.e what people use for trolling for lake trout. Dodgers are another style I suppose. I've seen some marketed towards walleye, but all the info I read about trolling for walleyes nobody mentions using them.

[PerchJerker]

Oooops I'm with ya now.

Flasher / dodgers for walleyes ---- couldn't tell ya. I've never heard of it being done before (which isn't to say it doesn't work).

I know there's a big difference between flashers and dipsy divers, but I've used dipsy divers for walleyes and felt they hurt my number of bites.

[mr walleye]

We used flashers for Lake Trout in Canada and have caught BIG walleyes on them several times.

[Boogaard]

I use flashers with down riggers all the time when I go to alaska King fishing. Havent heard of guys using them on walleyes though. It doesnt really make and sense to me to use them since lakes do not really have a current to them. The whole idea to the flasher is to create a roll appearance of dead bait in the tide water. Not to say it would not work for walleyes but id look into to it. If you can find flashers small enough and a downrigger for your boat. Try many different brands they all seem to give different action. My favorite is the Abe N Al if you can find them.

[tacklejunkie]

 Originally Posted By: PerchJerker

Oooops I'm with ya now.

Flasher / dodgers for walleyes ---- couldn't tell ya. I've never heard of it being done before (which isn't to say it doesn't work).

I know there's a big difference between flashers and dipsy divers, but I've used dipsy divers for walleyes and felt they hurt my number of bites.

ROFL!!! dont feel bad. i was going to answer the same way. last year i did catch a couple of beautiful silver walleyes with dodgers on l superior. the smaller kind with spoons so i suppose you could use flahers. you have to troll faster with flashers as opposed with dodgers

[Jim Hudson]

Not flashers per se.. But, the use of spoons incorporated into crawler harnasses for walleye could be seen as the same as using a flasher/fly for salmon, just on a smaller spectrum.

Gives good roll and flash in front of the crawler on open water bites on the great lakes for 'eyes.

[Team Otter]

I would have said the same thing Dave. Just goes to show I've never fished the Great Lakes for walleyes. Ha!