Walleye bait

[kenny thomas]

For anyone that fishes for Walleye, what is a good bait? I caught a 3.5lb one here recently and would like to fish for more. Im sure the one i caught was by accident.

 

[aprille218]

We use worms in the summer and frozen shiner minnows in the winter here. Hammered gold jiggs work well with both.

 

[Silver]

I like to use jigs.

 

[kenny thomas]

I like to use jigs.

Any pictures?

 

[4hfarms]

I used a 3/4oz cleo(?) Spoon glow in the dark. Works well in deep water up against the spillway dam @ Milford Lake, KS. Its the only time I have caught them.

 

[Silver]

Any pictures?

I had good luck using this jig:

 

[redcowsrule33]

I had good luck using this jig:

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We always had good luck with those only white with a hot pink jig head.

 

[Silver]

We always had good luck with those only white with a hot pink jig head.

Seems like they can switch from one colour to another, but this colour seems to be in favour more often than others. This jig is the one that taught me the word “chartreuse “lol. I probably used the plain jig heads more often than the others. Not sure if it matters.

 

[kenny thomas]

I had good luck using this jig:

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How big?

 

[MACVSOG]

Seems like they can switch from one colour to another, but this colour seems to be in favour more often than others. This jig is the one that taught me the word "chartreuse "lol. I probably used the plain jig heads more often than the others. Not sure if it matters.v

segue:

i was just reading an article in the texas farm bureau magazine about a recent trip that members took to canada.

members took notes and compared operations in texas to those in canada.

one individual mentioned observing a year-round regenerative cattle grazing operation.
suppposed inspired by the natural grazing cycles of bison. the texans were intrigued. presumably the cattle graze all winter in the foothills of the canadian rockies without being fed hay of perhaps no feeding at all. the canadians understood the patterns of the bison and applied that to modern production and modern agriculture.

just wondering if you are familiar with such. perhaps cattle do not encounter enough snow to preclude them from uncovering enough crass. the place visited is presumably near alberta, perhaps not close to you.

my apologies for the intrusion to your conversation

 

[Silver]

How big?

Now you're asking the tough questions. They probably come in specific sizes, but I wouldn't know them. The grub would measure about 3" long.

Edit: just dug up some of my stuff, this is the size I use mostly.

 

[Silver]

segue:

i was just reading an article in the texas farm bureau magazine about a recent trip that members took to canada.

members took notes and compared operations in texas to those in canada.

one individual mentioned observing a year-round regenerative cattle grazing operation.
suppposed inspired by the natural grazing cycles of bison. the texans were intrigued. presumably the cattle graze all winter in the foothills of the canadian rockies without being fed hay of perhaps no feeding at all. the canadians understood the patterns of the bison and applied that to modern production and modern agriculture.

just wondering if you are familiar with such. perhaps cattle do not encounter enough snow to preclude them from uncovering enough crass. the place visited is presumably near alberta, perhaps not close to you.

my apologies for the intrusion to your conversation

I believe there are places where cattle can survive some years without feed but I don’t think there is anywhere that you could count on it. I do stand to be corrected but that is my understanding. It certainly can’t be done here, and there are many historical accounts of Americans driving herds up into Canada with the promise of open winters on the southern grasslands only to lose everything when conditions turned on them.

 

[gcreekrch]

segue:

i was just reading an article in the texas farm bureau magazine about a recent trip that members took to canada.

members took notes and compared operations in texas to those in canada.

one individual mentioned observing a year-round regenerative cattle grazing operation.
suppposed inspired by the natural grazing cycles of bison. the texans were intrigued. presumably the cattle graze all winter in the foothills of the canadian rockies without being fed hay of perhaps no feeding at all. the canadians understood the patterns of the bison and applied that to modern production and modern agriculture.

just wondering if you are familiar with such. perhaps cattle do not encounter enough snow to preclude them from uncovering enough crass. the place visited is presumably near alberta, perhaps not close to you.

my apologies for the intrusion to your conversation

A friend of mine “grazes” cows year round on his operation just south of Calgary. Most of the grazing is in grass form well into late January and even February some years. The cows are then trucked home from the foothills and grazed on barley chaff bunches left behind by the combine. Following the barley bunches they go to swath grazing and back to grass.
One of our bulls suppliers grazes standing corn in winter after grass and goes back to grass in early April.

While these two operations and many more like them don’t conventionally feed hay like most do, they are prepared to feed should a bad winter happen.