plastics

I want to start Fishing walleyes. I have been looking at.plastics and hair jigs. Their is alot of different companies that make plastics and hair jigs just wondering everyones thoughts on who makes the best and what models ie paddletails are the best. I dont have any walleye gear now and know very little about it . Thanks Jason

I,ve found that when buying plastics, the best thing to do is buy as many colors and types that you can,along with different weights of jigs! As long as your jig is along the bottom and touching it from time to time ,a knowing that the location your fishing in holds walleyes! Your going to enjoy fishing with plastics more than any other way! Many sport shops will be glad to help you with you selection.Buy a lot ,you,ll need them! If your not getting snags , your not getting where the eyes roam! Make sure to use a good rod with a lot of feel to it! remember, If your waiting to get big hits from walleyes,99 percent of the time that,s not going to happen! Anyway try this and work things slow until you feel the difference! Most dealers of plastics won,t sell to you unless your a dealer, or you buy a large amount from them! So give this a try, and let me know what happens! Butch Walleyes13

Fishing in Northern Canada I've used mostly 3" twisty tail grubs on a 1/8 oz. jighead.Best colors seem to be white or yellow for the TT and jig heads.Use these for trolling and jigging.You may have to use a bigger JH while trolling in deep water over 8 to 10 ft.

I hate to be THAT GUY to point this out, but the gentelman asked about what to use for walleyes because he is new. Telling someone to go to a website and look around is not going to help much. There is a lot to know about what to buy for differet parts of the year and conditions. Anyone mention creature baits? Getting to be a new thing that is taking off. There are thousands of different varities of plastics to choose from. A lot of those plastics need different types of jigs/hooks to make them work properly. Selling someone on an idea or website is not helping much. I use Berkley Gulp in the 3-4 inch range. Berkley ripple shads in white, shad, and firetiger. Northland slurpies, Berkley ribbon tails and some different mister twisters. I've also used senkos designed for bass fishing. Everything I listed can be used and fished somewhat effectively with a 1/8th to 1/4 ounce or even 3/8 ounce round head jig in any color. Northland gumball jigs are a good all around jig head. There are lot of places that sell home-made jigs in varoius colors and sizes that are much cheaper than buying the name brand stuff.

During the spring time I love the ringworm or moxi minnow from bfishintackle. Later on in the season I like to use paddle tail swim baits such as the Northland Mimic minnow or the storm Wildeye shad. During the summer I usually fish some sort of blade in front of my swimbaits too.

Just made a $30 order from bfishntackle. I love the plastic tails for walleye and bass. The 2.45" paddle tails work best for me when walleye fishing. Good luck

http://www.4seasonsports.com/products/4-b-fish-n-tackle-ringworms-12-pack.html They work awesome for jigging walleyes. Going to try some of these this spring: http://www.bfishntackle.com/pulser_paddletail.html or http://www.bfishntackle.com/3inch_moxi.html I used to tie hair jigs of all colors of deer tail but never saw that those were any more effective than plastics.

Berkley gulp in 3" minnow. Smelt or black shad is what I use most of the time. 90% of the time they work as well as live bait. Also try 3" or 4" ringworms.

Depending on how they bite I almost always use paddle tail and gulp plastics. I like using plastic tails because the usually last a long time. Also you can save a few bucks on minnows. Just my opinion... Good luck and have a good season

try bfishingtackle.com. They have some great plastics!