Bass Opener + Ned Rig = Walleye?
Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2023 10:41 am
I decided to try a new body of water this weekend in the North Frontenac area. I know it was bass opener, but I prefer to fish for walleye. I went without live bait and decided to try out a bass technique that has been picking up steam in the walleye world for at least a few years now, the Ned Rig.
My lure of choice was the Zman TRD TubeZ on a 3/16oz VMC Ned Rig jig head.
It took me a little while to pick apart the lake, but I eventually found a few cabbage weed beds. Normally I'd troll a crawler harness or lindy rig along the edge of the weed beds, but today since I was using artificials, I anchored and casted along the weed edge, allowing the bait to sink to bottom and then slowly bounced it back to the canoe.
I was on the water from about noon to 6PM and by the end of the day I had caught 3 slot size walleye (17.5 - 18") plus one under, a few nice sized bass, and a couple pike. I rarely keep fish during open water season because I don't like dragging them around on the stringer all day, so they all went back to fight another day!
The walleye were absolutely inhaling that bait!
Here are a few photos of the fish and a short video clip: https://youtu.be/7x3d1dk_qn4
Smokey the bear also made an appearance!
Best part of all, I didn't see a single other boat on the water all day!
Hope you all had a good opening weekend!
My lure of choice was the Zman TRD TubeZ on a 3/16oz VMC Ned Rig jig head.
It took me a little while to pick apart the lake, but I eventually found a few cabbage weed beds. Normally I'd troll a crawler harness or lindy rig along the edge of the weed beds, but today since I was using artificials, I anchored and casted along the weed edge, allowing the bait to sink to bottom and then slowly bounced it back to the canoe.
I was on the water from about noon to 6PM and by the end of the day I had caught 3 slot size walleye (17.5 - 18") plus one under, a few nice sized bass, and a couple pike. I rarely keep fish during open water season because I don't like dragging them around on the stringer all day, so they all went back to fight another day!
The walleye were absolutely inhaling that bait!
Here are a few photos of the fish and a short video clip: https://youtu.be/7x3d1dk_qn4
Smokey the bear also made an appearance!
Best part of all, I didn't see a single other boat on the water all day!
Hope you all had a good opening weekend!