Walleye baits......

[Wallyboss]

Thanks Trevor.

[nips]

St.Lawrence = bottom bouncer with my hand tied harnesses
Nation River = chartreuse jig

[Erie-Eyes]

I guess it’s originally from the Detroit river
The reels are called A&S handlines

We always troll
There is a 1 pound weight on the bottom of the steel line
14" or so up from that we run a 15# test 8' line with a spoon
2 feet above that we run a15# test 12' line with another spoon
We are basically always on bottom
No minnows or worms (although that would help when the bite is off)
we have fished up to 60-70 feet deep
The reels hold 300' of steel line

I will have to take a few more pics of the setup
It’s a blast
We have caught pike, bass, walleye, perch, white bass, just about anything

Hi Trevor 1000, and welcome aboard. Are you by any chance from the Detroit River area? I grew up in Amherstburg, and spent most of my time on the river hand lining with a setup very similar to yours. I believe my brother may still have my reels somewhere in his garage. The system does work well.

[Eli]

white sassy shad (or any similar knockoff) on a heavy jig dragged along bottom.

[Fishing 24/7]

spinner baits of that makes any sense.

[Trev1000]

Hey Erie Eyes,
I am not from there no.
My father-in-law fished in Lake Nippissing with a guy that was from that area.
That’s where he learned about the Hand lines
Ya they are allot of fun.
Funny you don’t hear more about using them

Trevor

[Mike M]

If you watch some of the PWT tournys on TV you'll see a few of the pros using some sort of hand-lining technique. Not sure if the set-up is the same but they use it for better detection of the "light" bite.

[Newt]

Worm harness with a lime green or chartreuse leaf, along with a bottom bouncer usually does it for me. I suppose it all depends where you go. I spend a few days a week fishing the Cabonga reservoir, in La Verendrye park. I’m very interested in trying the Slow Death hooks out this year. Can anyone tell me the hook up used with them? Is it like a normal work harness except with this Slow Death hook?

Newt

[Canmoore]

Personally, I catch almost ALL of my walleye on Jigs. I switch between white and black 1/8 - 1/4 jig heads depending on depth. And I switch between White and Yellow 3' YUM twister grubs.

[eye-tracker]

This season a majority of my walleye have come off jigs or live bait rigs tipped with live bait. The weather has been less than stable and the slower presentations seem to be the key so far this season.

BTW you can not use Hand-lining in the PWT it is only the FLW and MWC that allows this technique. The PWT made a rule many years ago all fish need to be caught on a rod and reel.

Hand-lining is only popular on rivers with very strong currents as it is the only way you can keep a crank bait or plug along bottom when trolling up river when the current is going 5 to 6 mph. In my travels it seems Detroit and Mississippi Rivers have the largest collection of anglers using Hand-lines.

-sheldon

[Boosterman]

I like spinner rigs with creek shiners and very slow presentation. Most of my fish at last weeks tourney where caught on spinner rigging but the diffrence was we where just about standing still. Like Sheldon says very slow. Sometimes we would just stay standing still and dropping our spinners to the bottom.