SpinDrift the weeds, Insane golf line trick, Mono vs braid for glide baits

There’s nothing new about pulling ‘crawlers thru the weeds for walleyes – always have and always will catch ’em – but here’s a few tweaks to help get your bait past some of those little bluegills and right in a walleye’s face.

Great way to catch pressured walleyes RIGHT NOW on “average” lakes that might be right in your backyard, and cover a bit of water (at 1 mph) until you land on a pod:

And before you give KTFishing any flack for keeping (instead of releasing) a 30″ walleye…you need to know that he spent a half an hour trying to revive the beast, but she unfortunately wasn’t going anywhere. #MindBogglingBig

SHEESH! Imagine what one of those “steaks” would cost at a restaurant….

I’ve always sort of wished that I had picked up golfing…but the problem is: A good day to golf is a great day to fish LOL. Somehow, someway, Gibson Tilly appears to be reeeeally good at both. And I’d argue that this insanely cool video has to be the FASTEST possible way to un-spool a fishing reel?!?!

Nicely done, dude! Seriously impressive.

Lot of folks have hopped on the braided-line bandwagon and never left but there’s a time and place for everything…. Here’s my take on mono vs braid when slinging Rapala Jigging Raps (or any glide bait) for walleyes:

1. You know you’re obsessed with fishing when…. From photog-magician @nolan_swinghamer.

2. This one from “semi-professional worm wiggler” Sam Sommerness (@ssfishing_) was too funny not to share because the guilt is real lol:

3. Safe to say Tayler Michels (@t_mike33) is excited for the Lake Oahe NWT event that kicks off tomorrow outta Mobridge, SD:

Why to use high-speed spinning reels for glide baits.

I find it sorta interesting how gear ratios (how many times the spool turns each time you crank the reel handle) are a big deal when talking about baitcasters and bass fishing, but are rarely mentioned in the walleye world. I’m assuming it’s because for years we just didn’t have many options for different gear ratios in ’em.

Here’s NWT pro Korey Sprengel talking about the size-30 Abu Garcia Revo Rocket Spinning Reel that has a 7:1 gear ratio and brings in 40″ of line per crank [!!!] and why it’s his go-to for glide baits:

“My rod arsenal sure has changed over the past couple of years.”

– Know there’s a lot of folks reading that will be able to relate to this one posted by my bud Jordan Spychalla hahaha:

Leave it to Jessie Baker to stick a mondo walleye throwing a 10″ Suick for muskies.

She was SIMMS‘d-out from head to toe hiding from a zillion mosquitoes – still looks worth it to me! And judging by Jessie’s Instagram, she’s caught more muskies this season alone than I have in my entire life. Amazing.

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