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I’ve been on the run filming this week (more on that later 🧊⛺️🤫)...
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...so today’s Target Walleye is a bit different than the yoozsh....
Believe it or not, there’s still places out there where walleyes jump in the boat like bass (lol). Now let’s run thru 5 of the craziest walleye videos I’ve EVER come across after years of scouring the interwebz – hope you enjoy! 👊
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Legit walleye feeding frenzy! 🌪️
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Phil Nadjiwon captured a walleye feeding frenzy at Caribou Falls Lodge, ON that you have gotta see to believe. SHEESH!
Also exactly what everyone says their spot looked like the day before the tournament. 😜
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What dreams are made of right there!
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Dude is hand feeding walleyes! 😳
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Are you kidding me?! Feeding walleyes by hand?!?! Might want one of those stainless-steel Rapala Fillet Gloves on. 😂 #ChompChomp
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I know some fellas who still couldn’t catch one there.... 😅
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WILD figure-8 walleyes vid!
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Still never seen ANYTHING like this before. 😳 Was forwarded the video from Fishing Hall of Famer Perry Good of guys catching walleyes figure-8ing BIG #18 Rapala Original Floaters (7” and 11/16 oz). 🖐 Never have I ever.
Spoiler alert: They don’t just catch one....
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These guys are lucky I don’t have their contact info...
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Catching 'eyes by hand?! 🐻
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The guy in this Brackish Water Outdoors’ video uses some shore-lunch leftovers to lure in – and nab! – a 23” walleye at Booi’s Fly-in Lodge on Trout Lake, ON.
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Glorious footage of walleyes spawning underwater! 🔥
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Award-winning photographer Bill Lindner used an Aqua-Vu underwater camera to capture waves of walleyes sliding up to spawn. It’s been nearly a decade since Bill shot this footage, and it’s still 10X better than any others I’ve seen attempting to duplicate it. 🙌
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Sign me up for next spring, Bill!
Btw - Do you have a walleye-fishing video we’ve gotta see? Drop us an email and we’ll check it out!
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Here's my 2¢ on those ^
crazy walleye videos... 👀
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Man, watching those Top 5 videos always send my brain for a crazy ride! All I can think about is how freakin’ insane it would be to actually fish those spots...and secondly, how fun it’d be to throw some unusual baits to try and catch ’em...
1) First thing I’d have to try is an Alabamie rig like the YUMbrella Flash Mob Jr (where legal, of course). Why? ‘Cuz it’d be the first time anyone has EVER caught 5 walldawgs in a single cast – can you imagine?!
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I finally crossed an Alabama rig walleye (video) off my fishing bucket list a few yrs back. ✅
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Which btw we can throw the Alabama rig here in MN (regs), but we can only use 1 hook on the entire get-up...rest of ’em have to be clipped off “dummies.”
So I’m digging this comment from @theitchtofish over on Insta:
> “Looks like some further evidence that color and profile do matter.”
It’s pretty crazy when you think about it: I had no “bumps” or hits on the rig prior to this wally cracking it...so that means the fish went STRAIGHT for that big 4” Storm Largo Shad (“electric chicken” color) – on a 3/8-oz VMC Sleek Jig – instead of swiping at the smaller, more-natural looking swimbaits surrounding it. Pretty cool.
Oh, and obviously if I’m busting out the beefy bassin’ gear and 17-lb Sufix Advance Fluorocarbon I’m not NOT going to work on my boat-flipping game (lol):
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2) Would be straight-up wild [!!] to throw the massive 8” (2-3/4 oz) or even 6” (1-1/5 oz) Berkley PowerBait Cull Shad. I can’t wait to throw one for “green carp” in MN again this spring, but I’d definitely settle for a big ol’ razorback – I mean they eat tullibees, so why not?
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3) I also can’t think of a better time/place to catch a topwater walleye than those vids above.
And if I was gonna try and get it done on top, I’m not gonna take the easy way out by twitching a popper above their heads (lol). Be insane to “plop” something like Rapala’s new ClapTail 110 (7/8 oz, 4-3/8") thru those honey holes.... 😎 Plus it’s got that built-in belly swivel on the hook (reduces leverage to keep fish pinned) so there’s less opportunity for a heartbreak.
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I mean, it’d also be pretty dang fun to force ’em to chase a walk-the-dog type of bait – like the Rapala Skitter V – and then hit ‘em with a hard pause to make the bait stare back at ‘em with a nearly 180° turn:
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Pretty sure I saw this dude throwing one somewhere on the Mississippi River last spring:
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Rapid fire ice fishing tips 🔥
This new episode from our “Top 5 Tips, Tricks and Trends of the Month!” video series 🎯 deeper dives into stuff that will legit help you catch more fish RIGHT NOW no matter where you're at.
It’s brought to you by our friends at Humminbird/Minn Kota and is jam packed full of SO much info!
Today’s menu (or auto jump to a specific part):
1. Sneaky panfish spot AWAY from the community (0:24)
2. The single biggest mistake walleye anglers make (1:42)
3. Top secret bottom-pounding trick for picky walleye (3:55)
4. Fish higher in the column for more/bigger crappies (4:39)
5. Overlooked electronics cheat code for shallow weeds (6:00)
Please drop a comment under the vid and let me know what you think. Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to watch!
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Right there with ya, granny!
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Mentioned up above that I’ve been on the run filming this week.... Still have a lot to “unpack” but I can’t wait to share the video from this overnight fishing trip with you. 👊
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Thank you SO much for reading/watching – back atcha tomorrow!
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Target Walleye – walleye during open water and all species during hardwater – is brought to you by Al Lindner, Jay Kumar, Chris Philen, Brett McComas and other diehard fish-heads like you!
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Brett McComas is the main man for Target Walleye He was discovered in Brainerd, MN after years of wondering how in the heck people break into the fishing biz. He's in it now, but still can't answer that question.... Brett is one of those guys who majored in marketing, only because there was no such thing as a "fishing degree" at the time.... Get him at brett@targetwalleye.com
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