Best spring walleye baits and techniques (NO LIVE BAIT!)

Got nothing against draggin’ around live bait if that’s your thing…what’s important is that you’re getting out fishing! That being said, there’s a pile of killer artificials out there today that can help step up your game and put bigger fish in the boat.

Here’s a breakdown of my go-to baits for spring walleye fishing. This vid’s primarily talking natural lakes right in your backyard — not Great Lakes, reservoirs, rivers — though some of the info applies to all.

Thanks SO much for watching! 👊
- Brett

Here's my go-to baits for spring walleye fishing:

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[divinecomedy]

*I used to fish with a Crippled Killer growing up in the 50/60’s and **enjoyable.fishing** recommend think this lure gas a smoother propeller action. It is a great surface lure.*

[paul]

Excellent advice!! Went right off with jigging a paddle minnow here in MT, got a 29lb 47.5 inch Tiger Musky 3rd cast in!! A lot of luck, but you're advice gave me the basics!! Thank You!

[bigbrow]

Im just getting into targeting walleye and this has been the most helpful video. Thank you sir!

[Dmo]

Very informative video thank you! Been trying to get dialed into my local walleyes in lower NY for past few years. Going to give your go to impulse a try this spring.

[kevinvue]

wow this is one of the most informative walleye fishing video ive ever seen. Thank you for so much for this. keep it up!

[billsutorius]

Great video !!! Thanks for all that information, I learned a lot. I really enjoy the website and do look forward to it every week, thanks.

[erikstark]

You slept on the paddletail and fly combo homie!!! Hit the biggest walleye I've got on those!

[justin]

Absolutely loved the video and learned a lot! You got yourself another subscriber

[johnzach]

The strike-king rage swimmer and the berkely ripple shad a definitely my go-to swimbaits for spring walleye.

[puffypika]

Great info, thanks for the advice. New to MN and cant wait to hit up the rivers and lakes.

[joshhead]

Anybody else watch this 8 times in the last two days?

[johnxio]

Lots of good information here. Thanks man!!!

[brandonzurawell]

Bout time someone else agrees with me. I'm glad I found this

[martyschechtel]

"No live bait" I love it! Check out a beetle spin rig if you haven't yet. It's great for shallow muddy or stained water.

[boblancaster]

Thanks a lot for the tips. I live on the Lake Michigan side of northern Michigan so the focus is on trout and salmon (port of Manistee) so the walleye fishing is much harder than the east side of the state. You do a great job! 👍👍👍

[cM-zmkp]

Wow, I really appreciate you getting into a lil more depth. New sub. I rea like the fact you don’t cut in between every sentence too lol. Thanks for the tips

[JAdams-qyii]

Loved it! Thank you so very much! Now if you excuse me I'm leaving to go hit the Saint Lawrence River in Upstate NY home of GREAT Walleye!

[jb]

New subscriber! Wow! Very informative and well explained! I'm excited for spring walleyes! I love using jigs myself along with plastics. I also like using the snap baits! I own 3 of them all a variety of color but the chartreuse pattern.

[nitewolf]

Ok just stumbled on this video somehow. Well done video. Got me to subscribe. I fish north side of lake Erie and the grand river that feeds into it. Love catching Walleyes my best so far is a 30.5 inch I caught and released a few years ago trolling a Live Target bluegill in 14ft of water. Hoping to beat that this year

[Adkguerrilla]

Chris Farley reincarnated!! Awesome video brother just caught my first walleye 2 nights ago, 6lbs fat as hell on a 3.5" keitech easy shiner in morning dawn color with a zman headlockz tt swimbait head, im fricken hooked man!