benczar94 Posted November 22, 2021 Report Share Posted November 22, 2021 Caught a bunch of big walleye on the perch colored negotiator in 34 degree water temps. They were following it from below to the boat and smoking it boat side when I gave it the right side to side twitch and pause. BittyRanger, yev14, CG_Fishes and 31 others 34 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CG_Fishes Posted November 22, 2021 Report Share Posted November 22, 2021 Damn, that is so sick! I have been waiting for a walleye to eat one of my baits for years. Targeting pike, musky and smallmouth in rivers known for holding trophy walleye I would have thought that I would have pulled one up. Great catches though, so cool! benczar94 and DrewManFishing 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikopap1 Posted November 22, 2021 Report Share Posted November 22, 2021 Those are nice! benczar94 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim137a Posted November 22, 2021 Report Share Posted November 22, 2021 Awesome !!!! benczar94 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yev14 Posted November 22, 2021 Report Share Posted November 22, 2021 Well done!! benczar94 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fried Lemons Posted November 22, 2021 Report Share Posted November 22, 2021 Hell yeah those are some monsters! benczar94 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jthod Posted November 22, 2021 Report Share Posted November 22, 2021 Damn, nice eye. I caught my PB up in SD in October. Getting a couple trips lined up for this winter now. benczar94 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishDr Posted November 23, 2021 Report Share Posted November 23, 2021 That is so awesome! I love catching big walleye on swimbaits, and you've just shown me a different way to do it. It seems like most of your fish are hitting the bait during the day? benczar94 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benczar94 Posted November 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2021 FishDr yeah I did get most of them to go during the day but the lake I was on has never been very good to me in low light or after dark for whatever reason. I was catching most of them in 4 feet or less of water, some were biting light but the bigger ones were hitting it pretty hard. Even caught some 14-16 inchers on it. chevro1et and FishDr 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishDr Posted November 23, 2021 Report Share Posted November 23, 2021 1 hour ago, benczar94 said: FishDr yeah I did get most of them to go during the day but the lake I was on has never been very good to me in low light or after dark for whatever reason. I was catching most of them in 4 feet or less of water, some were biting light but the bigger ones were hitting it pretty hard. Even caught some 14-16 inchers on it. That's really cool - the lakes where I tend to get my big swimbait walleyes are pretty clear and deep, but the fish do move in shallow under cover of darkness to try to bushwhack stocker trout and often hit the bait in 2 - 3' feet of water. Does your lake have pretty good water clarity? I'm starting to get inspired to make some daytime trips to a couple of the lakes I like to see what I might be able to draw out of the depths - I'll need to break out the thermal underwear though - the water temp is going to be brisk! benczar94 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benczar94 Posted November 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2021 Yes it has pretty good water clarity, sometimes 4 foot visibility, sometimes 10+ just depends on wind. I’d say it’s always worth a try during the day, and worst case scenario you’ll probably get some followers to help identify good areas to try. Far too often I think people start too subtle and small for walleye when often times they will respond to larger and more aggressive presentations even in freezing water temps. I think in the situations I’ve had success they have really been keyed in on year old perch up shallow. FishDr and yev14 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whompuscat658 Posted November 24, 2021 Report Share Posted November 24, 2021 Nice I just ordered my first Roman made...it's one of the awabi negotiations. I'm pumped to fish it. For a few years my on was a 28.5 that I got during the day with a really fast burn from shore benczar94 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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yev14 Posted November 24, 2021 Report Share Posted November 24, 2021 18 hours ago, benczar94 said: Far too often I think people start too subtle and small for walleye when often times they will respond to larger and more aggressive presentations even in freezing water temps. I think in the situations I’ve had success they have really been keyed in on year old perch up shallow. I could not agree more with this statement benczar94 and FishDr 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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