Favorite Live Bait?

[timthemedic]

Mine is usually leeches, or minnows. What's everyone else's "go-to" live bait for 'eyes?

[lovestohunt]

regular leeches on a slip bobber, anchored off reefs or ledges. I hate trolling for them. It gets boring to me. Never saw a need to purchase the "jumbo" leeches and pay the extra money.

[.358 MAN]

regular leeches on a slip bobber, anchored off reefs or ledges. I hate trolling for them. It gets boring to me. Never saw a need to purchase the "jumbo" leeches and pay the extra money.
I fish Mille Lacs and my favorite is the biggest black leeches you can get while drifting or cork fishing over rocks..

[Larry]

Night crawlers on the Ol' Lindy Rig.

[GreatWhiteNorth517]

Monster crawler on a spinner rig. For the finesse bite, 1/2 crawler on 1 hook, 1 float lindy rig. Interestingly enough, gulp crawlers on these setups catch just as many fish. Also are more durable, can catch 5-10 fish before needing to mess with bait.

[Adam Bomb]

It depends. For cool water periods i prefer minnows. When the summer hits and im chasing fish along weedlines, structure or deep basins its tough to beat a crawler or leach on a spinner rig behind a BB or an Inline weight.

[ksdeerhunter]

During the period from mid May through mid June I typically fish spillways in Kansas for walleyes using 2-4" bluegill or green perch. I accidently stumbled apon this while fishing for cats. I use a .5-2 oz weight tied to the bottom of the terminal line and add a dropper 12-18" above. The hits are usually just a small downward pull, and if you don't set the hook, sometimes the fish will release the bait, sometimes swallow it. I believe the appetite is fierce during this time after the spawn, and before the lakes heat up for drift fishing. I have only caught one walleye during any other time of the year on the same bait. You also get the added bonus of the occasional channel, blue and even a large flathead.
First time I used this a buddy and I limited out at Clinton res. June 2nd, 2000 . No one else was catching any and it was pissing quite a few folks off. The fish that day ran from 3 lbs to 10 3/4 lbs.

Good luck Ks.

[crablegs]

crawlers are my favorite.

[HoneyHole]

Crawlers on a harness with snap weights for me on Saginaw Bay. Mini-dipsies will surprise you though.

[FishinDave221]

For yellow perch, you cannot go wrong with a minnow of any kind. Where I fish out of Lake Michigan shiners or small alewives and shad are always a sure bet.

For walleyes I like to use nightcrawlers on a harness.

[12Bravo20Bravo4]

I use fatheads in spring, crawlers in summer, then sucker minnows through fall and winter. I like sucker minnows the best they are tough and the eyes really seem to love em.

[mstarbird2000]

I don't fish for walleye (none in my state that I know of), but I do fish for Perch and Bass and other than the obvious worm/night crawler, I have very good luck with shiners. Especally ice fishing. I have this one pond I ice fish at and normally catch a 3-5 lb bass on 90% of my flags and 2-3 lbs perch on the other 10%. it also is not uncommon for me to catch 15-20 at that size in a day at this pond.

[Gator75]

3 Words:

Red Tail Chubs

[HOGWILD]

Water Dogs!!