Trolling lead-core line or downriggers with crankbaits or pulling spinners and bottom bouncers continues to produce excellent walleye numbers in 32 feet to 34 feet of water in the mud basin of Big ...

BAY CITY - Trolling, with long lengths of heavy lead core line, is a novel way to catch Saginaw River walleyes. But this method, a big-water mainstay, is also a go-to Saginaw River tactic for Mark ...

Trolling crankbaits on lead core line is one of the most effective ways of putting a limit of walleyes in the boat on some waters. The lead core approach was popularized several years ago by ...

The 8-foot trolling rod bent into a deep curve, telegraphing the presence of a good-sized fish. My buddy Art yanked the outfit from its rod holder and began slowly gathering line on the trolling reel.

There’s an understandably strong connection between walleyes and rivers. After all, the walleye is by nature a river fish, naturally maintaining its numbers in many of our larger flowing waters, most ...

11:50 a.m. - When a lesson on the benefits of trolling lead core line leads to a dinner of walleye fillets, you're glad you paid attention in school. That was the case Monday as professional walleye ...

"Get the lead out," could be the battle cry of competitors when the Illinois River between Henry and Starved Rock once again is the scene of several sauger shootouts hosted by the Illinois Walleye ...