(06-18-2023, 06:53 PM)wiperhunter2 Wrote: For a number of years after I retired, I fished with a tournament walleye angler, his username was mike4cobra, he taught me a lot a things, like feeding the rod tip back, when you get that first tic tic bite, then keeping the rod tip low and setting the hook, it really increased the hookup rate but that was when we were bottom bouncing, not sure how much it helps when trolling faster at 2 mph or faster.
Agreed. I took a fly fisherman down to Yuba one day bottom bouncing. He tried "setting" the hook whenever he got a bite. I explained about taking a pause, then while keeping the rod tip low and sweeping the rod forward. He had the worst time being patient. We ended up catching 35 walleye that day, he caught 10, I got 25.
(06-18-2023, 06:44 PM)wiperhunter2 Wrote: The difference is, wipers have larger bones than eyes and if you trim off that red meat from a wiper, like a lot of folks do, you get even less meat. Personally, I don't keep any wipers, IMO, they are better fighters than eaters.We make fish tacos with the wipers and they're excellent. Even my wife agrees. But I don't keep small wipers, either.
Single main, no kicker. 