Walleye Fishing on Lake Erie, July 12, 2015 With Underwater Video

We were in 40 FOW east of Point Abino, near the border.
We had SW winds 4-6  km/hr and wind died down later.  We still had a good chop on the water.
I took some underwater video wth my GoPro camera.

Here's the summary of our day:
In summary..
we got 8 nice walleye.
We got 5 before 10 am.  The last 3 walleye were caught over the next 5 hrs!
-4 were caught on black and purple worm harness, on down-rigger set at 10 feet off the bottom, and 90 feet back.
-2 were caught on copper/yellow worm harness on down-rigger set at 10 feet off the bottom and 90 feet back.
-1 was caught on blue fox fire tiger spinner/worm on down rigger, same depth and same length back as above.
-1 was caught on black and purple thunder stick-on from an in-line planar board about 130 feet back. This was our only fish caught on a planar board.


I know lots of guys are using lead-core line for walleye (just like salmon).  They don't need down-riggers and they still get good depth control. However,  I have found great success using 20 lb. braided line off my down-riggers too.  The braided line is non-stretching and therefore allows great hook sets with 80-130 ft of line out!
I switched to braided line many years ago when I noticed that ordinary mono line would stretch with 90-100 ft of line out and I could not get a proper hook set for walleye.  I lost many fish with mono line, but now I find the walleye seem to hook themselves with the non-stretch braided line!


Thanks for Watching!


Maddalena Environmental Inc.
​Al Maddalena