5 Biggest Walleye Fishing Mistakes (Avoid 'em like the plague...) 

When your only a bank fisherman, it’s hard to tell if your fishing dead water or not when you don’t have all the fancy electronics. I would like to see more videos of pros bank fishing giving advice than some wannabe googan kids that are annoying just trying to get views.

A lot of great knowledge in this video!

I would definitely add to this list - fishing your lures/bait too fast. Especially when the fish are acting picky/finnicky. I have a saying (especially when you're trying to get bigger fish to eat) - "If you think you're fishing too slow, fish slower". I think there are some days when speed can be a huge factor and the difference between getting bit or not. Sometimes it can even go the other way and u might need to speed it up a little, but for me slower usually pays off more often and with more big fish bites too 🤷‍♂️👍

By a longshot the biggest mistake is thinking you have nothing to learn from each and every fisherman you meet. Arrogance and dismissiveness will boat you far less fish.

Biggest mistake anglers make is fishing where there is no fish 😂 love it I will try to avoid that moving forward.. thanks for the knowledge 👍🇨🇦🎣

I am a victim of the "Don't fish memories" and it really bit me in the ass this year on my favorite lake. Never realized I was doing it until I heard the term on this video. Thanks for splashing some cold water in my face and making me wake up!

I caught an 18 inch walleye fishing for catfish with a live bullhead on the bottom. Never caught one before I was shocked thought it was a skinny long catfish at first lol

We not gonna talk about that first dudes no look backhand cast at the end of the interview?

I have caught hundreds of walleye and a few inches off the bottom using a bobber to keep the same depth.works for me plus I fish at ñightand early morning plus when the water is rising is the best thing in my opinion.ive been fishing for 75years

I fish in a Pennsylvania river. You may get a walleye an hour before dark but the big bite comes when the street lights get to about half power as those light conditions seem to favor their eye. I see anglers leaving at dusk that don't know this. Also works in early morning before dawn. Often on back to back casts under those conditions.

I would also add. You don't always have to be in 18 plus FOW. I've sight fished Walleyes in the late summer and fall time in 2-5 FOW. I've always said. You're not fishing if you're not learning. Meaning that the more diverse and willingness of location and presentation outside of my habitual routines. When the bite is on and I'm using a jig with a minnow. I'll always give a long shank jig with a paddle tail a try with a different rod. If the paddle tail is just as effective. I'll keep using it. Just because I don't have to worry about losing my bait after a bite. Most of the time, I can get them to come back to my presentation if I happen to lose one. Anyhow, just my opinion. Lol

I like how in all their suggestions they eventually lead to using electronics and finding fish with electronics. How about some suggestions for people like me who can't afford fancy electronics and have to find fish the old fashion way?

I’m going to fish memories in a couple hours. Hopefully there is fish there

I've seen one school of walleyes finicky and off bite and another school biting like crazy. Caught a couple of fish from both groups, the finicky fish had bulging stomachs and the biters were empty. Guess that the first group had cornered a school of baitfish and pigged-out where the second was still hunting.

Depth has got to be number one. And that is for all fishing. Getting to the right depth consistently is an art.

Great tips for fishing inland lakes

Excellent information. All true.

3:04 : now I know why my dad tells me I’m “throwin for a memory” 😭 bro been dissin my rep for like 6 years and I didn’t know it 🤣

I would say the biggest mistake that I see walleye anglers make is not changing techniques

Thanks for the tips.

Good information presented.

I am laughing my ass off at the first guy saying "you will literally blow the fish up." What we talkin' about here boss M80's or quarter sticks?

Great tips

Had situations where conditions have changed while searching for biting fish. All of the sudden boom! Not neccesarily the change of location but the change of conditions. Lessons learned after years of fishing.

Good tips!

Holy shit this is the first time I've ever seen Brad pick up a baitcaster

Why is it that 9/10 walleye I hook up with on crank baits and jerk bait come off the hook even after setting the hook

One piece I learned, never lip a walleye and hold it from the back, for it will bite... I still have a scar on my left thumb

I wish you guys never stopped making slurpees

This was .... Yeah exactly lol

I swear according to youtube fishers you can't fish without a boat and a sonar.

Very helpful video... but does that mean you NEED to have a fish finder/sonar for fishing Walleye?... I’m sticking with Pike... at least they are willing to bite just about anything can be attracted with noisy lures like whopper ploppers. (yes, I’m in the research phase for trying to get better at fishing, please educate me. 😊) Are Walleye really that much work/headache to catch?

Looks like the biggest mistake is to not have a boat and fish finder

Sweet 👍🏻 👍🏻

if you are a beginner and your lake is a poor walleye lake you can't use these tips to help. If you can't find or catch 1 walleye you just run around the lake getting skunked.

What is overdrilling?

Fishing during the day

Yes, only when I get free money to spend

Simpler said fish like crappie but bait like pike

Things I learned. Don't blow up fish. Don't fish where there are no fish. Don't miss bites. Buy every fish radar device they have. Walleye fisherman are weird man. What kind of advice is this. Here is some more advice. Just catch the walleye every cast. If you do that, you will be doing great.

Sometimes it's just not your day

20 degree difference in two feet of water depth? No way. Other than that, thanks for the tips.

Over drilling??? WTH

Never use rubber nightcrawler s on spinner rigs…use real ones

After fishing for everything, every way, for 63 of my 69 years, I've found 2 things to be true about fishing. #1, if you're not catching any, it's because there ain't any fish to catch, and if you've been there longer than 10 minutes, you've been wasting your time, for 5 of those 10 minutes. Move on to other structures. #2, this applies to fast moving mountain rivers, and smaller lakes and ponds. If there are fish, there will be shit. When stirred up, and mixed, there will be foam any place water is falling, or along the shoreline, down wind. This applies to salt water, as well as fresh. ( But not in offshore, 400ft deep, it only shows up in small bays and inlets. Once you become aware of the difference between clean water, and water with a lot of predator fish eating oil filled fish, and shitting up a storm, the water makes a noticeable foam that hangs around longer than normal. Once you see it, you can never miss it. I started noticing the foam about 25 years ago while fly fishing the Alberta eastern slopes of the Rockies, on a very familiar stretch of the upper Red Deer river. When the trout moved upstream to spawn, the water was so foamy, I thought maybe someone had dumped soap in the river, until I threw my first bumble bee imitation, and hooked up with a 5lb Rainbow with a great hook in his jaw. I'd flogged this stretch for almost a week with no bites, and the foam and the fish connection was made. It saves me a lot of time, and, right now, I'm on the Detroit river, learning where the monster Walley live.

Mannnn they sure weren’t there on opener this year 😂😭😭😭🤡