Fishing researcher, Dan Eggertsen, answers a variety of questions concerning how you can catch Walleye quickly and easily.

Differences Between Catching Pike And Walleye

For Walleye the presentation must be totally different.  My preferred lure is a weighted jig head that I tip with a live black ribbon leech.  You need to fish this combination very slowly along the bottom.  I like to pick the jig up off the bottom a few feet and allow it to drop.  It is often on the drop that your strikes will occur so keep very aware of your line during this time.
 
You will find these fish in entirely different habitats for the most part.  Northern Pike prefer weed lines.  For fish under ten pounds a section of water about eight to twelve feet deep with heavy cabbage weeds would be the prime spot.  As Northern Pike get larger their metabolism slows and they tend to frequent water that is much deeper.  Remember the Northern Pike is strictly a cold water fish.   They do not do well in southern waters that do not offer much cold water areas.
 
Walleye prefer deeper water but most likely for different reasons.  They prefer a rocky, sandy or gravel bottom and generally do not relate to shore like the Northern Pike prefer to.
 
When encountering these species in rivers you will find them in different areas as well.  Northern Pike do not often do well in rivers.  In the absence of cold water you will find them in the calmer sections of the river that often have weed growth.  Walleye on the other hand prefer the fast moving current of the main portion of the river.  They can be found near dams or around large rocks in the middle of the current.

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