Learn how to choose the right sinker for walleye fishing based on depth, cover, and presentation. Compare Lindy Rigs, bottom bouncers, bullet weights, and more to improve your catch rate.

YANKTON, S.D. -- "Let's drift the fast water for catfish." I didn't need any more prodding than that when Gary Howey called and suggested a quick evening fishing trip on local waters. The Gavins ...

Flathead Catfish Bait Rig: The Double Snell Rig. The double-snell rig keeps the bait just off the bottom, making it easier for flatheads to eat. Ralph Smith. Every flathead angler.

Catfish and walleye are great on a plate, and Jon Conklin, fishing guide, said both can be caught by trolling nightcrawler rigs behind a bottom bouncer weight. Troll the rigs near the bottom 25 to ...

A bottom bouncer is truly simple in its design. An “L” shaped wire with lead molded into it provides an angler with a versatile and virtually snag free sinker that keeps the spinner rig ...

The fish was landed on a green pumpkin Ned rig. ... good and hitting bottom bouncers in 28-34 feet on bottom bouncers and ... otherwise they’ll be deep in about 30 feet of water. Catfish ...

Walleye fishing is good trolling nightcrawler rigs behind a bottom bouncer weight. Walleye are biting lakewide, but Jones said the north half of the lake is best. Crappie are 20 to 30 feet deep ...

Keanna says the EMS crew stabilized the bottom bouncer still stuck in her dad’s chest by clamping and taping the remaining part of the wire rig to his chest. From Watertown, he was airlifted to Sioux ...

Walleye are being caught with nightcrawler rigs behind a bottom bouncer weight 25 feet deep near the bottom. Beaver tailwater. ... Catfish are biting all types of bait at all Bella Vista lakes.

Bottom Bouncers: Best for Deep, Snaggy Cover A bottom bouncer has a lead weight and a wire dropper that is designed to be fished as close to vertical as possible, unlike the Lindy sinker.