Some plastic bait companies offer jig bodies with salt impregnated into the plastic. Why salt? Well, if you ever cut your finger then put it in your mouth, you'll know your blood tastes kind of salty. So a walleye that eats a salty plastic jig will think the salty taste is actually blood from its prey.

Another technique I use to get walleyes' attention in its small strike zone during the bright daylight hours is to splash some scent on my jigs. A lot of people say that scent doesn't actually work, but I believe that -- at the very least -- scent masks my own human odour, and may do even more. Nowadays you can actually buy soft plastic baits in re-sealable bags with scent mixed right in.

When walleye fishing turns really tough, I resort to one final trick; I tip my bucktail, marabou or plastic jig with live bait. A piece of minnow, leech or worm gives your offering the texture and taste of the real thing. Of course, it helps to first find out what the walleye are actually eating in their own nvironment.

So the next time you're on walleye water and nothing seems to be working, remember the game plan; keep your lure in the strike zone and sooner or later, you'll get the fish out.

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