I have a trip planned for this June to the boundary waters, I am a pretty experienced fisherman when it comes to large mouth bass but I have never fished up North for walleye. I have done a lot of research but there is so much out there It is hard to know what to use because I am not going to be bringing a giant tackle box. Anyways, My question is what is a good tactic that I should use to catch walleyes as a beginner and also what line should I use. Any help would be greatly appreciated I am not looking to catch hundreds of fish just a few to cook up for a meal.

I would go with 8lb Trilene, a slip bobber rig, and leeches. Easy to set up, easy to adjust for depth, and fishable from camp or canoe. Should produce walleyes for you in June for sure. Just throw it out and wait a bit. If nothing, gradually pull it back in about a foot at a time to give the leech some action. Then re-cast into a different spot and try again. Try to get an idea of how deep it is so you can keep the leech about 1 foot off the bottom. If you are a bass guy, you will need to fight your urge to set the hook right away. A walleye will usually take the leech and play with it for a while before it puts it all the way into its mouth. The bobber goes down but if you set the hook you will just come up empty minus your leech. I like to count to at least 5 Mississippi before the hook set. Sometimes even longer.

Dude, I understand your pain. I am from the south(okla.), so anything bass, crappie..I can do that. We stumbled on to "our" system out of dumb luck and frustration. Basically, I can read a topi map and a graph....and read up on areas walleyes prefer.... and we just connected the dots by trolling. We troll 2 main lures that we KNOW their trolling depths, and then we just hit likely areas. When we catch a fish, we go back over the area, thoroughly, with a jig.

I know a SR9 Shad Rap will go 20 feet deep with 10 lb test, 100 ft of line out, a small Hot-n-Tot will go 14 ft. Color not a big deal, minnow sounds good. There are a bunch of actual good walleye fisherpeoples on the forum... I'm just a homer, but I eat plenty of walleyes. Jigs are easy, 1/8, 1/4, oz. will do. 3-4 inch curly tails in a light color(white?) and a dark(black, watermelon seed, smoke with silver flake). Use 6-8 lb test line, 6-6.5 ft ML, fast tip. You're set.

Lakes are two types: tannic or stained( I know, I'm generalizing). Shallow, deep is relative to th body of water. In a lake that bottoms out at 25 feet, deep is, maybe over 15 feet. In lakes that might be 60, 70, feet, 30 or maybe re is deep. Learn to catch fish on shallow, tannic lakes...deep, clear lakes add a degree of technical difficulty. Also, we stay a few days at a time on a lake, learning it. Light penetration: your key to depth. Cloudy, drizzly day: caught 'em 2feet deep on shallow lakes. Mouths of mud bottom bays: insects hatch there...if your crank digs mud, active fish will be there, sometime. Check a few times during a day, fish will be there sometime. Windy points: remember: plankton, then minnows, then predators will be there, sometime. Weed edges, same. Humps, same. Remember the combination: food + opportunity. Food is minnows, Craws, insects. Opportunity is light and area(identify by topo map and observation, graph).

Be good with a jig. Be quiet in the canoe...talking fine, paddle and foot noise not. Sunny day: fish first light, last light....camp chores, snoozing midday. Cloudy: fish long and hard. After a day or so on a lake, you learn a pattern. Camp at a deep shore, so you can fish on really windy days. Like I said, I'm just a homer that learned something.

There are many ways to get into walleyes, but a fool-proof and inexpensive method is a 6" Zoom lizard. IMHO. For a few dollars a pack you cant go wrong. Texas rigged, jig head, etc - just retrieve steady and medium speed keeping it near the bottom. Colors vary, but maybe one's with chartreuse if in tannic water. There is a black with a chartreuse tail, and full chartreuse. I've outfished my buds who were using many other methods. Not saying fake leeches wont work, but if you like to cast and work a lure not costing you $$$ to lose (pike are everywhere), this is tough to beat. Try different depths and vary it up. If they are there, they will hit. Finding them is probably the bigger challenge, even on the better walleye lakes. Bassnet had some good insight there.

Grab a few packs - the bass love them love too. 23" smallie last year on one.

An oldie but a goodie! Been a few decades since I have fished a Zoom lizard but I really like this idea. I would not have considered it as a prime walleye option but why not? Of course they would jump on it........as would pretty much everything else.

Black with chartreuse tail.........I might consider adding some white dots to the black part of the lure.

thanks for weighing in

quote Trey J: "I have a trip planned for this June to the boundary waters, I am a pretty experienced fisherman when it comes to large mouth bass but I have never fished up North for walleye. I have done a lot of research but there is so much out there It is hard to know what to use because I am not going to be bringing a giant tackle box. Anyways, My question is what is a good tactic that I should use to catch walleyes as a beginner and also what line should I use. Any help would be greatly appreciated I am not looking to catch hundreds of fish just a few to cook up for a meal. "

Bring a small tackle box with the following items: Plain hooks (#4 & # 6) small BB split shot sinkers, #4 split shot sinkers for use with slip bobbers, slip bobbers, bobber stops, a few 1/8th and 1/4 oz lead head jigs, and several floating jig heads. For bait, use either minnows hooked just through the upper lip, leech hooked just under the sucker, or half a night crawler threaded on the hook like a Twister Tail.
Fish slowly, and keep everything simple.