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HawgHunter
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x2 on the swivel. If you don't use a good swivel with those slow death hooks (and especially with the hook and Mack's smile blade) your line will get all twisted up.
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GickFirk22
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Quacker1: "Fished out on the Caribou Trail was only out a couple hours and didn't take anything with me except slow death hooks that I found in GM. I just drifted over a flat with the wind about .6 mph and got hits almost immediately. As long as the hook spins it works. I managed to fowl up the swivel and stopped getting bits, once fixed worked like a champ. I also found it was not necessary to try and rip the lips off the fish with a hook set, just let the line go tight and raise the rod tip just like fishing with circle hooks. "
Quacker, that's awesome! Do you mind if I ask what length leader you are using? Is your swivel right by the hood or at the end of your leader? Also I've read a lot of people fish this with bottom bouncers, what weights were you using and in what depth. I'm very intrigued by this idea and am excited to try it out this fall.
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Zwater
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Savage Voyageur: "I just got a bunch of these hooks last year. I have not tried them yet. I watched a video of them and they are deadly for Walleye. Only use half of a worm to get correct spin and a quality ball bearing swivel. "
I caught 4 to 1 walleyes using this rig, to my buddy who was using a lindy rig and then he switched to just jigging off the bottom. He finally switched to a slow death rig. I really think the spinning of the worm triggers more strikes. 1.3 mph was about the best speed. A good swivel is key.
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Quacker1
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I tried it and I like it. Couldn't be simpler, slow death hook, swivel and a split shot.
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Zwater
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That's awesome! Where did you try it out?
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Zwater
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Also, a half of gulp nightcrawler works well, too. Can use it for a few fish caught.
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Wally13
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Slow Death rigging for walleye has become one of my favorite ways to catch walleyes. I use Slow Death to search for walleye especially when they are a bit finicky. A slow twisting live 1/2 crawler moving in the water just above the bottom is often so very tempting that is hard for a walleye to resist. Sometimes I will add a blade and some beads ahead of a Slow Death Hook to get more bites.
You can pull a Slow Death Rig behind a bottom bouncer or a Lindy Rig or you can pull it thru the water just like the TGO method. TGO uses a small circle type hook whereas Slow Death uses a hook with a severe bend to get a wide circular motion ( Mustad, Matzuo, MACK are my fav’s). Slow Death and TGO are both Slow finesse very effective presentations.
I still like to use a floating worm harnesses on a Lindy Rig or bottom bouncer to catch eyes. I usually go a bit faster with this presentation vs Slow Death ... sometimes walleye prefer a larger Colorado blade that thumps and vibrates to bring walleyes in.
Try It ... you will like it!
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HawgHunter
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I've been using slow death rig for a couple years now. It is my first-choice rig for walleyes. Troll very slow, use only a half crawler.
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Zwater
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It's kind of a new technique out there. I have tried it on my cabin lake by Detroit Lakes, Mn. We did very well using these. Many videos about them. Just google "slow death rig".
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Quacker1
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Fished out on the Caribou Trail was only out a couple hours and didn't take anything with me except slow death hooks that I found in GM. I just drifted over a flat with the wind about .6 mph and got hits almost immediately. As long as the hook spins it works. I managed to fowl up the swivel and stopped getting bits, once fixed worked like a champ. I also found it was not necessary to try and rip the lips off the fish with a hook set, just let the line go tight and raise the rod tip just like fishing with circle hooks.
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Quacker1
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Looks like a Lindy rig with a soft plastic butterfly blade. Haven't used them yet but I will.
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Savage Voyageur
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I just got a bunch of these hooks last year. I have not tried them yet. I watched a video of them and they are deadly for Walleye. Only use half of a worm to get correct spin and a quality ball bearing swivel.
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MackinawTrout
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Quacker1: "Looks like a Lindy rig with a soft plastic butterfly blade. Haven't used them yet but I will."
A true Slow Death Rig is just a bent slow death hook and maybe a bead. The butterfly blade makes it a combo rig. It works as well as anything. I have caught them at about the same rate as spinners or lindy rigs. I would just as soon use a spinner, crank or spoon to find them and then hit them with a lindy in a small but non specific area and a jig or slip bobber in smaller specific areas.
I suppose a really good walleye stick would know when to use one and when to use something else. I try to use the KISS system, as I am smart in that I know I am stupid and easily confused by adding another option to my walleye fishing and more junk in my tackle box:)
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