Hi, Andrew Martinsen here.

Ok so yeah, it is true that the very best walleye fishing truly isn’t about the gear and equipment.

But, using some simple electronic equipment can catch you massive quantities of walleye, so that’s why I wanted to cover the topic here.

Using electronics for walleye fishing is a matter of preference. Some seasoned fishermen have their own methods and prefer to keep things simple.

However, these days, more and more fishermen are using electronics to seek out walleye more efficiently. As to what sorts of electronics they use, there are several types.

Depth finders are among the most popular electronic devices for walleye fishing. The
Raymarine L750, for instance, is a popular depth finder, although there are several.

Depth finders are good, as the name suggests, at showing a fisherman where the water changes depth. Since walleye stay at certain depths, that can be very useful.

Depth finders are also good at showing current breaks and other areas where walleye like to eat and spawn. As a result, depth finders are especially useful in large lakes or rivers, where a person can’t see the bottom on their own.

They are also great for finding fish at night, when visibility is low. They can show a fisherman where large fish or groups of fish are, too. But, they don’t show the species of fish, so there can still be a bit of time involved in finding the walleye, specifically.

Another good tool for catching walleye is a GPS (global positioning system). Many people use GPS devices in their cars, these days. They help to get a person from point A to point B in the fastest, most efficient way possible. They work similarly in walleye fishing.

Anglers can mark way points on their GPS, to remind them where the good fishing spots are. That way, they don’t have to take the time and effort to drop buoy markers.

This saves time and expense. It also prevents other fishermen from easily spotting their fishing grounds.

The electronic “buoy marker” just shows up right on the sonar screen or the GPS monitor and the fisherman can return to it at any time.

Another good use for a GPS system, when fishing for walleye, is nighttime navigation.

Walleye are often most active around dark. A fisherman with a GPS unit can easily navigate in the dark. They don’t have to worry about getting lost at all. It can be handy not to have to rely on landmarks that are difficult to see at night.

There are also fairly new electronic Matrix units. They are really interesting because they map out to the side of a boat, rather than just below the boat.

They can also be good for navigating at night. The charting and plotting feature is what attracts most fishermen to it, though. It can show islands and other structures on the bottom of the lake or river that is being fished.

You can use these electronics to find weird pockets of fish that no-one else knows about. Try taking your electronic equipment out on the water for a few hours one day where your only focus will be to find unconventional spots where it appears there
may be fish. Some of the most successful professional walleye tournament champions use this strategy.

On tournament day, they will *shock* their competitors by fishing all by themselves all day in a spot the other anglers didn’t think contained any fish. But because they had done their prep-work, they are able to be in a position to bag a LOT more fish than the others.

This strategy doesn’t work every time, and sometimes it results in zero fish. But it’s a way to dramatically increase your catch count when you find that sweet spot that contains a ton of fish that no-one else knows about.

Avoiding the herd can be a remarkably fantastic approach when walleye fishing, and utilizing your electronics like this to find heavily underfished areas can give you unequaled bragging rights when you get back to shore.

So, whether seasoned fishermen choose to use electronics or not, they certainly can’t dispute the facts. Using electronics to fish for walleye, or anything else, for that matter, can improve a catch.

There may be some start up costs, but, in the long run, things like GPS devices can save time, effort and money, when a person is walleye fishing.

Andrew Martinsen is a walleye fishing fanatic. His Walleye Fishing Secrets program has helped anglers across North America catch more walleye and bigger walleye.

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