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Wyandotte Worms are a hot walleye bait for jigging the Detroit River. This simple set up will have you catching fish from mid-April until June. Get set up correctly and you will have a great presentation to add to your walleye fishing arsenal.
What is a Wyandotte Worm?
The Wyandotte Worm is a 4" rubber worm with a paddletail. They come in a variety of colors but the most popular and productive color is brown. Chartreuse, black, and camo are other available colors. |  |
How do I set up the Wyandotte Worm?
The best way to set up Wyandotte Worm is on 5/8 ounce to 1 ounce jig with a long shank hook. A quality stinger hook is a critical part of the package since the worm tail is a long way from the main hook. We prefer a removable stinger hook (#8 round bend treble) that attaches to the main jig hook NOT the eye of the jig.
How do I fish the Wyandotte Worm?
The Wyandotte Worm can be fished like any other jig and plastic combination. Anything from a slow drag on the bottom to a more aggressive snap will work depending on the time of the year and water temp. The Wyandotte Worm is typically used once the water warms up so a more aggressive presentation often works great.
Why does the Wyandotte Worm catch so many fish?
That is the great mystery of the Wyandotte Worm. There are many different theories that have circulated over the years. Here is one point of view from a Detroit Free Press article by Eric Sharp in 2007:
"Did you ever wonder why walleyes would be so eager to bite a four-inch piece of soft brown plastic? It might be because the river in spring also has large number of silver lampreys, a native species about the size of a night crawler and which, despite it's name, is brown rather than silver."
"There are a lot of silver lampreys in the St. Clair River and Lake St. Clair right now. And while I haven't looked for them in the Detroit River, it makes sense that they'd be there, too" said Mike Thomas, a Michigan Department of Natural Resources biologist at the Lake St. Clair research laboratory.
"We've found a lot of lampreys in the stomachs of walleyes in the spring" Thomas said. "The lampreys gather to spawn about the same time as the walleyes."
Thanks to Eric Sharp for writing the article and our friend Tom P. for sharing this story with all of us!
Where can I get some Wyandotte Worms?
That's easy....the Walleye KId Online Store. We have Wyandotte Worms and we also have a brand new product called the THUMP! 'Em Up Worm. It's a more durable scented worm that holds up to the difficult conditions of the Detroit River.
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