The Best Walleye Ice Fishing Lures of 2021: Top 8 Tested & Reviewed

Lure Specifics

Jigging Raps come in a wide variety of colors and sizes, so you can choose one for nearly every ice fishing situation you find yourself in. It has a central treble and eyelet, with single hooks on each end. This gives it outstanding balance and spins underwater, cutting half circles with slight pulls by the angler. 

Best Use Tactics

While ice fishing, the best practice is to use high sweeping rod motions and then suddenly drop them. It gives the lure a ton of darting movement in the water and covers a lot of areas. Don’t be afraid to bang it off of rocks on the bottom to stir up dirt for more noise.

Lure Specifics

The combination of vibrations and lifelike paint jobs make these lures almost irresistible to walleye. Everything about the lure, from its motion to paint job, is made to nearly perfectly mimic a living wounded baitfish. In addition, the weighted lures sink quickly to the bottom, also mimicking a fleeing baitfish, and all of this combines to make an excellent walleye lure.

Best Use Tactics

The best practice with this lure is to let it drop to the bottom and then quickly lift your rod tip to pull it up. This makes the lure move side to side and begins rattling. You’ll then let it fall back to the bottom and continue the upward pulls. If you’re looking at an extra cautious fish, go for small jigs with the lure instead. Most strikes will occur in the pause on the bottom after letting it drop.

Lure Specifics

Like most spoons, this one’s design is pretty simple. Precision machined brass is then finished with a shine and color of your choice. The fluttering lure produces crazy action underwater and flashes even on cloudy days. 

Best Use Tactics

Your best option is to simply vertically jig the lure, letting it fall slowly and then pulling upwards quickly. The lure itself will produce most of the action and flash while using a chain hook, or tipping the lure with bait can increase interest from walleye.

Lure Specifics

The lure has a realistic minnow head, painted to look like a wounded fish with 3D eyes. The barbed wire live bait rig helps secure live minnows to the jig and keeps them from wriggling off. It also has a flashing blade that helps add some vibration and flash to your presentation underwater and an extremely sharp hook that makes hook sets more consistent. 

Best Use Tactics

The best way to use this is to use a second rod with a rattle or flashy lure. Big or cautious walleye might avoid your lure but will have a hard time resisting a live bait. You can fish it on a dead rod or give it some up and down the action in the water, just don’t move it too quickly or erratically and make it look unrealistic.

Lure Specifics

The bent spoon design makes the lure flutter and spins on drops, which then, in turn, produces a ton of flash underwater. Coming in up to 75 colors or patterns and in four sizes, you can use this spoon on any day in any water. It will glide around underwater as well, covering a wide area around your hole.

Best Use Tactics

Hard, upward lifts work best with this lure, followed by partially slack-lined drops. This should bring fish in, and once they’re around, move to either huge aggressive pulls or a more subtle movement. You can try both and see which one produces more strikes, then use that technique.

Lure Specifics

The fluttery, triangular design of the lure body makes it seem to defy gravity and fall slowly. It also contributes to a long, sweeping motion that will go far out from the hole under the ice. It features an extra sturdy VMC treble hook, 3D eye, and ultra-flashy patterns that are sure to hypnotize walleye.

Best Use Tactics

Slow down with this lure. You want to give a slow upward pull and then let the lure fall on a slackline. Small, slow pulls give the lure a hopping motion added to the flash and flutter, typically driving walleye nuts. If the fish seem to lose interest after approaching, tip it with bait or use a smaller size to entice strikes.

Lure Specifics

The winged body shape makes the lure glide when it’s jigged and flutter on falls. It features ultra-realistic holographic foils that provide plenty of flash under the water, and it does a great job of covering extensive stretches of water. Its glow eyes show through stained water, and while it doesn’t spin on the drop, the lure is incredibly responsive to rod tip actions.

Best Use Tactics

You’ll want to begin by jigging the lure like you would any spoon, letting it flutter up and down in the water to call in fish. You can make it dart around under the ice to help imitate the movement of a lone bait fish as well. Once fish are interested, slow it down and give it a couple of subtle shakes. Tip the lure with a minnow head whenever you feel it’s necessary.

Lure Specifics

The lure body is cast from a zinc alloy and finished in bright or Glo colors. The reflective plated finish provides plenty of flashes to call in fish, and its fluttering drop action is ideal for enticing strikes. Featuring a feathered tail for added attraction allows you to fish it baitless in most scenarios as well.

Best Use Tactics

The best way to fish this one is slow or violent upward pulls and then a half slack drop. You will usually fish it baitless, but a minnow head or grub can be popped on the treble to give it a little more weight.