How fast should I troll for walleye?

Speed is a temperature dial with a trigger button. The backbone rule: cold water, slow — 1.5–2.5 km/h (0.9–1.6 mph) for spring and late-fall cranks or harnesses; warm water, faster — 3–4 km/h (1.9–2.5 mph) and sometimes beyond for summer fish whose metabolism can chase. But steady speed is only half the tool: walleye following a bait are often triggered by the change, which is why trolling in S-curves (baits on the outside speed up and rise, inside baits slow and drop) and deliberate speed pulses out-produce a straight line at any season. When one rod keeps firing, notice whether it is the inside or outside of your turns — the fish are telling you the speed they actually want.

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