My experience is the same as lineman 49.... The first deepwater walleye I got was probably in 78 or 79, and we were fishing for salmon out off the Mountain in Pennsylvania....the fish hit an alpena diamond yellow with black diamonds and I remember thinking " damn this fish is lost"......... little did we know.....for the next 10 years we got fish in deep water, fishing out of Walnut Creek and Lampe Marine in Pa. and all we fished were bomber long A's, Bagley Killer B's, and NK28's.....no scent, no harnesses...... I remember a day in the mid-80's pre-zebra mussles taking a 4 man limit in 2 hours..... it was stupid fishing..... All this was out of Erie..... Now I live in Rochester, and fish out of SP, Catt, Dunkirk, and pretty much troll harnesses 90% of the time. Got away from the walleye fishing for a while(20 years), and been back at it for 2 years now. I'd like to increase my versatility this year if anyone has suggestions...... bottom bouncing, jigging, etc.......