Quote Originally Posted by IrishUkrainian View Post
Recently purchased a 93 pro v 16 tracker with a 48 hp Johnson and was looking for some advice on taking for walleye...what is some necessary tackle I will need?
Thanks in advance for any. Help.
First thing is; Make sure you have ALL necessary safety equipment. This should include life vests, two anchors, signal flag, flares, marine radio, etc. Look on the coast guard site for required boating safety equipment.

As for the fishing stuff. I agree with it being a game of accumulation. I just got into the lake erie fishing game last year and it seems that I am always buying something (or having something that I want to buy).

I would be leary about going out very far on Erie in a 16ft'er, though I have seen plenty of guys out there on calm days in boats that size.

Perch fishing is by FAR less gear intensive than walleye fishing.

I guess it all depends on how successful you intend to be at walleye fishing. I know that my intents are to buy about six good trolling rods (not cheap), a kicker motor, several jet divers of different sizes, new (mid-to-high grade) electronics (sonar/gps). MORE TACKLE (spoons, harnesses, weights, snaps, line, reels, on and on and on...)

Things that I have acquired recently to improve fishing and the fishing experience; New coolers, pretty good GPS, drift sock, new life jackets, LOTS of tackle (many different sinkers, bottom bouncers, worm harnesses, hair jigs, snaps and swivels, spreaders, hooks, so much more), new aerator.

Things that I consider myself lucky that the boat came with are; downriggers with weights, SEVERAL rod holders, low-grade electronics, kicker motor mount. (She was a Lake Michigan salmon trolling boat a couple of owners ago.)

I can't say this enough... do everything possible to be as safe as possible while out on the water. I have seen it before and it is never fun when the lake makes a quick change from almost flat calms to four foot or higher waves.