9" Rattle Can Walleye
By Waterlogged
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This is a 9" musky bait that I cut out of poplar and painted to resemble a walleye. One thing I've observed about open market walleye pattern baits is that their template is always the same as a perch. Except instead of using yellow, green, black and orange they are painted with yellows and browns and sometimes black. To me, they look nothing like a walleye.
A walleye in the water, as you can see, is greenish-black with golden mid-tones and yellow highlights. Not much brown if any. Also, a lot of times bait manufacturers, like Dunwright, will make the eyes white. Another fallacy about walleyes in the water. Their eyes, on the contrary, are actually the blackest part of their whole body.
All painting was done using rattle cans, building up the color into layers until I was satisfied. No brushes were used.
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