The "Bait-Walker" Sinker

The "Bait-Walker" Plus

Gapen's Bait-Walker PLUS was added to Gapen's line to fill the gap for those anglers who find using spinner snell a problem. With the addition of a spinner blade on the Bait-Walkers upper arm, the angler attains all the flash and attractiveness of a snell rig without the problems created by same. In the larger 1.5, 2, and 3.5 oz. sizes you now can troll your favorite stick plugs or crank bait and add the attractor used while live baiting. The color chartreuse has come of age in the last 5 years and we've seen fit to add it to our entire Bait-Walker line. This color is particularly effective in the PLUS series of baitwalkers. Dirty, muddy, or dingy water is the best target for chartreuse. If you use live bait and troll, or drift fish, the addition of a Bait-Walker PLUS to your tackle box may be the tool to help you fill you stringer.

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Quantity

Size

Price ea.

1/4 oz.

$2.25

3/8 oz.

$2.35

5/8 oz.

$2.50

1 oz.

$2.75

1.5 oz.

$3.50

2 oz.

$3.75

3.5 oz

$4.25

Chartreuse

1/4 oz.

$2.25

3/8 oz.

$2.35

5/8 oz.

$2.50

1 oz.

$2.75

1.5 oz.

$3.50

2 oz.

$3.75

3.5 oz

$4.25

STRAIGHT LINING
for catfish is best done via a Bait-Walker PLUS sinker. Cat picks up bait (always in 70 degree water), then walks forward, which causes the spinnered Bait-Walker rig to fulcrum forward and stop vibrating. Angler waits to the count of three, then sets hook. This will hook 90% of the finicky biting cats of summer. Straightlining is best done
by casting directly downstream with current force. See Dan's catfish book for further details.

The "Long-Wired" Bait-Walker

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Order #	Size	Price ea.
	1 oz.	$2.25
	1.5 oz.	$2.75
	2 oz.	$3.25
	3.5oz.	$3.75

Long wired Bait-Walkers are being used by anglers working stick plugs and crank baits for any number of bottom-hugging species such as largemouth bass, walleye, smallmouth, stripers, and certain species of trout. The longer, higher wire system elevates the lure enough off bottom to allow proper action and helps prevent snagging. Catfishermen find this rig helps when straightlining down stream for finicky feeders. The most popular sizes for both trolling plugs and straightlining for catfish are the 1.5 oz. and 2 oz. sizes. To learn more about straightlining, pick up a copy of Dan Gapen's Catfish book.
The Long Wire Bait-Walker sinker was added to the Gapen line to give the angler who works plugs over mossy and stick-riddled bottom an advantage. The higher arm keeps the lure up just high enough to prevent moss from fouling the hook. It likewise increases the sense of 'fallback' for the catfisherman when sensing the catfish bite while straightlining.

How to use the Bait-Walker as a Slip Sinker

By adding a swivel to the front eye of the Walker you have created a near perfect slip sinker rig. Unlike the usual lead style slip sinkers which create drag when line is pulled through them, eyelets of the stainless swivels allow unrestricted movement. This application of the Bait-Walker™ might best be described as a "Trolly-Tram" effect. Suspended like a trolly-tram on a cable this new application of the Bait-Walker™ Sinker enables the fisherman to double the uses this "NEW" fishing rig has to offer for the live bait man.

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