In the cool waters of Spring and Fall, walleyes are suckers for the subtle, seductive action of shallow running baits such as Storm ThunderSticks, Rapala Husky Jerks or the ole’ standby #11 Floating Rapala, trolled slowly along the edges of shallow flats. To make these lures even more effective, try a simple technique called “Pinning”. Pinning DiagramSimply add a medium sized split shot (about a size #7) or two smaller split shot (size #3) about 5 feet up the line in front of the lure. This actually serves two purposes ... it does add a little depth to the lure, but more importantly, it changes the attitude, or angle at which the crankbait is running. This helps give a shallow running lure more of a “side-to-side roll”, which is a deadly action for triggering walleyes.