Just wondering how some of you guys go about catching whitefish? Do you have any good recipes for bait and chum? I saw a guy use some kind of paste that he put on the hook and he caught more than anyone. I have always used boiled salmon or steelhead eggs. The steelhead eggs  came from a guy that had a secret recipe that he told only one guy before he died and now I think that guy is dead too. Those eggs sure caught the whitefish. They were boiled and cured a certain way that the whitefish just loved. I have tried to use spoons with no success. The fish are there because other people around us are catching them. We sometimes catch a couple. But like I said the eggs we use to really catch them I can't get anymore.
 

Fishzilla - Where are you fishing for whitefish? A group of us have went to Door County, WI going after whitefish in Green Bay the last two years. What we have learned after talking with some of the local guides is to use a #3 or #4 hammered gold Swedish Pimple, with a green tear drop jig tied about 12" above it. Put 2 or 3 waxworms on the treble of the S.P., and either a waxworm or a red spike on the tear drop. Find zebra mussel beds in 35-50 feet of water and set up your portable shack. Drop your setup all the way to the bottom and start hopping the S.P., banging it on the mussels. If you have a flasher, watch it until the fish show up. Once they show up, jig erratically while continuing to raise it off of the bottom. Usually the whitefish will follow. Continue jigging up until you get 2-3' off the bottom and let it fall if you haven't gotten a hit. The whitefish will hit it on the fall and will usually hit the teardrop. When they hit, hang on and make sure your drag isn't set too heavy! You will either snap your line or pull the hook out of the fishes mouth.