you're kidding, right? wall... ha! wally... walleye rivaling bass...hoo hah! sorry dude. funny. due to the walleye's geographical restrictions and limited range compared to a bass, there is no way it will ever be as popular as LMB. there are none in california but you can't look under a lily pad without a bass eyeballin' ya right back. that's the way it is all across america. that's the way we like it. anybody wants a walleye has to kick a bunch of hard fighting bass out of the way. and dig underneath all their bass plugs to find a walleye jig. speaking of jigs, there is probably 40 times as much money spent on bass boats, rods and lures and such as is spent on all the other species combined, including walleye. look at the prize money on the big tournaments. jeez!