| I am going to begin by stating that what you are | | | | noticed that they were nailing walleye, one after |
| about to read our my personal experiences and | | | | the other. We gave it a try and the results were |
| my goal is to provide you with true and accurate | | | | amazing, most of our catch were two to four lbs. |
| walleye fishing tips that I personally use myself. | | | | Vertical Jigging In Your Face |
| Hold on to your pants because it will feel like you | | | | After a morning of fishing in the no motor area at |
| are on the water using these very tips as you | | | | Shabonna, we headed to shore and entered the |
| continue to read. | | | | bait shop and as we were browsing around I |
| Jig & Minnow on the flats | | | | noticed that Jim, the owner of Big Jim's Bait Shop |
| While on the mighty Chippewa flowage in | | | | who I came to know from years a fishing the |
| Northern Wisconsin we had spent the entire | | | | lake, was arguing with a fishermen. Jim walks |
| morning walleye fishing and even though I have | | | | over to me and said "the nerve of that guy", I |
| fished these waters for years, we were very | | | | asked what was the matter and he replied that |
| disappointed in boating only two small walleye. We | | | | the guy asked him for some walleye fishing tips |
| vertical fished a hole near the dam in blueberry | | | | and as he proceeded to tell him, the fishermen |
| lake, we then headed over to a shallow point in | | | | dismissed it as a hoax. Jim then asked if I was |
| scott lake which was one of my favorite spots | | | | going back out on the water and I said why of |
| and got skunked there also. We headed back to | | | | course I am, he then said to try the deep trees. |
| the lodge at Tiger Musky Resort which is where | | | | Jim said to vertical jig a minnow hooked by its tail, |
| we were staying and had some lunch after an | | | | as you jig it, the minnow drops back face first |
| exhausting morning. | | | | towards the walleye. "I call it the in your face |
| While having a few beers, Jason who now runs | | | | method", said Jim. We went home as happy |
| the resort for his parents Moose and Millie, looked | | | | campers that day. |
| over at me and said "a cold front is moving in", I | | | | Spinner With Orange Twister Tail |
| asked him if he can provide some walleye tips, he | | | | It was early spring and we set out to fish a |
| then leaned over and quietly said "a jig and | | | | nearby lake called Tampeir Lake, as we fished |
| minnow on the flats". I got the map out and | | | | some of our favorite spots, using some live bait, |
| began looking at it and he said "you do not need a | | | | we were getting a few walleye in the boat and |
| map, the flats are just around the bend about a 1 | | | | suddenly it just stopped. We then moved to |
| 2 mile to the left". He said "I am free later this | | | | another spot and then to another with not a |
| afternoon and I will take you out just before | | | | single bite. The fish had completely turned off, so |
| dusk". We arrived at the flats, it was a sandy | | | | I switched to lures and after trying a few with no |
| area about 8ft deep and he suggested a 1/8 | | | | luck, I then grabbed a small spinner and put on an |
| ounce lead jig with a walleye minnow and we | | | | orange twister tail and they came back to life, |
| should slowly pop it over the top of the | | | | and I must say, that was very exciting. |
| vegetation. needless to say, we filled the livewell | | | | Lindy Rig For A Walleye River |
| with our daily limit and had to release a heep load | | | | It was a fall morning in late September with |
| of fish. | | | | overcast skies and we were on the Wisconsin |
| Rubber Worm Rigged Texas Style | | | | River, we set up some Lindy Rigs because a local |
| The setting is Shabonna lake in Northern Illinois | | | | angler had said that they were killing them on |
| which is a musky lake, I tend to fish musky lakes | | | | Lindy rigs. We were indeed killing them as we |
| because they also hold plenty of walleye. We | | | | were told, we boated so many walleye that we |
| started the day in the no motor area which is | | | | ran out of minnows. we used other methods that |
| limited to electric trolling motors only because of | | | | day but none worked as well as the Lindy Rig. |
| all the stumps that were submerged just below | | | | So what should we conclude from all of this, I |
| the surface. We were fishing shallow running | | | | think that you can say that each body of water |
| rapalas and getting a few fish, but nothing to brag | | | | is different and weather conditions also play an |
| about when we suddenly spotted two fellows | | | | important role, but the most important advice to |
| casting rubber worms and of course we assumed | | | | take from reading this article is to listen to the |
| that they were bass fishing. As we looked on, we | | | | locals. |