arkady@kodak.UUCP (Ark Pisarevsky) (01/19/90)
Hello Net-Fishermen. I am beginning to prepare for the coming season and the first activity planned is the walleye trip to Canada. Now, in my book waleyes and jigs go together. I had good luck in the past with Northland Fireball (tm) jigs. Especially their lime-green color. But in perusing several old issues of In-Fisherman I realized that there are several other popular companies/designs (Jig-A-Whopper and Lindy-Little-Joe come to mind right now). Would anybody care to comment on these or other brands/styles. How about different jigging techniques ? Very slow lift-drop, kind of like plastic worm, works for me. Also, if anybody sees this message in North Bay, Canada I would really love to hear from you. Our spring trip is for Lake Nippising and we need some sage local advice. Well, I got to go, there are people around who think that posting about fishing is not work :-) :-) Happy Trails, ...!rutgers!rochester!kodak!arkady
fhg@mace.cc.purdue.edu (James F. Blake) (01/20/90)
From article <2281@kodak.UUCP>, by arkady@kodak.UUCP (Ark Pisarevsky): ] ] I am beginning to prepare for the coming season and the first ] activity planned is the walleye trip to Canada. ] ] Now, in my book waleyes and jigs go together. I had good luck ] in the past with Northland Fireball (tm) jigs. Especially their ] lime-green color. But in perusing several old issues of In-Fisherman ] I realized that there are several other popular companies/designs ] (Jig-A-Whopper and Lindy-Little-Joe come to mind right now). ] ] Would anybody care to comment on these or other brands/styles. ] How about different jigging techniques ? Very slow lift-drop, ] kind of like plastic worm, works for me. I was in Saskatoon 2 years ago at Woolaston lake lodge. I had all sorts of jigs, but the guide I was with gave me some "skin head" lime-green/metal flake jigs to use (these are the kind that have a pocket to enclose the metal jig head). I found these types of jigs to be ca. 2-3 times more effective than "normal" jigs. I believe he purchased his from Bass Pro Shops. They were of the "Mister Twister" variety. My own special "walleye-killer" rig was a 1oz needle weight in front of a 2 1/2 - 3 foot leader with a 5" black/silver floating Rapala following. I would slowly troll this rig, letting it bounce off the bottom until we found walleyes. Jim