Walleye Express
03-16-2008, 12:02 PM
Taken from another board.
How do you rig your minnow when you use it? What size minnow do I need to use ;what size hook and weight . I need your help on fishing with them. Do you use spinners, bottom bouncer, jig head ( size,weight, color). Anything you think might help me. I use plugs all the time (Long A's & Long billed Rebel at night). Is there any DVDs on walleye fishing.
David Tester
David.
The only time and place I use minnows is on the river. I've tried minnow imitators the last couple of seasons while trolling with some success, but the walleye in general like a bigger meal when the waters on the bay are warm. But using real minnows (obviously) when fishing rivers are IMV the best forage imitators. I have successfully rigged them in many ways. I rigged/hooked them through the lips on floating jig heads carolina/egg sinker rig style and simply let them swim freely near bottom in the current behind the sinker. Rigged them behind Lindy rigs. Rigged them on a simple #4 beak hook behind a #7 split shot, quarter casted and let them drift freely downstream in fish holding current areas. My favorite way though is hooking them through the head up-side-down on a jig, then quarter casting and hopping them through productive holding waters. The size minnow I like to use always is about a 2 1/2 to 3 inch emerald shiner. The weight of the jig head or other weights is just enough to keep the minnow anchored or bumping along bottom. Capt. Dan.
http://www.walleye-express.com/albums/river/IM001231.jpg
How do you rig your minnow when you use it? What size minnow do I need to use ;what size hook and weight . I need your help on fishing with them. Do you use spinners, bottom bouncer, jig head ( size,weight, color). Anything you think might help me. I use plugs all the time (Long A's & Long billed Rebel at night). Is there any DVDs on walleye fishing.
David Tester
David.
The only time and place I use minnows is on the river. I've tried minnow imitators the last couple of seasons while trolling with some success, but the walleye in general like a bigger meal when the waters on the bay are warm. But using real minnows (obviously) when fishing rivers are IMV the best forage imitators. I have successfully rigged them in many ways. I rigged/hooked them through the lips on floating jig heads carolina/egg sinker rig style and simply let them swim freely near bottom in the current behind the sinker. Rigged them behind Lindy rigs. Rigged them on a simple #4 beak hook behind a #7 split shot, quarter casted and let them drift freely downstream in fish holding current areas. My favorite way though is hooking them through the head up-side-down on a jig, then quarter casting and hopping them through productive holding waters. The size minnow I like to use always is about a 2 1/2 to 3 inch emerald shiner. The weight of the jig head or other weights is just enough to keep the minnow anchored or bumping along bottom. Capt. Dan.
http://www.walleye-express.com/albums/river/IM001231.jpg