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| Have any of you had any luck fishing for walleyes in the thick wood? You know, like the bass guys do for their fish.
I live by a small reservoir that has lots of walleyes and lots of wood. I've caught them on the outside and near the wood with slip bobbers. I'm wondering if you can pitch your stuff into the middle of the thick stuff and catch them.
Any thoughts or tips?
Thanks for the help in advance. |
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| Clueless Joe,
Try using superline heavy test small dia. find jigs with light wire hooks yank the jigs off the snag and straighten the hook. You should be able to bend it back with a needle nose and keep fishing till the hook finally breaks. Work the edges of the cover first, and don't be afraid to try shallow for them you will be surprised just how many fish are in close in stained water.
Give it a shot, what do you have to lose but a couple doz. small jigs!
Good luck, Mac Da Gaff |
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| Lindy also sells a brush jig... light copper wire over the hook to make it weedless.... They work well in wood and in weeds... So, you should have some for early season eyes... |
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Location: upper michigan | I have had luck casting deap diveing cranks with the front treble hook removed to minimize snags. The walleye relating to wood do not always relate to the bottom. I have found them in the tops of the brush frequently. |
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Location: Chicago, IL | Lindy makes the Timb'r Rock jigs and the Veg-e-Jig which have 7-strand wire to reduce snags. The Timb'r Rock has more of a Skittles shaped head, while the Veg-E-Jig is narrow for slicing thru weeds. You can hang the Timb'r rock below a slip bobber to effectively target walleye in wood.
Good luck and fish hard!
JB |
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Location: Germantown and Land O Lakes, WI | I love wood. Anybody who's ever fished the Turtle Flambeau Flowage knows there's rewards for sinking jigs and nightcrawlers into the thick stuff.
I do this...I buy as many bulk 1/8th oz jigs as I can and say the hell with the weedless jigs. Weedless are expensive and odds are, if the cover is heavy enough, you'll lose them anyway.
I tip them with cheap nightcrawler pieces and go to town. |
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Location: Rhinelander | I do the same thing as GMG, only with an added trick. Thread a strip of soft plastic over a snap on the line, slide it up the line. You can experiment with the size and diameter of the soft plastic, I use parts of small plastic worms. Place a small piece of crawler threaded on to the jig, then slide the soft plastic over the snap and pull it nealry tight, hooking it on, but not all the way through, the hook tip. Texas rigged style hook protection, with live bait on the scent trail. I make my own jigs with long hook shanks for this purpose now and again, it's been awhile, though. |
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Walleyes In The Wood