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walleye express

Posted 11/23/2006 9:10 AM (#49090)
Subject: Not so good last night.

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Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay.

Launched at 6:30 on the Saginaw River last night and fished until 10:00. Never had a hit until 9:30 and then went 3 for 4 all keepers. Big fish 19 inches, all went back. While waiting for my partner to arrive I talked to the guys coming off the river just before dark, and the only really successful guy I talked to (4 Keeps up to 19 inches) was using the Mimmick Minnow, orange head/green body. I'm headed over to Gander this morning to pick some up.

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walleye express

Posted 11/23/2006 9:17 AM (#49091 - in reply to #49090)
Subject: RE: Not so good last night.

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Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay.

[quote="JimHert"]Is that a crank or one of those jigs with the soft plastic body that comes pre made for that jig? Seems if those were working, and orange jig tipped with just about any green soft plastic, or minnow would work.

Jim.
You are right to a point. A Mimmick Minnow is plastic (similar to a sassy shad body) with a fish shaped head for the lead. And its true, anything in that color scheme would probably produce the same results on the river. But the dynamics and specific appeal of this jig to attract bigger fish and increased the bite to catch ratio, go way up when the fish picks it off the bottom. The down side is that walleys are not allways in the aggressive (only plastic) mood.

Other advantages are that it imitates a small perch (which I'm sure the river is full of as well as the shad) and I'm thinking (on the average) only the bigger/older walleyes will attack and eat (with any regularity) a spiny rayed baitfiish specie. This keeps the appeal geared towards the bigger walleys in the system. The smaller walleyes consintrate more on the soft rayed species like shad and minnows. They are simply easier to catch, kill and swallow. So your odds go up at attracting bigger walleyes to your offering (especially right now on the Saginaw) while not appealing as much to the smaller ones when using this particular jig.

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