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Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay. | Fished the Tittabawassee today with a client and his 15 year old son. The water after being pretty high and fast the last few days started it's fall around 3:30am this morning, so I figured it would be easier to locate fish then it was last Sunday on that high/debris filled water. WRONG..... We fished for almost 2 hours in all my low water spots without so much as a tap, with the conditions being almost perfect in my eyes. Visibility was close to 2 feet, moderate flow rate, no wind and no debris to speak of.
Wulp, I told the boys, time to track them down. Walleyes on the Tittabawassee act very much different on falling water then they do on rising water. They move very little and tuck into small protected areas like rabbits in wet snow when the water is falling. But locating and fishing this spot on the spot in river currents, is very much different then on lakes and bays. I'd say we anchored and moved at least 40 times today, using my quarter casting jig technique, with some moves only 10 feet or more left or right, or up or down.
Current seams near eddies was the only place we could get bit. And the hot bait today was some of Hutch's new Jigs I just got from him. The Orange/Yellow Glitter color, Custom Tied by me with Medium Trilobal Antron Chenille was kicking butt and taking names when we found some fish. You don't have to believe me, look at the first picture. No missing them when they want it this bad.  
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Location: Orland Park, IL | Very, very nice. Hutchie got some new jigs eh? Gonna have to visit the site and see whats what. |
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| Good one Dan.
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Location: Rhinelander | Dan, Do you do anything with tying jigs up for Icefishing 'eyes? I'm going to be spending more time chasing walletes this winter and need to expand the arsenal.
Looks like beautiful weather the next few days, It's going to be very comfortable in the deer stand! |
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Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay. | sworrall - 11/20/2006 9:59 AM
Dan, Do you do anything with tying jigs up for Icefishing 'eyes? I'm going to be spending more time chasing walletes this winter and need to expand the arsenal.
Looks like beautiful weather the next few days, It's going to be very comfortable in the deer stand!
Nope.
IMHO Walleyes get to much of a good/long look at your offerings under ice conditions. The water is almost always super clear and still in the conditions I fish in on the Saginaw Bay. In fact my best method for catching ice walleyes on the bay, is to stop my offerings and hold them dead still when I see a fish come into the hole. I jig with Do-Jiggers, Silver/Blue/small piece of Red tape/ minnow head on one rod. And use 1/4 once Genz Worm, Orange/White dead sticked with live shiner on the other. I started tying the jigs with the chenille for the rivers only. It does several things. Holds the scent better/longer that I use. Slows the fall rate on heavier jigs. And adds/holds the color longer then old rubber bodies in your tackle box, that I think river eyes key in on in river current conditions.
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Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay. | JimHert wrote:
Capt. Dan,
I'm interested in starting to hand tie some of my own jigs. You wrote:
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"Hutch's new Jigs I just got from him. The Orange/Yellow Glitter color, Custom Tied by me with Medium Trilobal Antron Chenille"
Can we find Hutch's jigs at Franks? Would you mind showing a picture, or diagram, or description of how you "tie" the chenille onto the hook?
Would it be similar to a salmon fly, with the yarn wrapped around the shank of the hook? Also, if this is a "Captain" trade secret I have no problem with that. I'll just bring a large zoom lense and fish close to you next time. . .
Thanks,
Jim
You know me Jim, I have nor want any secrets.
I fished one day with Chamookman on the river, and he had some he had tied up. I was so impressed with the idea, I went directly to Gander Mountain after our trip and bought a fly tying vise, several colors and types of Chenille, the thread and glue and I was in business. The Hutch's jigs I use, have this holding wire that runs out the lead head and down the side of the shank of the hook. This wire is there to hold grub bodies and/or other rubber add-ons you might attach. But it also works great for holding the chenille that I wrap onto the shank of the hook. To show you the whole process in pictures would be a major film undertaking. If you've ever tied flys before this would be a breeze for you to do. If you haven't, not so much a breeze. To order or look at the jigs, go to Hutch's web site http://www.riverwalleyes.com/fishing-tackle.html Heres another better picture of the jigs in action on a different trip.
http://www.walleye-express.com/albums/river/IM001201.sized.jpg
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