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Vertical Jigging For Walleye
You will be amazed how many walleye artificial lures designed to work in different situations there are but by far the most universal artificial that constantly catches walleye is the lead head jig manufactured with the walleye in mind. A walleye jig is a natural choice for walleyes because it is easy to keep on the bottom where the fish spends most of their time.
Among the most versatile of artificial lures for walleye , a walleye jig can be fished many different ways.You can cast from and anchored or drifting boat, jig vertically for walleye while drifting with the wind or current, or troll slowly while bumping the jig along the bottom. And, you can fish a walleye jig plain when the walleyes are biting, or you can tip it with live bait when the fishing is slow.
Jigging Vertically For Walleye Tips And Techniques
You want to use a walleye fishing jig that is heavy enough to keep your line vertical when the jig hits the bottom. The trick to this technique is to let your drift or troll do all the work for you. You will need to adjust the way the walleye fishing jig bounces off the bottom either with a different weight selection (drifting) or by controlling the speed of your troll. It is very important that you adjust your line length to adjust for depth changes. If the bottom get shallower, reel in line and if the bottom gets deeper let more line out. Make sure your line stays vertical at all times, this is very important if you want to feel a walleye's bite. Walleyes are very light biters so you need to be able to see the slightest change in your line. The change I am talking about is any slight difference from the routine movement of the line from the jig bouncing off the bottom.If you see a change immediately set your hook, with a quick jerk upward.
Vertical jigging for walleye is much better technique to use in deeper water.Casting for walleye in deeper water is really not a got walleye fishing technique.It is difficult to get your walleye jig to bounce off the bottom in a consistent pattern because of the angle the jig is at on the retrieve, when you vertical jig, this angle is a constant and consistently the same, And the jig bounces much higher. Subtle little difference such as more action from the jig bounce off the bottom can be the difference of you catching fish or not.
Probably the key reason vertical jigging in deep water works so well is "the feel" of the walleye hit. When your line is vertical it is much easier to feel a walleye strike.The reason is you are using less line and line stretch does not slight-en the feel of a walleye strike.
Vertical jigging for walleye is very effective when fishing in rivers or lakes. In a lake , jig vertically while letting the wind push your boat over hidden structure. Make sure if you are in a river that you drift with the current. You may half to slow your drift enough so your walleye fishing jig bounces nicely off the bottom.
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[walleye4]

Decent article! Thanks!!!!

This is 1 of my favorite walleye tactics. Jig selection can be very complex and frustrating sometimes. I use 3-4 different styles for vertical fishing. Here is what I use:

1. Wally Killer
2. Wally Drift'r
3. Roundhead w/collar
4. Northland Odd Balls

I use this style of fishing about 90% of the time!

[oldfishinghole]

walleye4 what is the ave. depth of the lakes you fish?

[walleye4]

Originally Posted by oldfishinghole

walleye4 what is the ave. depth of the lakes you fish?

Lakes average anywhere from 15-40'.