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YES!!!! Totally agreed

It's during tough conditions that you usually wanna drop shot, like cool water temps, weather fronts, high pressure areas holding fish etc, or deep water bass. It will work whenever though, aggressive fish will hit it as well

Northlands 1/8oz shakey head jig The worms I used on my epic walleye day (basically a Senko) Trim abit off the worm head Put the worm on the screw lock head first, then rig the hook though the worm The technique I've been using is to cast out, let the bait hit the bottom, then it's either a very light jigging motion, lifting the rod tip from 9 to 10 o'clock, drop back down, then just gently shake the rod tip a few times, then repeat. You can also use it right in a weedbed, just rig the worm so the hook isnt exposed, then drop it in a opening in the weedbed, and do the same thing I mentioned above

Solo you should write a book(s) about your adventures Remember the Discovery show thread??? I'd watch your adventures for sure *plus making a camera crew follow you would be hilarious

Yep, we get em thick up here!!!! I've had 50-60 in a day near Cuttle, Mainville etc.

I gottya Joey, and your right. I just tend to think of fluoro when I hear "sinking", like a rock, lol. When I'm using poppers my retrieve is too steady/fast for the braid to sink

I get hundreds if not thousands of them per year. Most are removed before they bury the head. The soap trick works really well though, especially in hair. I usually just pluck the buried ones with tweezers, carefully. Deet repels them but also repels fish, lol. So I usually don't use any form of bug repellent.

I use braid quite abit for poppers and the like, no issues with fouling hooks??? I use lighter braid though, usually around 10lb, but have gone as high as 20. Joey, which braid are you using that sinks??? The vast majority I've used float, and I find mono to sink in between flouro and braid. One thing I'll say though is much less flick or action is needed to get the desired action, and like mentioned above by Jigger, the hook set don't take much, sometimes I just reel down, other times I set the hook lightly to the side

Way to go RC!!!! I lol'd at the pic, funny stuff...

I like using small octopus hooks and use a palomar knot with the tag end back through the eye to keep it level. I use a variety of sinkers, but I just double overhand knot them to get out of snags easy. If I'm in current I'll use a good quality barrel swivel and have no issues with line twist, even in heavy current. Unlike some others here, I actually like a 6'6" medium rod, but thats my most comfortable set up so I'm not saying a longer lighter duty rod isn't better. The same set up also works well for shore casting for walleye/bass/pike, and makes it really easy to present your bait at the exact depth you want to present it. I'd also tell you to check the baits you wanna use before hitting the water, to determine the best action of the bait and how it's hooked effects that action. Some baits I nose hook and come out the center of the nose, other I got through the bait and out the top. For line I use 10lb PP sometimes tied direct, sometime with a fluoro leader. Other times I'm using 8lb mono. But I prefer the sensitivity of PP.

Awesome, thanks for sharing! Man, thats some clear water!!!

You can search for my report to see how I was shakeyheading, I couldn't seem to find it??? Rainy River Walleye or something like that? I was fishing from shore that day, picking apart structure, working the bait really slow on current seams. Since then, I've used this technique in the boat as well, and we drifted to locate bites, then anchored up and worked the area slowly. I've used Matzuo worms in watermelon red/flake (basically a Senko rip off), I've used BPS worms in a similar color with chart. tips on the tail. I take the worm and trim off about 2", then rig it as normal. I was using 1/8oz in heavy current. You can bury the hook to and get in good and deep into the weeds. Also, I've been experimenting with 3-4" fluke minnow baits, texas rigged and using a bullet sinker. Nothing huge bit but lots of good numbers so far

Drop shotting is great for walleye. Shakeyheading worms works deadly (as I just found out this spring) Bass style spinner baits, slow rolled off bottom or jig retrieved get the big girls to play as well, especially when the bite is on

Awesome report Simon!!!! Wow, 29.5" right off the bat!!!! You bugger, at this rate, the winner of our side bet is gonna need a world record, haha. Good luck out on the Seul tomorrow bro! That video was pure gold too dood! Amazing how similar the weather is at your place and mine!

Bwahahahahaha! I love it I could just imagine that guy thinking hes got another sucker on board, then his look of "what the heck just happened here?" look on his face. Thats a pretty epic shut down

for the win!!!!

You took time to weight it??? Shame on you! Yep, super versatile lures hey? As you try them in some other situations too they'll grow on you. Nice fish too BTW!!! Congrats!

So Merc, how did you fish the SB? Were they hitting it while burning it near the surface? Were you jigging it deeper? Slow???

lol, that lure will hit em right in the back of the head on the cast, he should be wearing a life jacket!!!

Tiger musky anyone????

He had it, but had to use it to wipe something off....

Yeah, thats awesome Lew! The spot is just a hop, skip and a jump from my place, so going back in the evening is a def. go when the girlfriend gets back home. I'm just hoping that seeing muskies here becomes more normal, because its a very rare thing. Some locals actually lived here for 40-50 years and never even seen a musky on these waters. The one that turned on me was the only big one though.

Thanks for the advice Lew, much appreciated! I wasn't able to go back that evening though. I wonder if its holding the exact same spot 3 days later???? lol

Man I bet!!!! Mine took 4-5 monster runs. I had 20lb suffix 832 on a 6'6" medium heavy, it was an epic battle. Thats why I never took pics though, fish was really stressed. Was so cool though

lol, no doubt! My 47" was quite the experience. Alot of the locals (who rarely fish) wouldn't even believe it. But I had my kids and one partner to witness it, good enough for me. I really wanted a pic, but that fish needed a quick release. I felt good about reviving it/releasing it quick. The way it peeled line on me is forever etched in my mind.