Rigging bait

[Jigs_up]

targeting walleye and perch I was wondering how people rig their live bait. i've been using the buckshot tipped with a whole minnow hooked through the lips. I get the fish coming in to look but no strikes. ( taps but no bites). I am varying up my presentation between short gentle jigs to long lifts to really ripping it up and letting it settle but nothing seems to get them interested. Tried the same thing with rapala jigging minnows and swedish pimples and it's all the same result. Anyone willing to offer their input?

[Terry]

I find

jig to attract

then

don't move to get them to bite

or slowly move it away from it, if you see it on your fishfinder

[Jigs_up]

Thanks Terry. I've been trying that. Guess I just have to add a little more patience. When I see something coming to my bait on the flasher I just assume it's going to be something I can catch. Reality tells me it's fishing... not catching!

 

Cheers

[TDunn]

A good idea sometimes is to deadstick a line with a small jig (Genz worm, tear drop, forage minnow) beside your jigging hole....Fish come in for your jigging presentation but hit your deadstick. Somedays it is deadly, some days your jigging rod will clean house instead.....

Give it a shot

 

TDunn

[Guest ThisPlaceSucks]

just to add my 2 cents, i find 1/2 minnow work better.