Prepare your hard-water rods in advance with these line, lure and terminal tackle setups.
The mid-ice season provides a great opportunity to rig for walleyes. I keep three- to six separate rods for walleye fishing. On one, I’ll tie on a swimming lure, such as a Jigging Shad Rap. Use a barrel swivel with Berkley Fireline on one end, then flourocarbon and a 3-foot section of mono line. Then tie it directly to a Jigging Shad Rap, and that mono is 8-pound-test.
Rig two rods with vertical jigging spoons and use different styles and colors. Rig a fourth with a jig – 1/16 or 1/32-ounce. I find that a 1/8-ouncer may be too heavy depending on the aggressiveness of fish and depth of water. And stick with short shanked jigs.
A last vertical jigging spoon tip: Just put one minnow head on one tine.
Your last rod should have a bobber, split-shot, colored hook, and bead. I find my best success with colored hooks – red, pink, chartreuse, and mix it up color-wise.
That’s five, right? Bring one more rod with a different color under that bobber setup!
Good luck!
One Response to “Pre-planning Your Winter Fishing Rigs For Ice Walleyes”
James parks
Do you to any shows in Florida I now live in Florida keys and miss hunting up north but salt water fishing is good here do you have s catalog for salt water fishing? Also I’m interested in hunting in northern Florida too