Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Fishing Forum :: Snap jigging
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Lotw |
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mastertangler |
He swears by a Shiver Minnow made by Moonshine lures however instead of the rapala model.......I picked up several and like what I see in my canal in front of my house. I will be giving them a try this summer. I have never caught a fish snap jigging so perhaps those of you who have might weigh in and give some advice. Shiver minnow |
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overthehill |
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Savage Voyageur |
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mastertangler |
quote Savage Voyageur: "I've only used the Rapala snap jigs through the ice. They work well, " Yup I used them on the Saginaw river ice fishing in Michigan and caught some very nice walleye. We would tip the end hooks with 1/2 shiner minnows. But this whole snap jigging in open water has been popular for a while now and is scoring some fairly impressive catches............. or so I have read. In Fisherman / snap jigging |
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Wables |
quote Savage Voyageur: "Please explain the 1/2 shiner minnow thing, thanks. I thought you don't need to use any bait with this lure. " I used to use them a lot ice fishing on Little Bay de Noc. I always put a chub head on the treble. I'm going to bring a couple to Kawnipi in June and see what happens. However, last year most of the eyes were in 6' or less. |
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thinblueline |
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mastertangler |
quote thinblueline: "If you're going to snap jig those things while drifting in a canoe in Quetico, those rocks are going to eat em up. Great lure, but I think that will be a very costly presentation for those waters." Think so? I'm not so sure........Not something I would want to cast from shore and expect to get back thats for sure but casting or drifting from a canoe I don't see see much of an issue, basically same as a jig. Besides if you do get hung just go get it.......most stuff is wedged and not really hung. Get behind it and snap it free. I suppose it would be safe to say, however, that if you are working a snap jig correctly you are probably getting it hung occasionally, I will grant you that TBL. SV when we used to ice fish for walleyes with the Rapala jig we would break a shiner in half using thumb and forefinger and place on each end. I'm not really advocating that for the snap jig but I bet a leech on the back of the Shiver jig would be a pretty cool rig. I have a short 6' loomis jig rod which I might just have to take on this summers trip just for this. First I will have to brush the dust off of it and get an eyelet fixed. I'm thinking 6lb test? I wonder what the pros use with this? Maybe straight 8 floro? Maybe even 10......its not like they get a good look at the thing.......its always moving and sort of quickly at that. .......snap, pause, dive.......snap, pause, dive |
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yogi59weedr |
The closest is fishing the linksville Dam on Mississippi in sw Wisconsin. Caught some nice 4-5lb eyes using a sonar. Pretty much same approach. Was using a quick short snap followed up with a 3 ft.steady pull up. |
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mastertangler |
quote AmarilloJim: ""Oh I'll never leave Montana brother" A great book Jim......I haven't watched the movie in many years. Rose Marine? Been around a long time on the shores of Lake St Clair if memory serves correct. Never been there. We hung out at Lakeside Marine and put in near Metro Beach and up in the North Channel quite a bit. |
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DeanL |
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zika |
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mutz |
Put my limit of five walleye on the ice today snap jigging a purple glow shiver minnow. |
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mastertangler |
Mutz thanks for weighing in. Confidence baby! Sounds like they work pretty good and I like the hooks on the Shiver better than whats on the rapala. Did you add any meat? Did you tie directly? |
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mutz |
quote mastertangler: "Alrighty then.......guys are telling me I'm going to lose my shiver jigs in the rocks.......Why can't a guy "snap" before it gets back to the bottom? But what do I know.......I have never fished this sort of rig before so maybe the naysayers are right. I was only going to bring a few........ maybe I should add a few more? The guy that taught me the technique said you had to bounce bottom to be most effective, but on the sand bottom you never loose a jig. I think it would be tough to know when to snap it without getting the rocks but staying very close to bottom. I probably won't try it in the rocks at eight to ten dollars a pop for the jigs, I'm afraid that would get expensive in a hurry. We always tip with a minnow head through the ice, but not open water. We always tie direct with jigs. |
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AmarilloJim |
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mastertangler |
quote DeanL: "I watched the last episode of the 39 hour fishing challenge that a few of us were following a while ago. The Ontario group was boating some huge walleyes using the same method. It looked like they were using a fairly long rod with a really soft tip. They were giving the jig a hard snap and the letting it down slowly on a tight line instead of free falling." Dean would it be hard to produce the link? I would like very much to observe that.......this sounds like my kind of fishing. |
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mutz |
Would be interesting to see the video. |
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mastertangler |
Looks like they are fishing braid? Fireline perhaps? They make it look easy......they have their spots......... jigging raps probably make bad search tools but dang they sure look like they make good catch'em lures once your on them. 39 hours jigging rap |
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mutz |
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AmarilloJim |
I'd be afraid to put on one of those jigging raps in my local lake however, because of all the timber we have. |
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mastertangler |
Cant wait to fish these on Lake St Clair........perfect bottom for this type of fishing. Where have I been? Oh yea, working night and day. Mutz those guys had a fairly decent drift going from what I can tell. How about those electronics? Awesome use of technology........I feel like a kindergartner compared to what I seen those guys do. All I ever do is turn my depth finder on and thats about it! Still wondering what kind of line. Pretty sure it was braid of some sort as you can hear it on the audio when they hook up and crank the reel. Sort of white which makes me think Fireline. I am going to have to educate myself on this style of fishing. I noticed they had a typical small bass style snap to the lure....... |
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AmarilloJim |
but thanks for the suggestion MT. Hey you know the folks at Rose marine? They gave me a great deal on a Lund Alaskan a few years ago. |