dragging

someone please explain the whole principle behing dragging jigs in cold water presentations

Josh

You should start by reading through this article by Jason Halfen.

http://www.in-depthangling.com/articles/halfen_draggin_jigs.html

Once you’re done holler at us with any question you might have.

This is certainly a timely topic of discussion. Hopefully the article gives you a place to start, or raises questions that you need answered….we’re here to help!

I plan to be d-d-d-ragging t-t-t-omorrow in the single digit wind chills for much of the day. ‘Tis the season!

Dragging is my favourite technique. I drag against the current and find I catch more Walleye that way. I also modify the technique for when I am anchored just upstream of a potential Walleye hole. I cast to the bottom of the hole where the bottom rises again and then very slowly pull my rod from 8 to 11 o’clock keeping the bait near bottom. No popping or jerking the rod. Works very well for me.

Dragging upstream can indeed be very productive. Takes a heavier jig and a slower drag speed, but it definitely works…especially when the water is as cold as it is now. It is also probably easier to control the boat when dragging upstream.

Even with all of those positives, I still spend a lot of time dragging downstream with light jigs and plastics in the winter. It seems like I catch larger fish dragging down and sometimes better numbers dragging up. Also helps to drag both ways during the course of the day, just to see if the fish prefer one direction over the other. They certainly have more time to inspect the presentation when dragging slowly upstream, rather than being forced into a reaction bite when a bait comes cruising past them downstream.

Summertime, with light jigs and bait, is almost entirely a downstream presentation for me.

thanks guys for pointing me to that article and other personal tips good fishing to you all