Jig dragging..paddletails..ringies and blades..

James, Jason or anyone…can these be succssfully used fishing lakes? Seems a shame to put away until next spring.

I have never seen or heard of anyone thowing these jigs or blades in all my years of fishing Minnesota lakes.

Am looking forward to getting the video to look for lake applications.

Thanks for any input.

jim11/tweed

I asked the same question when I started using them, the answer was yes. You would be amazed what these baits do on a lake. Ringies will produce anywhere and that is a field tested (by me ) fact.

I think James is fishing today, so I’ll take the first cut at this.

In short….goodness yes!

Have you seen tournament-tested tackle tip #1? There’s some good tips in there about using paddletails on a lake system.

I drag all the time in non-current situations, but admittedly that is most often with live bait…minnows, crawler halves, and leeches. I focus on the typical lake structures (drops, rickpiles, weedlines) as well as shallow flats. It’s a great, stealthy way to cover water. Wait till you see how the Draggin Jig wiggles through cabbage!

I fish blades a bit in lakes….but I know that others do so with much more regularity. Some guys will use a blade as a trolling bait (snap in the front hole, rather than the middle). I focus on the standard pitching presentation, as long as I can find an appropriate spot….like a sandy flat. Rocks and timber will eat a lot of blades, and blades are not exactly weedless.

What’s a lake and why would you want to fish there

don’t mind the ol geeser named redneck, just because he spends every waking moment thinking of hte river and wanting to be there, he forgets that not all of us are river ratts. I also use them same walleye ringies for bass fishing and they do work. good all around bait for both river and lakes.

shane

We put some good post spawn fish in the boat Saturday on Lake Wisconsin dragging ringworms. I drag plastics all the time in lakes and do well.

I heard someone mention Super Dos having an application for bass fishing but I lost attention at the word bass and the conversation faded in and out after that

I use blades on Mille Lacs a LOT for smallies! Ring worms and K-Tails as well. I have often used Ringies on spinner rigs in place of nite crawlers when the bite is hot.

Quote:

---

I heard someone mention Super Dos having an application for bass fishing but I lost attention at the word bass and the conversation faded in and out after that

---

I think you have the selective hearing comming into play, that is what walleye guys get when a bass guy comes and hijacks a post. lol, no I have used alot of the the ringies and paddletails for bass fishing, rigged texas style and just slowly drug through the weeds. seems to work for them as well.

so there redneck, bass bass bass bass, now that his eyes are glazed over, someone push him off of his chair!!!!

shane

Been dragging jigs/plastics and pitching/vertical jigging blades on LBDN (Green Bay) for 4-5 years now with excellent success! Also have IDOers smoking Eyes on other inland lakes this spring using the same methods.

Quote:

---

James, Jason or anyone…can these be succssfully used fishing lakes? Seems a shame to put away until next spring.

I have never seen or heard of anyone thowing these jigs or blades in all my years of fishing Minnesota lakes.

Am looking forward to getting the video to look for lake applications.

Thanks for any input.

jim11/tweed

---

Hi Jim

There’s endless uses for plastics and blades in lakes. Pitching or dragging. Immediately following opener guys like Chris Granrud on Rainy Lake will start posting pics of large numbers of LARGE walleyes caught pitching paddletails shallow. I know guys that have been casting and trolling blades on mille lacs for years (possibly decades) up on the north end sand during the first few weeks following opener and they’ve been “lapping” the livebait riggers for years.

Once you have a good understanding of pitching and dragging the differences between lake and river fall away.

I know there’s more than a couple Winnie guys that will be dragging jigs on opener tipped with plastics and or shiners that always do well. If you fish a clear water lake give a shortened ringworm (about 3/4″) and a light jig a try right at sundown. Slowly drag at 0.5 – 0.75 mph. Target known spawning areas, any structure getting hit with some wave action or shallow areas nearby to any deeper water that kicked out walleye during the day.

The opportunities are endless and the pitching and dragging techniques are tools that can be applied anywhere once you have a good feel for how and when to put them to use.

A big Thanks to everyone for their insights !

I will watch the New video and see if I can put some of the tips to good use “lake fish’n”.

Thanks, again,

Jim