I live in the west metro of Minneapolis and because of this end up fishing a lot of the lakes around there.I also like to fish walleyes around these lakes in the evening, the only problem is that these lakes aren’t on the same caliber as some of the more well known lakes up north in terms of ‘eye production.
That being said, my jigging style has usually gone something like this: Large aggressive jigs with some type of spoon or rap.(1-3 feet per jig) Once i see a fish on my flasher though I immediately slow it down, but try to keep the “excitement” up. Think shorter sharper jigs (6 inches or so) once the fish closes in and is right on it I usually slow it down even more and just pulse it on the spot(fluid consistent 1″ jigs) and stop it for a few seconds and then start the little jigs again.
The MOST important part of it though, is to watch what the fish does next. I would say that half of my bites come when the bait stops. however, if the fish gets “bored” and starts to swim away I’ll pick up the pace again. That’s why it’s so important to have a flasher and pay attention to patterns.(fish aggressiveness, bait style, and color are my big ones)
I was out during the cold front this weekend and they would only bite when it was at a dead stop. On the other hand I was out early ice in the same spot and they would only hit it if it was jumping up and down with 1’ jigs!
Pay attention, establish a pattern, and get on the water to learn!