Pool 4 walleye technique question

Guys,

I fished on Saturday during the Saugerama. I wasn’t in the tournament (too much of a rookie for that), but really enjoyed observing and listening to the banter of the guys like Dean and others. It was such a great time on the water and it was fun for my son and father to observe, too.

But I had a question. In watching some of the techniques used, I noticed a lot of guys seemed to be using a lindy rig of sorts. A small weight, followed by maybe a foot or two of line attached to….a hook or jig. I couldn’t tell.

Could anyone elaborate on the basic set-up this is? Live bait/artificial, and type/test of line etc., how heavy the weight is etc.? I’d like to try out another technique but wasn’t quite sure if I observed correctly.

Thanks, and congrats to all those who did well in the Saugerama.

Well…. do some research here on IDO I know there have been a few that have posted about the Miller Rigs, Denver Rigs and other such rigs used on the river to pull fishes.

“Normally” they guys anchor on the WI side of the dam will use a lindy rig set up. I don’t recall the size sinker but it’s a size 2 hook with a minnow through the lips.

Toss it out and reel in a little, stop and repeat.

I haven’t been down in a bit so I’m not sure how it’s going to work with the flow near the dam but other have used this rig near the mouth of the vermilion, Hay Creek and so on.

Sounds like a dork rig to me. Above a swivel you have a weight that slides on the line—usually put a bead on between weight and swivel to cushion your line. Below the swivel you attach a short length of line and a hook—lots of guys use a bead for a little extra attraction. Toss it out with bait on it and let the current take it slowly downstream. If a fish grabs it the weight slides on the line and the fish does not feel it. Adjust the weight to make it so bait hold to bottom but a lift on the rod sweeps it downstream a bit. For saturday I would think guys were using between a quarter to 3/8 ounce weight.

shockers wrote:

Could anyone elaborate on the basic set-up this is?

Shockers, I noticed quite a few anglers doing this Saturday too. I have seen it be very successful on the river. I prefer to dubuque/denver rigs. Search this is google and you will find many IDO posts about it with pictures. Its nice because it allows you to fish two presentations on one rod.

Some people are good with two rods, I am not. I have always said you can fish one rod well, or two rods crappy.

We had success running 3/8 oz jigs with meat and then on the dropper, a bead above a bare hook with meat as well. A lot of times you can get away dragging this and it is effective to cover water and catch active fish.

Saturday the fish wanted it perfectly vertical, not moving, and a few inches off the bottom.

I am no river rat, but this worked well this weekend.

I fished that area during Saugerama. Guys were fishing live bait rigs, miller rigs and blade baits. We finished 5th, and all of our fish came on jigs and plastics. Any of those techniques can be effective, the biggest thing is confidence. I’m confident in plastics catching bigger fish, so I fished them all day. It can be difficult to watch guys you know catching 3 times the amount of fish you are, but if you know your best chance of winning is a different technique, you have to stick to it.

Evan Pheneger wrote:

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Could anyone elaborate on the basic set-up this is?

Shockers, I noticed quite a few anglers doing this Saturday too. I have seen it be very successful on the river. I prefer to dubuque/denver rigs. Search this is google and you will find many IDO posts about it with pictures. Its nice because it allows you to fish two presentations on one rod.

Some people are good with two rods, I am not. I have always said you can fish one rod well, or two rods crappy.

We had success running 3/8 oz jigs with meat and then on the dropper, a bead above a bare hook with meat as well. A lot of times you can get away dragging this and it is effective to cover water and catch active fish.

Saturday the fish wanted it perfectly vertical, not moving, and a few inches off the bottom.

I am no river rat, but this worked well this weekend.

This Evan guy seems to know what he is talking about for being “no river rat”…

Greg Krull wrote:

This Evan guy seems to know what he is talking about for being “no river rat”…

This Greg guy wins one tournament and he decides he will stop lurking on IDO

shockers wrote:

Guys,

I fished on Saturday during the Saugerama. I wasn’t in the tournament (too much of a rookie for that), but really enjoyed observing and listening to the banter of the guys like Dean and others. It was such a great time on the water and it was fun for my son and father to observe, too.

But I had a question. In watching some of the techniques used, I noticed a lot of guys seemed to be using a lindy rig of sorts. A small weight, followed by maybe a foot or two of line attached to….a hook or jig. I couldn’t tell.

Could anyone elaborate on the basic set-up this is? Live bait/artificial, and type/test of line etc., how heavy the weight is etc.? I’d like to try out another technique but wasn’t quite sure if I observed correctly.

Thanks, and congrats to all those who did well in the Saugerama.

Redneck has it described to a T. But certainly a traditional lindy or as simple as a hook & splitshot have produced through the years especially on a tough bite.

Thanks for the great info guys!

If fish are finicky and tight to shore don’t be afraid to cast Lindy’s with about 8-12″ Snell as well, they don’t tangle up as often as you might get think.

Helps to drop your # test line on the leader so if your hook gets snagged, all you lose is that section.