The Elusive Upper P4 Walleyes are showing up

I’ve been in Two Harbors over the weekend but reports at Everts are showing the white tails are being caught on dubuque rigs.

Brian Klawitter wrote:

I’ve been in Two Harbors over the weekend but reports at Everts are showing the white tails are being caught on dubuque rigs.

I didn’t hear or see much about the dubuque rigs being used but most all of my boats fish come on the “Denver rig”.. just saying….

trumar wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Brian Klawitter wrote:</div>
I’ve been in Two Harbors over the weekend but reports at Everts are showing the white tails are being caught on dubuque rigs.

I didn’t hear or see much about the dubuque rigs being used but most all of my boats fish come on the “Denver rig”.. just saying….

OK, I’ll bite. Describe a “Denver” rig, I’m not familiar with the term. I do have a couple packages marked “Dubuque rigs”. Same thing, different name?

Well I’m kinda a newbe on these too but have used them before. A Denver rig is a 3-way swivel with a 1/4 oz jig as your dropper. Attatch a plastic on the jig such as a fluke, paddletail. ect then for your snell attach a diving crank bait like a # 5 rapala. This rig can be trolled up to 2mph. Typical length of your dropper should be 20″ and your snell 40″. Hope this helps and good luck!

The way it was exnplained to me…

Dubuque rigs are.. 2 plastics..1 lighter jigs above on 30-36″ line, heavier jig/plastic below on 12-16″ dropper line below

Denver rigs are.. Crank bait above on 30-36″ line, heavier jig/plastic below(3/8-3/4oz) on 12-16″ dropper line below.

Trolling 101 by Dale Rueber

Here’s a very in depth article by Dale from a few years back.

No matter what the rig is called, this is what the keepers were caught on.

“Crank bait above on 30-36″ line, heavier jig/plastic below(3/8-3/4oz) on 12-16″ dropper line below.”

Brian Klawitter wrote:

No matter what the rig is called, this is what the keepers were caught on.

“Crank bait above on 30-36″ line, heavier jig/plastic below(3/8-3/4oz) on 12-16″ dropper line below.”

OK, got the difference in rigs. Next question; I haven’t reviewed the regs, would this be a legal presentation any where in MN or only on the Mississippi?

We are allowed two lines (actually “2 hooks”) in MN waters. Three on the WI side.

In other words one rod with two hooks on is allowed on both sides of the river. Do NOT use two lines with a rig on. You’ll be over by 1 on the WI side and two on the MN side.

On the WI side one may use a rig on one like and a single hook (jig or rap) on the second line.

ONLY ON THE BORDER WATERS of MN/WI.

Hey Brian were the fish caught on the crank or the Jig.

@leinieman

It was a few weeks ago when I was told the rap. I can’t say if that’s changed since then.

Hey Buddy!!

as explained to me the dubuque rigs uses a heavier jig to keep a shallow floating crank down. the denver rig uses a deep running crank and a lighter jig to keep the rig down.

my dubuque rig = 5/8 oz jig and jointed or original floaters
my denver rig = 1/4 oz jig and flicker shads or jointed original shad raps.

Hey Brian. Was on the river yesterday from noon on and tried from the Rush all the way to the dam. Pulled Denver rigs, plain cranks, pitching plastics, vertical jigging and the only fish came on a jigging rap vertical jigging. It was a great day on the water but the Lake got a bit breezy. Water temps were pretty much in the 50’s.