Top 3 Rainy River pre-spawn techniques

  • irishman
    Posts: 63
    March 17, 2015 at 9:03 am #1524255

    It looks like we might be in for a good pre-spawn run this year on the Rainy River. yay

    While we wait for the river to open up, I thought I would throw out a question:

    What are your top 3 go to techniques for fishing the pre-spawn walleye on the rainy river? chased

    1. I like to fish shallow with 3/8 oz jig & a pulsars soft plastic, pitching to the shoreline
    2. Jigging deep water with a soft plastic swim bait produced my personal best 29″ walleye
    3. Setting up on a mid river hump and fishing the down stream edge. Holding the plastic jig on or near the bottom and let the current do the work.

    What works for you?

    BigWerm
    SW Metro
    Posts: 11899
    March 17, 2015 at 12:36 pm #1524332

    1. Gold jig and the biggest rainbow available.
    2. See #1.
    3. Pitching plastics perpendicular to the current.

    FishBlood&RiverMud
    Prescott
    Posts: 6687
    March 17, 2015 at 1:14 pm #1524343

    My go to 3:

    Fish sturgeon
    Fish Sturgeon
    Fish Sturgeon.

    gizmoguy
    Crystal,MN
    Posts: 756
    March 17, 2015 at 1:22 pm #1524347

    1. Pitchin plastics up shallow swinging them back in the current.
    2. Pitchin plastics up shallow swinging them back in the current.
    3. Dragging plastics with the current in the sand dunes. Best in lower water years.

    Francis K
    Champlin, MN
    Posts: 830
    March 18, 2015 at 12:24 pm #1524743

    3-way with a stick bait can be very effective.

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