Jigging rap walleyes are on fire!

[Dooley87]

If you've never tried a jigging rap in open water you need to try it! A buddy turned me on to this tip and it's insane! I watched a boat rig live bait over a spot and come up with nothing, I caught all these fish in that exact spot immediately after that boat left. I caught the 5 eaters between 17-19" and the 27" (which was released) 2 nights ago. The video was filmed last night and immediately caught my limit fish which was 19" then spent the rest of the night fishing for fun. This technique is unreal and anyone that hasn't tried it needs to.

Al Linder has a video on it but basically keep that jigging rap moving horizontally, rip it up and let it pound into the bottom, wait a few seconds and rip it up again, you don't feel a bite they are just there when you go to rip it again. They can't leave it alone. My best luck has been between 25-30 feet deep.

[BartmanMN]

What weight jigging rap do you prefer?

[buddha]

Great job, nice fish. I'll give that a try this weekend. I forgot about using that technique.

[Dooley87]

I've heard the 9's out perform the 7's but I haven't seen a difference in the two days I've been trying it.

[haleysgold]

Dooley - I don't see a swivel from the line to the rap.

Don't you have a problem with the line twisting real bad?

[Dooley87]

There's a swivel

[Stick in Mud]

I've ripped these things with swivels, without them (tying the braid direct to the lure), and with uni-to-uni knots. I've never had much trouble with line twist either way, though if I can, I try to use the swivel because adding a new leader is easier than tying another uni to uni.

[Northlander]

I love this and blades in the fall. Really drives the fish nuts.

[pikerliker]

Good tips guys. I've never tried this but it sounds like a blast.

[mainbutter]

If you can use a craw jig for bass, you can certainly use a minnow jig for walleye works like a charm!

[Summett]

It's interesting that these work so well in the fall, as I've always thought that fall walleyes prefer subtle bait presentations, rather than high action bait. I'm definitely not a walleye expert though, so seeing the vid...what do i know.

[Jarrid Houston]

Bullet proof technique these days, only downfall is if you get snagged up, sucks to lose a few raps, but sometimes can be worth it!

[Igor Drackenwolf]

So I was all excited about trying this new (to me) bait and technique - went out and got me an array of Jiggin' Raps, hit the lake and marked some walleyes, worked the lure as described - nothing for a frustrating 3/4 hour or so. Switched to fatheads and a jig, and got a limit of 6 fish within a half hour.

Not saying the bait isn't good - obviously it is, since the original poster has such a nice result to show for it. But my first effort was a bust, and the old stand-by for fall fishing was what produced.

Any more detail on how you're working that lure?

[mainbutter]

Like any other presentation, sometimes it has its day, sometimes live bait is the way to go.

[fiskyknut]

Mainbutter whats the story with that BIG Lingcod in your avatar ?

Appears ginormous in that pic.

[mainbutter]

Mainbutter whats the story with that BIG Lingcod in your avatar ?

Appears ginormous in that pic.

[/threadhijack]

My parents live in AK, I moved to MN for college back in '04. In '09 i visited the family and we all took our fist trip to Kodiak and had a charter trip to the five of us (parents, me, my sister) to go multi species fishing. I was working a big mr twister style halibut jig with a 1lb jighead and had something big hit, and here's the results!!

Fun note, after it hit the deck, it puked up a 7ish-pound silver salmon and a five-ish pound black rockfish.

[/threadhijack]

protip for jiggin raps: try it without the treble. The treble gets panfish when tipped with something while ice fishing, but the side hooks get the minnow-chasing predators for me.

[fiskyknut]

Sorry bout the hi-jack. Years back I did my share of fishing in Ca and Or and we'd get those things on occasion. The bigger ones I saw went up to about 30-35 lbs. That one looks way bigger ??

Great eating fish they were and ours had turquoise colored meat b4 cooking. Supposedly from eating Urchins.

[muskie hunter]

Is there any way to make these weedless? So in the summer I can jig these in wood for walleye and also in rocks.

[icehole10]

They weren't on fire on Devils lake this past weekend, of course nothing was on fire. Heard a lot of "should have been here last weekend" from other we spoke to at the accesses, but that is the way it goes sometimes. I'm just glad I didn't run out and spend a couple of hundo on them.

[aanderud]

Mainbutter whats the story with that BIG Lingcod in your avatar ?

Appears ginormous in that pic.

I always wondered what that was (just not enough to go look it up). Thought it was a giant eelpout on LOTW or something. LOL.

[B-man715]

Tried the jigging rap this weekend. I was graphing fish and fished an hour without a bite.... Switched to a medium sucker rigged on a three way and started connecting immediately

I then started fishing with the rap in my right hand and the rig in my left (Wisconsin), the sucker went 6 for 8, the rap...... 0/0

Oh well, the fish must not have been in the mood for it, but I'll try it again in the future.

[kfk]

Jigging Raps are like any other lure. They aren't a miracle lure. The fish want them some days and on other days they prefer something else. That being said, I've had alot of success with them.

[ozzie]

I have one tied up lately and have not been successful with the walleyes but the crappies love them. Mostly get them on the treble hook

[Borch]

Jigging raps was the go to approach for me on Cass last week. Snap it and drop, snap and drop and the fish would usual be there on the next snap. Rarely felt the hit.

[kfk]

It's rare to feel a "hit" on jigging raps. Usually, the fish are just "there" when you lift it up to start your cadence again. Letting them hang motionless for several seconds after a series of jigging motions is usually needed to trigger strikes when vertical jigging them.