Rip jigging question

[Carp-fisher]

I'm looking for some information on rip jigging for walleyes. A coworker explained to me once that his favorite technique of early summer walleyes is to back-troll a fireball jig tipped with a 3" shiner and "rip jig" it over 15' breaklines. Any advice on this tactic would be appreciated. Thanks

[james_walleye]

Im also interested in hearing a little bit on this subject. I fish Winnie alot and i know people do the rip jigging thing up there.

[Deitz Dittrich]

I could be wrong, but rip jigging to me has always been fishing a heavier jig. You then snap the rod tip up and let the jig fall back to the bottom. Its the snap up that often will trigger bites, however almost all your bites will happen on the fall. When most people jig its a very slow lift and fall, with rip jigging its all about the snap. You are still only snapping the jig about 2 foot off the bottom however. Your jig should stay in the strike zone, just move faster!

Good luck!

[hip_hop_fisherman]

Deitz hit the nail on the head, I've been watching the same Advanced Walleye Tactics video for the past two weeks (its the only one I have), and there's a whole piece on there about rip jigging, and they explain it just as he did. I NEED some open water!

[fishin789]

we were fishing by the dam in redwing and no one is catching anything.Along comes the Griz with a camera crew in his jon boat. he pulls up 3 feet from shore and start rip jigging. Third snap he has a walleye.I watched him catch 6 in a matter of 20 min. We got on the line he was running and started rip jigging and started catching walleyes.Pretty soon people started catching on and most started running the same line.We did have some people that didn't catch on and just anchored where we caught a fish. they didn't catch a thing. all they did was mess up the line.That was a blast.

You would snap your jig up fast and follow it back down.when you would go to snap it up again or towards the end of the drop you would feel the fish.

[Bigfife]

The rip jigging that I have seen on TV and use on Winni is a little different. We are usually fishing sand or gravel areas. We start backtrolling pretty fast, 1+ mph. Then it is almost like trolling a crankbait. Let the line way out and then rip the rod forward and slowly let it back. The rod only goes horizontal, not vertical.

I may be wrong, but this is the rip jigging that I know. This method is deadly on Winni in the spring. I have caught walleyes on a jig tipped with nothing more than an eyeball.

[walleyehawk]

Griz is the rip jigging expert I hear. He now sells his jigs that in the past only sold to clients. It looks like a feather jig and Gander Mountain sells them. He also speaks at the sports show Friday evening.

I think like any technique, it has it's time and place. I have used it on Leech Lake in the fall and did OK, with others in my group doing better.

Do a Google search on "Griz" and you might find some articles others have written based on interviews with him.

[leechlake]

also, you need to hook your minnow in a way that will keep it on your hook.

[steel24]

It's easier to use plastics, Live bait doesn't last long using this technique..

[james_walleye]

Hey fishin789 when you were rip jigging at Red Wing was that with live bait? or plastics? How deep of water did you do this in?? thanks

[fishin789]

I was using plastic.the pink and char. munchies were working the best for me.We were drifting down the right shore on the lock side In between 7 and 10 ft.have enough line out to make it hit bottom once in awhile.I think the stiring up of the mud when the jig hit bottom would get there attention some times.I don't think you could keep live bait on your hook to long rip jigging.Another thing I have had luck with it casting a cicada across current and reeling it back in.I still bring fat heads with because if you happen to anchor on the right spot it can be awsome.We have gone through 4 scoops of fat heads in a day and caught fish on almost every one of them.If I don't work on tue and the rain holds off I'm going down there.

[james_walleye]

I have been wondering about rippin plastics up at Red Wing. Last year we were not catching anything one day so i starting casting a ringy on a big jig into a current break and ripped it for a while for the heck of it. In the half hour i did that i caught 2 saugers and a 25" walleye but we had too go. Never tried it since too see if there was something too that.

[rosspj59]

Fishin789, thanks for reinstalling my confidence in this technique. Snap jigging was all the rage a few years back on pool 4, but it seemed to die down in the past two years. Might have to try it again if the fish are sluggish on the river. Hopefully the water stabilizes this week and the debris floats away. I caught some nice fish on friday before they opened the gates. Only managed one good fish on sunday.

[Ole #1]

This works well for hooking the minnows.

Put the hook in the mouth and out a gil, then go up the stomach and through the back. This seems to keep the minnow on the best.

[Mr.Perch]

A couple of other ways to hook the minnows. With a short shank wide gap jig and a small minnow straight in the mouth and out behind the head through the back top of skull (they do not live long so change often). With a extra long shank hook a good sized shiner in the mouth out the gill and sideways through the back behind the dorsal fin. This make the minnow flutter side ways and can be great when the bite is tough. I am going to try the up the stomach and through the back. Do they die fast that way?

[Ole #1]

They will die, but it doesn't really matter, as long as they are still intact on the jig. I've caught more than 1 fish on the same minnow hooking them this way.