first ice walleye yeah

[mrcarp]

HI I CAUGHT MY FIRST WALLEYE THROUGH THE ICE ON A BUCK SHOT RATTLE SPOON I HAVE TRIED AND TRIED ON SPOONS JIGGING RAPS ETC. FINALLY NOW I WILL HAVE THE CONFIDENCE IN A BAIT NOW I WILL KEEP TRYING I DID A ONE TWO LIFT AND HELD IT FOR 30 SECONDS THEN TIC AND P0W I GOT HIM. I HAVE HEARD THAT MANY PEOPLE OVER JIG A SPOON I THINK THIS MAY HAVE BEEN MY PROBLEM. DIDNT WANT TO GLOAT BUT IM SO EXCITED MY FIRST WALLEYE ON ICE EVER THANKS ANY ADVICE ID LOVE IT THANKS

[Lisa Almquist]

Way to go mrcarp! What a proud moment! Keep up with what's working at this point and if it stops working, switch your jig, move to a fresh spot, wash your hands before touching your bait and keep trying!!

[Agronomist_at_IA]

Congrats on your first fish. Remeber my first walleye Ice fishing.

[hanson]

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I HAVE HEARD THAT MANY PEOPLE OVER JIG A SPOON I THINK THIS MAY HAVE BEEN MY PROBLEM.

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Could be... Do you fish with a flasher at all???

A flasher will tell you how the fish respond to your jigging actions. Sometimes they respond to subtle jigging motions and sometimes they respond to very active, aggressive jigging motions. A flasher will help you determine the fish's mood.

For the most part, my larger vertical movements are aggressive and then I like to "shake" the spoon in place. A good technique is to get the treble hook & minnow head kicking slightly side to side while the spoon body itself stays fairly motionless. So 2-3' jigging actions followed by periods of slightly shaking the spoon. Bam!

[Jim Almquist]

I will do pretty much the same thing as Hanson.I like to lift my jig 2 to 3 feet and then jig it back down and always watching my flasher. I can't tell you how many time the walleyes will come up and inhale your hook with a minnow head and you will only feel a little less weight but your flasher will show him right there and you will set the hook and get him right in the lips.You have to remember that a walleye can inhale and exhale your bait in a split second and some times they don't want all that much but will come in for a taste. I like to pinch my minnow heads with my fingers so I have that scent on my hands and the loose parts of the minnow will act as a great attractor.I caught my first walleye jigging when I was around 13 and it is still my favorite way to catch them and that was over 35 years ago.