Favorite walleye jig

[ate1cropy]

Im going up to Mille lacs in a couple weeks with some buddies gunna try our hands at some walleyes but I have almost ZERO experience walleye fishin over ice. I called the place we are staying with some questions and they were almost no help. If anyone could narrow it down a lil more as to a hand full of jigs and spoon I should try I would be very thankful. Thanks a bunch

[Will]

i like to use small to medium frostee techniglow spoons, they really glow brightly. i would also suggest spooling up with flourocarbon line.

[harvey lee]

Rattling Varmit. They offer a rattle in them and also glow.

A new jig for me this season is the Lindy Flyer spoon. This one seems to catch walleyes, crappies and catfish from what I have seen this winter.

Check out the JB Lures here.

http://www.outdoorprostore.com/jb-lures.html

I hope this helps and good luck.

[Eastwind]

I like the Acme Kastmaster in blue and chrome 1/12 oz size the best. Angel Eyes and Glo Devils are also good lures for me.

[pow & legend]

The yellow colored vingla. also throw out that bonus tip up. we get a lot of our bigger fish on them up there

[Deitz Dittrich]

I'm going to have to agree with k.L... I have a 1/4oz Perch colored Rattle Varmit tied on at all times it seems. They have a glass rattle on the inside that gives them a unique sound that no other lure has...

Just my opinion.

As for other lures, some Gem-N-Eyes are nice for a deadstick rod or for a rattle reel. Jiggin Rapalas work well too...

Good luck!

On a side note.. If I called a resort and they were no help like you said... I would choose a new resort.. THere are a ton up there and plenty of them have great staffs that will go out of their way to have your trip be an enjoyable one!

[Jakesbuds]

Are JB Lures only available online or do stores carry them as well?

[Craigums]

If you are deadsticking...Custom Jigs and Spins Demon in Green and glow green would be a good one to try with a minnow

Good Luck

[Fred_Bear]

For jigging set-ups I like a small jigging rap during the day not tipped with anything and at dusk switch to a glow buckshot spoon tipped with the head of a fathead.

[BartmanMN]

Are JB Lures only available online or do stores carry them as well?

JB jigs are advertised in my local Hardware Hank this weekend.

[erikh45]

I am voting for a red glowing stop sign. Got them on the internet from JB I believe. Tip em with a chub head. 2nd is a Chartreuse Swedish pimple with a chub head and maybe even some scent.

[FishinChad]

Bare hook and a fathead or small shiner is a great choice to throw down the hole. No jigging required so not a bad idea to have this setup down on a rattle reel or a pole that you can watch closely while you jig with your 2nd rod.

Set your bait no more than 6 inches off the bottom, just so that your minnow cant sit on the bottom, but close as possible.

Im no walleye pro, just a couple ideas for you.

[FISHINGURU]

i'd get a couple gem n eyes, rattlin varmints, glow demons, jiggin raps, chubby darters, and jig those with a smaller setup on a bobber next to you...either a small ice jig or plain hook with a fathead...i like glow hooks, chartruese, or red mainly.

this time of season "mid ice" i'd try some dropper rigs also...they make it easy for the stubborn lazy eyes to inhale the bait...take a jig like one of the ones mentioned and take the treble hook off....then tie on 4-6 inches of line and add a single hook and put on a minnow, waxy, minnow head , ect....the jig attracts and the easy meal they can gulp with no effort below the jig will sometimes seal the deal on the eyes that normally look at your jig but don't strike it.

[Jim Almquist]

My choices would be either a Scenic Tackle Angeleye or a Northland forage minnow or a Kastmaster in perch pattern.

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[hydro]

There sure is a lot of selling here.

From a non-sales standpoint I have had pretty good success with the buckshot jigs tipped with the front third of a fathead. Oranges and golds work well and i use the size about 1 1/2" long, whatever weight it is.

[PerchJerker]

I mostly use Angel Eyes, Rattlin' Varmits, and Go-Devils. For deadsticking usually a Gem'N'Eye or maybe a Frostee. On Mille Lacs I've always liked glow-green colors and firetiger or perch the best, and orange at times. And I agree with the flourccarbon line idea.

[marshmallow]

Northland "Whistler Jig" head w/minnow.. "Crusher" spoons.. "Forage Minnow".. I use the "Whistlers" for crappies also..

[pow & legend]

I also agree with Harvey, those rattling varmits with the glass rattle in them really bring the walleyes in. thats the only thing we could get them on my last trip up to the big pond. Those compared to the buck shots i believe are a big improvement. Not to put down any suggestions just relaying what has worked best for me this year

[harvey lee]

The rattles will call in the fish as the fish can sense the ratlle noise through their lateral line.

Every fish has one, for those who don't know, its the line from the gill plate to the tail and its down the middle of the body.

[ate1cropy]

I just wanna thank everyone... I had no ideas what to go to the sore and buy. Most likely woulda bought the lures with the most flashy packages... Now I feel like a pro. thanks guys!

[Drewski]

1/8 oz. buckshots in either blue or chartruese.

[WyoChris]

My favorite is a Northland glow in the dark Buckshot.... tipped with either the head of a fathead or the entire fathead minnow(head works good for perch, the whole minnow works good for walleyes). My buddies will be sitting right next to me with another jig on, but I always get more bites with this buckshot. In low light, zap it every once in awhile with your flashlight/headlight.

[hovermn]

I haven't really specifically targeted Walleys this year, but have had great success with jigging raps, and keep one tied on at all times. While jigging for pannies, if I see a walter pop up and say hi to the Marcum, I'll drop a rap down, and most of the time it gets them to bit.

Other 'eye jigs tied on at all times are a rattling spoon, Angle eye or Go devil, and a tear drop with large hook and a minnow. While I'm not a walleye fisherman, I don't want to be caught with my pants down

I should mention that I'll use any one of these jigs when nothing's on the screen to try and attract something in. I think Sunfish have the small dog complex

[Chode2235]

I just wanna thank everyone... I had no ideas what to go to the sore and buy. Most likely woulda bought the lures with the most flashy packages... Now I feel like a pro. thanks guys!

Remember, fishing lures are designed to catch fisherman as much (if not more than) fish. Pretty much anything will work, and be leary of those with a vested financial interest.

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