Kipawa Fishing Forum

Just curious how many people use a specialty jig other than the normal round ball jig such as a wobble jig, haired jig, bladed jig or stand up jig? Personally I have started using these with pretty good success.

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Silly question.
Do you really attribute your success to the new jig or is it being in the right place at the right time??????

I really feel ,that in the long run,nothing beats a plain ,ordinary jig head tipped with a worm or a leech.
Try fishing with a bare jighead and see how far it gets you.

When your fishing a rocky bottom nothing feel better than losing a 25 cent jig rather than a 1.50 jig.(constantly).
Start losing those higher end jigs and those cheap jigs are going to look mighty fine.

Sorry for my rant.
Getting stir crazy.
Finally getting out ice fishing for the first time this weekend.

While I can concur with RHYBAK that using less expensive fishing gear can potentially catch just as many fish as using more expensive gear, that’s no rationale for chastising those folks who enhance their fishing pleasure (perceived or not) by buying more expensive gear. Besides, who defines expensive gear? If any fisherperson can afford to buy and use higher end gear, what’s the harm? To each his/her own.

To your question Nancy, I tend to use jigs other than the normal round ball jig. And if I’m trying to catch walleye hugging a rock infested (snaggy) bottom, I’ll usually switch to slip bobbering to prevent loss of gear.

Jay

Sorry Jay
You're right.
I fixed it

@RHYBAK
With Nancy and I fishing in the same boat, drifting and jigging, her using fancy jigs and me using round ball jigs with both using curly tails(same color) and worms out of the same flat she will out fish me 3 or 4 to 1.  I am not sure the jig style makes the difference or not.  Changing to her jigs ups my numbers  ::) ::) and makes me wonder.

John

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Have you ever thought that you are driving the boat.
Handling the gas . Your hands smell of gas. Her hands are clean. She's catching more fish....HMMMM .... Makes you wonder??????
Fisher persons of the female gender seem to have better luck than us male hunks.
Something about the delicate odour that comes off of their fingers as apposed to those male hunk testosterone filled fingers tips.

She might be keeping a banana under your seat.
Have you ever checked for that?

I once had a female friend that wore rubber gloves when musky/ walleye fishing to handle her lures and baits.
She outfished everybody.

I personally don't was when I'm in Quebec.

I don't want any soap scum on my baits.
The dirtier and smellier I am, the better luck I have. 8) 8) 8) :o ;D ;D ;D

@RHYBAK, No banana under the seat!  ;)

This past year I caught far more eyes using a red hook and leech than with any colored jig I tossed in. The year before that my son killed them on a blue jig. Who knows what will work at any given week? As far as the expensive gear, I think it depends on how you're fishing. I slip bobber almost exclusively (thanks Rybak) and don't really need a sensitive rod. Capt. Guy (RIP) jigged and needed a better rod than I. Catching fish for me is a bonus, just being on Kipawa is enough!!! Jay, I will see you and your crew at the Auberge in August. A good friend of mine and Capt. Guy will be there with me.  Can't wait!!!

Oarin

I totally agree with the red hooks.
That is what I use with my slip floats.

If I use a jig,I try to pick one out of the chest with a red hook also.
I buy the unpainted jig heads in e bay a d paint them up myself.
Sure in the past I may have bought a few specialty jigs,like buck tails ,but I still turn to the plain jig heads.
We don't vertical jig. We hunt for the fish. We cast as far away from the boat as possible,let the jig sink,then slowly retrieve it back to the moat,hence a lot of hang ups and snap offs.

I use the jig Nancy uses without the spinner. Just sitting on the bottom with a worm on a bare hook. Sometimes I need a stinger hook when they're just nipping at it.Got me a lot of walleye just on the stinger.

I tend to agree with the KISS method.(Keep It Simple Stupid ) The weight forward jig you pictured is very similar to an Erie Deerie,the hot set up for walleye on Lake Erie a few years back.However ,with it's spinner blade,it was used mostly trolling.I have used the Erie Deerie trolling on Kipawa with moderate success.

@RHYBAK about the smell on your hands.  I totally agree this has a huge influence on the success between 2 people in the same boat, or sitting side by side ice fishing.  Once I was ice fishing with a buddy whose hands were cracked and sore so he loaded them up with a stinky hand cream at night and the next day couldn't buy a bite as I limited out.  Another fishing partner last year was trout fishing out of his boat and the local bait shop told him the secret there was to was your hands with Ivory soap while fishing, he tried it and claims it worked...I think he's nuts but Google Ivory soap for fishing.

Quote from: Oarin on January 08, 2015, 05:55:19 PM
Jay, I will see you and your crew at the Auberge in August. A good friend of mine and Capt. Guy will be there with me.  Can't wait!!!

Hi Gary:

Glad to hear that you're still going to be able to visit Kipawa twice a year. We'll look forward to seeing you again in August along with your new fishing buddy.

Jay

I have used plain, painted and specialty jigs as well as all kinds of spinners, lures etc. to fish for walleye. Honestly, what works one year doesn't the next so its a matter of fishing different things until you hit on the winner.

Quote from: getthenet on January 09, 2015, 02:54:48 AM
I tend to agree with the KISS method.(Keep It Simple Stupid ) The weight forward jig you pictured is very similar to an Erie Deerie,the hot set up for walleye on Lake Erie a few years back.However ,with it's spinner blade,it was used mostly trolling.I have used the Erie Dearie trolling on Kipawa with moderate success.

I used to use dearies on Georgian Bay a lot. I got few walleye but I couldn't keep the pike and musky off of it. Especially in the fall. I haven't tried one on Kipawa yet