Jig weight

[limacharley]

Hodgey
I used to use only jigs and it frustrates me to have to re-tie often if I happen to be fishing in a bed of boulders or tree stumps. (Remember, Kipawa is a flooded basin so there are many stumps).
With a drop shot, I rarely lose the hook...just the sinker. I buy drop shot sinkers in bulk....Amazon baby!

If I'm using 10 lbs mono, I tie 6 to 8 feet of 6 lb Fluro so if I get my sinker snagged, I'm hoping to break off just above the sinker.
I leave about 18 inches of line below my hook.

And if it's windy, all I have to do is swap out my sinker...say from 1/8 oz to 1/4 oz.

Both methods will catch you fish (jig vs drop shot) it's a matter of convenience for me.

[Fishn Deep]

Well covered by others. 85% of the time 1/8 oz jighead with a with a leech or crawler. Other 15% in deeper water or wind 1/4 oz.

There are times when color does not seem to matter
and other times it can be a diffrence maker. Favorite
colors are black, chatreuse, orange and pink. Although
this year for part of our trip white was the only thing that would work. Occassionaly plastic tail can also improve results. As we saw this year using a white or silver and black sassy shad was very effective. Walleyes we caught were spitting up 3"-4" min nows so those matched the food source.