WALLEYE

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Comment by dick tabbert on January 29, 2016 at 9:22am

Jason they are considered trash fish. You catch a bunch of them before you can catch a walleye but thats because they are trash fish and most everybody throws them back. Now we have and explosion on Gobi's little bait steelier s throughout the water column.

Comment by Jason Preslar on January 29, 2016 at 9:10am

I'd enjoy catching the sheepshead. Now that you mention it, it seems I recall the guide on our boat not being real happy about us hooking the one we did. I'm guessing they're considered trash fish up there?

Comment by dick tabbert on January 29, 2016 at 8:51am

We called then sheephead with many more unpleasant descriptions.

Comment by Jason Preslar on January 29, 2016 at 8:46am

Sheepshead = Freshwater Drum, correct?

That rig could catch any fish in any water with a nice fat crawler hanging off of it.

Comment by dick tabbert on January 29, 2016 at 8:41am

Use to fish Lake Erie a lot and that harness catches many species like Sheephead, white perch, white bass, catfish, perch and the list goes on. Back then my go to bait was a chartreuse Erie Derie a lead head with a harness built on it.

Comment by Jason Preslar on January 29, 2016 at 8:32am

Yes. Crawler Harness. That's what it was. I looked up a picture and that's what it was for sure. Now that I think about it, I don't see why that rig couldn't work for most other species as well.

Comment by Allen Morgan on January 29, 2016 at 6:37am

I know I've read about folks bottom bouncing jigs out of boats in the Detroit River.  I tied up a few Crawler Harness a couple years ago, but have never gotten around to using them.  I do know that folks that are die-hard Crawler Harness rigs will keep a large stock of various color blades and beads so they can customize their rigs to meet local conditions.

Adding a stinger hook to a jig like that, almost sounds like a Quick-Strike rig used for Pike.

Comment by Jason Preslar on January 29, 2016 at 12:07am

When on Eerie, we bounced the jigs on bottom and always had a stinger hook. We all caught several walleye, and a nice freshwater drum. We also employed the use of a nightcrawler rig that had spinners built into it but with less luck. We hooked and pulled in TONS of zebra mussels while fishing.

Comment by carl hendrix on January 28, 2016 at 7:45pm

Allen; in my area; we bottom bounce jigs;; tipped with minnows;; but also; we use a stinger hook on them;; tie a section of line onto the jig; along with your rod line;; then tie on a small treble hook.  hook the minnow thru the head;  with the jig; then the treble hook; into tail section of the minnow;; gives a LOT better hook ups with sauger !!

Comment by Allen Morgan on January 28, 2016 at 7:03pm

I've got a friend on another forum, that fishes for 'eyes at sunset and the first couple hours after that.  He usually catches fish on cranks or jigs (jigs are his own ties).  The fish are usually within feet of the shoreline, so close that he can actually see their eyes glowing underwater.

I've only caught Saugers before.  I will say that the Saugers hit a jig or minnow much harder than the Spotted (Kentucky) Bass that I was catching at the same time.

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