How do I fish a jig and minnow for walleye?

It is the foundational walleye technique because it puts a real minnow at exact depth with total contact. Pick the lightest head that holds bottom contact in the wind and depth you face — 1/8 oz (3.5 g) shallow and calm, 1/4–3/8 oz (7–10 g) deeper or drifting, heavier in current — and hook the minnow up through the lips or head. Work it along bottom transitions with slow lifts, drops, and pauses, keeping a semi-tight line on every fall, because that is when the tick comes. Feel weight, sweep — do not wait to feel the fish pull. It shines when walleye are concentrated and cool: spring staging areas, fall breaks, river seams; in midsummer scatter, cover water with other tools first and return to the jig once fish are found.

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