Quinte Fishing

It might be worth a try. If trolling is producing nothing, showing the big gals something they may not have seen in a while may tempt an intelligent heavy lazy double digit to bite. As the season goes on some of them will probably have seen a number of minnow imitations zing by them and go to school on this. Trolling with minnows is definately effective as witnessed by the nice pictures posted by many followers of this website. But when that does not work , a jigging plan B might help or a slower finesse presentation.In the Professional Bass tournament circuit in the States some of the guys that have finished near the top are showing the fish something they have not seen in a while . Those artificial long bodied minnows - smithwick, reef runners etc are good producers but the plastics/livebait might be an alternative Plan B. Those realistic looking Storm Plastic swimbaits-perch- which are heavy and can get down there properly jigged off the bottom or trolled or jigged erratically for suspending fish might tempt a big girl who is tired of those minnow imitations zipping by her or simply is too big(from feeding on baitfish) to go chasing a minnow imitation. Put the breakfast down on her table and she might take a good bite out of it . This time of year the trolling presentation shines but when it is off Walleye Finesse fishing may give an angler new confidence, a break from trolling and with some luck a lazy heavy gal who wants her supper brought to her instead of running down her supper. At some point those big girls have to go some place to digest all those baitfish they have taken in and may have room for another meal course as long as it is put in front of her. This may be a harder type of fishing but may produce the big trophy that is so difficult to land 90+ % of the time. If all else fails it is at least good practice on another approach \that may pay dividends another day in different conditions.