Quinte Fishing

Just a question for the sonar/Vex guys. When a fish comes on the screen what techniques do yo use to make him commit. I read about Hodgey using the "Teasing the cat with a piece of string methods" along with the fleeing bait. What has been a good go to method??

im with Hodgy on that one. the fish only showed up because he was intrested so dont break that pattern if you do you may have very well just blew yer chance, often you will only get one chance expessally on a big fish,,,,,,,,,,, thats my oppinion anyways!

Have a look at this video I took, it's not the greatest video...however, look at the reaction to the walleye when the bait is raised above it's head. The walleye goes from being not really interested to totally interested. BTW - I did manage to catch that fish 10 min later off camera...LOL

Walleye starts @ about 50sec in

http://youtu.be/vgQ7S4zC7ag

Cheers, Hodgey...

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Gary Hodge
NPAA 518

Great video and technique Hodgey !!

Thanks,

There is really no wrong or right way to work the fish as patterns change all the time depending on how active the fish are. Best advice I can add to this post is if it showed up to have a look then don't stop doing what you did to get him there.
If anything speed things up a little with more of a snap to your jig. Try not to let the bait fall past the fish on the first couple attempts. If things are still not happening then let the bait smash to bottom and do a couple long slow lifts.... as long as you can reach... then let the rod tip beat the line back down to the hole for a 100% free fall.
The best tip anyone here can take away from this post is CLEAN...CLEAN...CLEAN the area around your hole. If your working a fish the last thing you want is your line getting caught on old frozen slush and getting all tangled and frayed. Be sure to pay attention to how the previous fish reacted to your jigging pattern and adapt your techniques to fit the fish.
Hope this tip helps some.
Jason

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If you whisper to the walleye they will come!

Great advice Jay, from day to day you never know what mood these finiky walleye will be in.

Cheers. Hodgey...

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Gary Hodge
NPAA 518