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| Hi guys,
I have never tried jigging for muskies and I decided im going to give it a go this year. Ive just recently picked up two original Bondy's as well as a hot Orba. I typically fish on the winnipeg river system (minaki). My question is where I should spend most my time fishing with these? I have my "favourite spots" I just dont know if these would be effective there as lots are pretty shallow. There are lots of high current areas in minaki, Im just not too sure where to start. Any suggestions would be helpful. |
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| also are there specific conditions that I should be looking for (weather/time of year) where jigging is most effective? |
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| Hello and thank you very much for buying our baits! In a river we try and find migration routes along drop offs where the actual depth of the fish is relative to your body of water. Anglers who are the best Bondy Bait jiggers seemed to have really focused in learning to use their graphs very well. For example, when jigging and drifting along a drop off and you see what looks to be a hump or point sticking out of the drop may very well be just an outward swing of the channel or drop, where fish can really stack up because it throws the current of its normal path. I know some guys on big water that will literally just idle around until they see a huge arch on their graph. A huge mark will be either a musky or a sturgeon. You can then get a cast away and sail the bait towards it, getting the musky's attention as it hits the surface or literally stop the boat the second you see a fish and send the bait straight down off the transom. There are really so many ways to fish it from suspended fish to ones that hold on deep edges or transition type spots, because essentially all the thing is is just a big jig. Imagine the varied places and types of casts you can cast a 1/2oz jig to a walleye and extrapolate that kind if thinking from there to get started! Good luck and send pics! |
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| and there you have it jon does know his stuff |
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Location: SE, WI. | musky tend to move to deep neck down area's in the fall. I would think under the railroad bride in minaki, or the entrance, and back side of rough rock narrows may be high percentage spots to try jigging:) Especially eddies that may relate to these spots! JD |
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| Thanks Jon im looking forward to giving it a try! thanks jds, i was thinking roughrock would be a great place to try, I never thought of the bridge though thanks for the suggestion. |
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