Need some advice on jigging lakers in rvr

[iraevski]

Originally Posted by jimmythegreek

What I do is setup for the troll and keep ur eyes on the sonar. when u see good bottom marks make a waypoint on the plotter and as the day goes and it slows go back and jig those marks. I am a big binsky fan but crippled herring in 1oz size work great as do large tubes w heavy jig heads. I also like shiners on 1oz jigheads but you gotta get the right jig heads for that setup. Best way to troll is w the 9.9 AND the electric so u can keep the boat going in the right direction on hookups, an ipilot on a minnkota is the most valuable piece of equipment I own, cant fish without it.

I fished saturday morn and they were killing jointed F7 in rainbow trout pattern 150 ft back, also did good 10' off bottom with mini cowbells and small spoon for a pair of lakers. Most fish marked were 10-15 ft down, invest in a set or two of planer boards you can easily fish 6 lines, with downriggers stacked I can run 10 without issues

Jimmy

thank you for your response. i do have planer boards and use them regularly. i find it hard know when i have a fish on with planer boards, especially when the water is choppy and i am using leadcore. in how many feet of water do you usually troll?

as for ipilot i checked it out online. looks like a very good fishing tool. probably a bit out of my price range though. i have an old minncota trolling motor (probably 10 years old). i don't think i can connect it to the ipilot. would need to get a whole new setup which is like at least 2k from what i have seen. so the ipilot comes with its own gps?

i was also looking to learn about jiggin technique as i have never fished jigs before. when i fish for bass i mostly use senkos and you don't really need to do anything with them, just drop them and retrieve. what kind of motion does binsky/herring require?