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When you start fishing with walleye fishing jigs, you need to develop a keen sense of touch and concentration. Walleye are finicky biters and you may feel anything from a hard hit, or just see your line slowly start to tighten. An active walleye will inhale a walleye jig while swimming, then exhale the water through its gills. The sucking action of a walleye will produce a strong tapping sensation, so immediately set the hook. Many times when walleye are not actively feeding they will simply place their mouths on the jig. All you will see is your line start to move slightly! Put the hook!
Novice walleye anglers often go home empty handed because they don’t set the hook correctly. Many beginners make the mistake of expecting a hard hit or hitting their walleye jig as if they were fishing for other fish with a crankbait. Key Tip for Walleye: Walleye will hit your jig when it is sinking, not on the up and forward motion.
The best thing you can do is set the hook whenever you think something is out of your rhythm norm. Just a quick pull of your rod with your wrists. If the walleye jig is sinking differently than its normal rate, set the hook! Most likely, there is a walleye “eating” your template. If you think you’ve caught a weed on your retrieve and the drag is shedding the line, set the hook! this could very well be a walleye. Those pesky little hangers sometimes just peck at our insoles, or is it a hanger? Put the hook! That pesky little peck could very well be a walleye!
Key tip for walleye: You need to be able to feel even the smallest peck or movement of the line, so keep the line taut when the jig is sinking. If you move the tip of the rod, then lower it back quickly as the jig sinks in, it will loosen up and you won’t feel the shock. Instead, lower the template with tension on the line, as if you were gently placing it on the bottom.
You’ll catch more hits if you watch your line and rod tip carefully. Many times, you will see something that you cannot feel. If you see your line contract as you enter the water, or if your line moves slightly to one side, set your hook.
Key Steps – How to Cast and Retrieve a Walleye Fishing Jig
Step 1 GET UP the jig with a light tap of the rod tip, then let the jig sink to the bottom. The amount of “pop” will depend on how the fish react on the day you are fishing. If the fishing is really slow and the fish don’t move much, try to retrieve them very slowly.
Step #2 Bottom the tip of the rod, key point: this is when you will get your walleye hit or bite. Be sure to keep the line taut at all times when the jig is sinking. Go ahead, repeat raising and lowering the rod tip. Try to develop a good pattern and be sure to roll it up a bit after moving the walleye jig.
Step#3 STRIKES Remember that a walleye hit will occur when the jig floats to the bottom, not when the jig moves up or forward. If you feel a strong shock which means the walleye has sucked up the jig, set the hook immediately!
Step #4 PLACE THE HOOK Immediately when it senses something unusual, a walleye spits out a walleye fishing jig quickly. A flick of the wrists results in a quicker cast of the hook than a long sweep of the arms, but you’ll need a stiff rod to sink the hook.