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Has anyone fished a lindy rig for walleye, or something similar. I have been told to fish it stationary on the bottom, or on a slow retrieve. what do you think?
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LINDY,S ARE A KILLER. I TROLLBOTTOM BOUNCERS TO LOCATE ACTIVE FISH THEN SWITCH OVER TO LINDY,S AND LEAVE IT IN THEIR FACE LONGER. RESULTING IN MOORE FISH THAN JUST CRUISING THREW ACTIVE SCHOOLS...GREAT AT DC IN JULY
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Ok what is a lindy rig and what does it look like? And does it snag like bottom bouncer?
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THERE ARE A COUPLE TYPES. BASICLEY ITS A BENT FLATEND BELL SINKER THEN A BARREL SWIVLE THEN ABOUT 2 FT LEADER A GLASS BEAD OR FLOAT FOR ATRCTANT THEN 1 OR 2 HOOKS FOR THE NIGHT CRAWLER. ONE HOOK FOR MINNOW.
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go to lindylittlejoe.com to see an example. Excuse my ignorance but what does a bottom bouncer rig look like, and how do you fish it.
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Lindy rigs? That's my all-time favorite. You have a no-snag bottom bouncer, and a crawler harness.

The no-snag is a stubby bottom bouncer which you draw a line through its eyehole, then you have a bead to keep your knot intact, then tie on a double swivel, then tie the other end of the swivel with the crawler spinner harness.

You troll this at paint drying speed, just generating some spin to the the lindy spinner with a tasty morsel of a worm. Watch out on the S-turn on the boat...[] and hold on to your rod!
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EVER SEE A WIRE SHAPED LIKE AN UPSIDE DOWN L WITH A BIG WEIGHT ATTACTED TO THE MIDDLE OF THE WIRE? THAT IS A BOTTOM BOUNCER. TO FISH IT PUT A 2 TO 4 FT LEADER SOME BEADS AND A FLOAT WITH A # 2 COLORADO SPINNER THEN 2 HOOKS SPACED ABOUT 3 INCHES APART. ATATCH CRAWLER TROLL VERY SLOW DROP STRAIT DOWN AS SOON AS IT TICKS THE BOTTOM FISH IT THERE. WHEN A FISH HITS IT DONT JERK SET UPWARDS SWEEP IT TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE BOAT. BE FORE SETTING FEAD IT BACK AS THE FISH HITS WHEN IT GETS HEVY THEN SWEEP...
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Lindy's are similar to a bottom bouncer setup, but the snag-free sinker is not on a stiff wire. Lindy's are more of a finess technique for fishing in a known school that has been located, and for coaxing less active fish into biting; whereas bottom bouncers are better for covering more water at higher speed while trying to pick up more active fish. You can trail whatever you want behind the Lindy rigged sinker like a crawler harness with spinner (or spin-n-glo), a plain hook with any bait, attractor beads, floating jig heads, etc. You can fish it stationary or with a slow retrieve depending on the activity level of the fish and the concentration of the school.

What is your favorite blade colors on the bottom bouncer for D.C.?
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Ocean, if your snagging bottom bouncers your doing something wrong. The whole design of BB is to prevent snagging.
Either speed up or go lighter weight if your snagging.
If your snagging at X it is because of the flooded sage on the bottom. Nothing you can do about it but fish farther off the bottom.

Lindy's are for as stated above, finess fishing located schools. BB's are for locating.
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I have found the best blade color to usually be based on the forage fish of the particular water. Willard is shad, so silver blades are a good one to start with. Deer Creek, Yuba, and Starvation are Perch, so I start with gold there. Of course there are always exceptions, and days when just the opposite or something totally off the wall will work best. But logic says to "match the hatch" so to speak.

I have had some luck with gold,but I found that they like the greens,and oranges up at DC,with a worm trailor.Has there been any reports of EYES being caught up there yet? I am going to hit it hard next week when I get back from Lake Mead.
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THE SPAWN GOT OVER ABOUT THE 20TH OF APRIL THIS YR. VISITED WITH A COUPLE OF GUYS TWO DIFFERNT NIGHTS. ONLY A FEW BIG HENS PICKED UP THIS YR NOT MANY MAILS EATHER. THESE 2 GUYS FISH IT EVERY NIGHT DURRING THE SPAWN AND MOST YRS KICK SOME TAIL BUT NOY THIS ONE. SO THE EYES SHOULD BE GOING INTO CHOW MODE. UP TOWARDS THE INLET AT CHARLESTON. ON BLADES IVE USED ALL AT DC AND FOUND THAT #2 COLORADO HAMMERD NICKLE BLADE WITH RED YELLOW AND GREEN GLASS BEADS OUT PERFORMS EVERY TIME. SOME TIMES WE DOUBLE UP THE BLADES. USING A #4 IN FRONT AND THE # JUST ABOVE THE HOOKS.
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Ocean, are you fishing from shore? I have found that BB's don't work well for me from shore. In fact it sounds almost like an oxymoron. It's hard to get the consistent speed and action when reeling it in. From my understanding they are designed to be used with trolling at paint drying speed from a boat or watercraft on the water not shore. Perhaps this is why you get snags. But I'm no expert and could and may be wrong. AND if they do work for ya, even with some snags and you're catching fish..ignore my two cents worth.
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I think bottom bouncers would be practically impossible to use from shore. They are designed for a vertical (or nearly vertical) presentation, and you basically have to be almost directly above the fish you are trying to catch. Casting and retrieving one from shore would cause it to just flop over on its side and be dragged up the bottom incline. Not to mention it would result in a tangled mess more casts than not. And yes, it would probably snag frequently as well. But given a vertical presentation from a boat, pontoon, or float tube; where you can just barely 'tick' the bottom with the tip of the wire while moving slowly over a school of bottom feeding walleye, they are a very valuable tool indeed!

I personally prefer the bouncer designs that allow your line to slide through the eye, like a slip sinker, rather than the 90 degree bent wire kind where you tie solid to the bend apex. The slip kind are positioned upline from your bait with a swivel & bead. Then when a fish bites you can immediately give it slack, let the bouncer fall over on the bottom, and let the fish run without feeling any bouncer weight. One good thing about the solid bent type though is that they do impart extra action to your lure/bait every time the wire ticks the bottom.

Bouncers are my all-time favorite way to fish walleye.

If you are strictly a shore fisherman then casting a Lindy rig might work ok. I've never done it, but it should work with a slow retrieve. I would use one of those snagless upright walking sinkers in a fairly light weight. They look kind of like a minature bananna, painted black, the top half filled with balsa wood and the bottom half with lead. This causes it to walk along the bottom in an upright position, thus minimizing snags.

Here's are some photos of the Lindy no-snagg sinkers. Also check out this very informative document: [url "http://www.lindyfishingtackle.com/fishing_tips/images/nosnaggtips.pdf"]www.lindyfishingtackle.com/fishing_tips/images/nosnaggtips.pdf[/url]

I dont fish from shore with them.I used to own a boat and i would bottom bounce yuba a lot depending on the time of day.And yes they do snag a lot when theres brush but if you back troll then you can get them unsnagged.Cant wait till i get another boat!
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