10-22-2023, 06:25 PM
It has been tough lately. But fishing fligs in Willard is not unlike fishing anything else anywhere else. First ya gotta find fish...active fish. Then you gotta serve them something that will get them to "yawn" in front of your offering.
Lots of variables with fliggin'. Depth...obviously. Then speed, rigging, color, choice of baits, etc. Floating jigs were originally designed by walleye anglers to present their choice of baits...minnows, crawlers or leeches...just above the bottom...with some extra attractive color. And that is their main value in Willard...serving up a desirable morsel of bait at the right depth and speed...in their choice of appealing colors.
On some days you need a shorter or longer leader...or slightly slower or faster speed...or a bit different rigging. It's good to know your options and to be able to make the right adjustments according to what you are seeing...or not seeing...on sonar.
Colors? Probably as much a matter of angler preference as fish preference. Fish don't see colors the same way we do. A lot of time they hit what they can see best and not a specific hue in the color spectrum. Still, there are a half dozen colors and patterns that seem to do best year round under most conditions. And there are a handful of other optional colors that occasionally get bit when the tried and true stuff ain't gettin' it.
That's fishing fer ya. Lemme know if you would like some of the PDF files I have put together on the different kinds of fligs and techniques.
Lots of variables with fliggin'. Depth...obviously. Then speed, rigging, color, choice of baits, etc. Floating jigs were originally designed by walleye anglers to present their choice of baits...minnows, crawlers or leeches...just above the bottom...with some extra attractive color. And that is their main value in Willard...serving up a desirable morsel of bait at the right depth and speed...in their choice of appealing colors.
On some days you need a shorter or longer leader...or slightly slower or faster speed...or a bit different rigging. It's good to know your options and to be able to make the right adjustments according to what you are seeing...or not seeing...on sonar.
Colors? Probably as much a matter of angler preference as fish preference. Fish don't see colors the same way we do. A lot of time they hit what they can see best and not a specific hue in the color spectrum. Still, there are a half dozen colors and patterns that seem to do best year round under most conditions. And there are a handful of other optional colors that occasionally get bit when the tried and true stuff ain't gettin' it.
That's fishing fer ya. Lemme know if you would like some of the PDF files I have put together on the different kinds of fligs and techniques.