09-13-2011, 03:03 PM
I'm no Musky expert, but I have jigged a bit. Vertical jigging probably works best, but you should be able to jig from shore, but you'll have to count on more of a 'pitch it out, count it down' then work a pattern where you jerk up/up/up, drop down. So you make a zig-zag pattern to the bottom as your work you way in - kinda like climbing steps.
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Pardon the really crappy "artwork" - I have some diagrams in magazines that show it lots better. But should give you the basic idea. A bit of wiggle and jiggle as you pop it up, then let it fall (yellow).
Same method works from a boat too if you're not working vertically.
part of the challenge is to keep it moving enough to stay off the bottom, and out of snags.
[inline "Shore Jigging.JPG"]
Pardon the really crappy "artwork" - I have some diagrams in magazines that show it lots better. But should give you the basic idea. A bit of wiggle and jiggle as you pop it up, then let it fall (yellow).
Same method works from a boat too if you're not working vertically.
part of the challenge is to keep it moving enough to stay off the bottom, and out of snags.