Underwater Walleye Behavior on the Jaw Jacker (video)

[Brandonkop]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQudPwDa7k8

Underwater Walleye Behavior while ice fishing using a Jaw Jacker. To get this video I just sent a GoPro down to watch what would go on while I had a Jaw Jacker set up. This was a super slow day. So much so we didn't think there were many fish around. That was until I reviewed the footage later and saw many fish swim by without even giving notice to the bait. Then there were those that would just come in for a look and others that would just nudge the bait. Finally did get one to inhale the bait on the Jaw Jacker cam. Learned a very important lesson that on these slow neutral days a minnow on the bottom was more likely to attract a bite. So the next trip my uncle headed out with a jig and minnow, then a few inches of line and a single hook below. Attach a minnow to both and send down. Let the bottom minnow lay on the bottom. The next time he went out the fish were in a similar mood, but the jaw jacker caught 90% of the fish and all of them were on that bottom minnow laying on the bottom. So this really is a highly effective method of Jaw Jacker fishing for walleye especially on those tough days. Give it a try!

This was Pigeon Lake.

[Brandonkop]

[Phil]

Great videos Brandon. We found the same thing at Lac Ste Anne yesterday, March 29th. The tip-ups did far better than the same setup on a rod and reel. By the end of the day we had pretty much stopped jigging with the rod and reel, just left it quiet near the bottom and had more success.

Phil

[Poorone]

Very nice videos. Funny how there is so much action below that goes unnoticed unless you have a camera or sonar. A lot to learn from your video. Thanks

[cube]

Originally Posted by Brandonkop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQudPwDa7k8

Underwater Walleye Behavior while ice fishing using a Jaw Jacker. To get this video I just sent a GoPro down to watch what would go on while I had a Jaw Jacker set up. This was a super slow day. So much so we didn't think there were many fish around. That was until I reviewed the footage later and saw many fish swim by without even giving notice to the bait. Then there were those that would just come in for a look and others that would just nudge the bait. Finally did get one to inhale the bait on the Jaw Jacker cam. Learned a very important lesson that on these slow neutral days a minnow on the bottom was more likely to attract a bite. So the next trip my uncle headed out with a jig and minnow, then a few inches of line and a single hook below. Attach a minnow to both and send down. Let the bottom minnow lay on the bottom. The next time he went out the fish were in a similar mood, but the jaw jacker caught 90% of the fish and all of them were on that bottom minnow laying on the bottom. So this really is a highly effective method of Jaw Jacker fishing for walleye especially on those tough days. Give it a try!

This was Pigeon Lake.

Great vid, as always.

It's my understanding that walleye have taste sensors on the out side of there lips and that may account for all the "bumping" you're seeing.

From http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/mcvmaga.../fishsense.pdf

"Some, like the walleye, also have taste buds on their lips and face. A walleye can taste your lure without ever opening its mouth. Sometimes walleye anglers say they felt “a bump.” That might have been a finicky fish tasting the lure with its face rather than its tongue.


Thanks for posting

[waterninja]

Well, you might not have been catching them, but you got their moves figured out. lol
Looks like the jacker didn't fire properly on "The Bite".