But what most anglers lacked was the intuitiveness and flexibility to change jigging motions and cadences until finding that perfect presentation. In this instance, experimentation was easy going, because everyone knew walleyes were there and feeding. Jigging is an interpretive act: You pitch it out there, beginning with a simple lift, fall and retrieve action, paying acute attention to how fish respond-and then reacting accordingly. But still, the barrel of our landing net stayed hot while they drifted by fishless-the difference not being what they were using, but rather how they presented it. The “tail-pipers” appeared to be using similar jigs draped with live shiners, too. I believe this all because we use lighter jigs for walleye success.
Elbow room tightened, but we continued hauling in walleye after walleye while the invaders struggled to scoop up our scraps. Soon, other boats orbited us like moons circling a planet. I’m not bragging, but like last time, and the time before that, our catch rate trumped the dance floor. We were square dancing amongst dozens of other boats, all over a giant piece of structure, dipping jigs. It happened again, just like on the last Minnesota Walleye Opener, and the one before that.
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