Lindy Rig

[CoolHandFluke]

Does anyone use a Lindy Rig to catch Walleye on Stockton? If so where would be some good places to try it? 

Thanks 

[eagle1584]

 

I fish a lot of spinning rigs on bottom bouncers at Stockton, generally the 2 hook style with crawlers.  I've had pretty good success doing that through the years at Stockton.  I will typically troll those slow, around .7 mph on the GPS seems to be the hot zone.  I've never winter fished on Stockton but from spring to fall I'll generally start in around 15' of water and move out from there trying to cover depths from 15-20'. 

I fish mostly in the main lake from around the state park/245 bridge area up to the Dam.  The fish will be in different spots but I almost always start out on the shore lines with deep water nearby.  Be sure to drag across the points as they will usually hold more fish.  Pay attention if you catch and fish and note the depth and the structure where you catch them and repeat that in other places. 

If you are talking about a traditional Lindy Rig that's a little different.  I grew up in Wisconsin and fish in Northern Minnesota regularly and up there a Lindy is mostly a long snell and a lindy bottom bouncer weight.  We use them mostly with minnows and leeches as jig alternative when the fish don't want a lot of movement.   I've never used them at Stockton because I have found a lot more success trolling spinning rigs or trolling cranks.  For whatever reason they don't seem to stack up at Stockton and moving for me seems to be most effective.  If you wanted to try that type of fishing I'm sure it would be effective.  I'd concentrate on working around points in various depths trying to find them.  Good electronics really helps finding them if you want to try that slow, vertical approach.

Hope that helps.  Message me if you have questions and I'll try to help. 

 

 

[Kramr]

I use a 3 way with a 3 oz pencil weight, 4 - 5 ft fluorocarbon leader with a slow death hook, usually a worm with a spinner and some beads. Also substitute a stick bait for the worm but otherwise same set up.

[CoolHandFluke]

Thanks for the info guys. I have use them a couple of times and always caught some Walleye just kind of hit and miss. Fished it around Roark Bluff area and caught some walleye and lots of channel cat Lol. I have used 2.5 oz bottom bouncer with 2 hook spinner and worm. 

[eagle1584]

I tend to run a lot lighter weight and almost always use the long wire bottom bouncer.  I generally use 3/4 or 1 oz but that's just my preference as I think I can feel them better and don't seem to get hung up as much.  Of course that's all dependent on being able to keep your speed at .7 mph or less which isn't always easy to do.  But if I need a 3 oz to keep her down in the wind I'll most likely be doing something else.

I had an Indian guide in Canada one time who swore that the wire bottom bouncers created sound scratching across the rocks which pulled the fish in and he wouldn't use anything else.  Seemed to be proven out in the 2 days we spent with him although it was a small sample size.

I'll be at Stockton Fri-Sun and will post a report when I can.

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