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Hey guys, we've been running into allot of finicky walleyes as of late. Ive been messing around with a deadstick without any luck at all.Ive been running 4# flurocarbon with a #12 treble hook with/without a soft glow bead or a #8 circle hook, along with a couple split shot about 12-15" above it anchor the rig. Ive been setting the minnow with my vexilar anywheres from 6"-2' off bottom. Most fish i have been catching jigging are on bottom, so i thought the deadstick would be killer down there...ecspecially with their finicky mood as of late. Ive tried a few different sized minnows ranging from smaller perch minnows to larger shiners that id used for pike. Been skin hooking them near the dorsal fin. Theyre nice and lively, so im not killing them. Ive been running a slip float on the rig as well. The float is pretty small and the tip is just barrely sticking out of the water. It takes very little resistance to pull it under. Infact, if the minnow gets really active it can pull it under a bit. So far not a fish on it...did have one yank the bobber under and get my bait though.Is there anything im doing wrong or should do differently?Ive also been playing around with the idea of putting a bell sinker on the bottom of the rig with a barrel swivel free sliding on the mainline with a short leader to the minnow. That would allow the minnow to swim freely up and down the line...but the final rig is still in the works.
I have most of my luck about 3 feet off the bottom. Walleye feed up not down, so you always wanna be above them. It sounds like your doing everything right, but i would try fishing higher than 2'