Always great to see your videos! I learned so much from your advices. I wished I had access to an awesome population of big Lakers like you guys keep catching!
I jig up lake trout in lake Michigan off of Indiana breakwalls and Chicago breakwalls in the fall and spring. You guys have beautiful scenery up there cool vid 👍🐟
Another great video to watch while waiting for the concrete truck thanks guys that's my favorite stretch of the north shore we always take a break from trolling to see if we can jig up a couple for the tight line bite hope to head that way Saturday wind depending
I absolutely look forward to your videos Grant! One question for you. We usually have good success jigging North of Two Harbors. Last year I caught 2 -20 lb. This year has been tough finding fish on the graph. Water temps were consistently 41 degrees late June through July. Do you think these fish were out in deeper water or just holding tighter to structure so you can’t see them on the graph?
Appreciate the comment and support! Water temps were tough this past summer. I think some big fish were around just shallower than normal. It was a tough year however with those cold temps.
I've been wanting to get into Salmon and trout. Cool to see that one can jig instead of trolling. Question though, how deep can you pull a fish up from before you can't throw it back due to the pressure change of catching it too far down?
Honestly, its a crap shoot. Typically, Id say August is overall a tough month to do it, but this year has been so weird with water temps etc. Thats the fun part tho, you never know what to expect. June, July, September id say would be the best typically.
Great video, but I’m assuming you guys have spot lock with the trolling motor, and I guess my question is, why not “video game” all of these fish just like ice fishing and take away your jigs from them to get them to eat in the chase? Our catch rate is quite literally 20-1, video game fishing/taking it away compared to just blind jigging like you guys. I can’t even begin to imagine how many fish you would catch if you were able to take away your jigs from them at exactly the right moment. Is there a reason you aren’t doing it that way?
Are you referring to driving around with livescope and chasing after individual fish? If so, it sounds good in theory, but theres a lot of conditions that make that a total waste of time (depth, waves, structure) Livescope is pretty brutal in depths over 70 feet. Additionally, using livescope on underwater reefs and humps that have 20-50 foot depth changes in a short distance makes the technology pretty pointless, add in using it in 1-2 foot waves, i see it as a waste of time. Id rather fish than just drive around. Theres about 10 fish that didn't make this edit, and we were on the water for 1/2 of a day. I honestly think we did about as good as you could do.
Nope, I’m referring to using old fashioned 2D sonar and keeping your lure within the cone (straight up and down), and watching your jig (and the fish) the entire time. Basically, I’m talking about using your 2D sonar just like you would use a flasher or 2D sonar through the ice to constantly watch your jig. I’m able to do that effectively with 3/8-1/2 Oz jig heads and swimbaits down to 140’ from a kayak of all things on big water here in NY (Champlain/Lake George/Cayuga). Being able to “see” your jig the entire time makes your catch rate go through the roof because you can pull away your lure from the lakers at just the right time to get them to chase and they absolutely ignite on your lures on the chase. I also agree with livescope not being helpful for jigging lakers if they are even mildly deep. That’s why I use the old school technology to do it. Having the gain turned up and the scroll speed set on high is helpful as well. I hope that makes sense. I know you guys are amazing anglers, but the blind jigging thing leaves me scratching my head whenever I see it because of how many more fish you can catch by keeping a lure in the cone and being able to react to the fish.
I should have also added, I do the same thing for finding a spot to post up. Do a little idling, mark some fish, then try and set up on top. The only difference is how we do the vertical jigging after that.
I’m gonna be fishing th Lake Michigan and am looking at a good entry level boat to purchase. Do you think I’d be okay safety wise with a 16ft deep v aluminum boat out there?
