Best Mid Depth Vertical Jigging Rod

Ray Valley reported catching Walleye using the Vertical Jigging Mid Depth (10-19') technique and St. Croix Eyecon Spinning Rods on Lake Saint Croix. Additional comments from this report: "Relatively slow bite for the Wisconsin Opener (although the St. Croix opened up one week earlier). Water temperatures were 50-55 degrees and warming fast with the light switch of a cold La Nina spring and summer seeming to flip overnight. As such, the bite will likely change day by day, so what I say here now, will likely be different tomorrow. Still, although fishing was slow, we picked up a couple nice fish along a current seam in a channel just north of the I94 bridge in Hudson. Pink glitter 1/4 oz jig with a fathead minnow was the ticket."

Tanner Raschke reported catching Walleye using the Vertical Jigging Mid Depth (10-19') technique and St. Croix Eyecon Spinning Rods on Leech Lake. Additional comments from this report: "Fished sand flats in 8-15ft on the main lake using side imaging to find pods of fish on the flats. Snap jigging plastics on VMC mooneye jigs in 1/4 or 3/8oz depending on the depth. 12ft or less I used 1/4, deeper than 12ft I used 3/8. The best plastics were the Jackall Rhythm wag 3½" in SS Shad on a 1/4oz VMC mooneye in bluegill color. I was using a St. Croix Eyecon ML Extra fast rod with a daiwa excellent 2500 reel spooled with suffix 832 tracer lime braid and a 6ft leader of seagar invizX 10lb flourocarbon. Water temp was around 75 and it was fairly calm and hot out. There was a significant mayfly hatch "

Pierce Knarr reported catching Walleye using the Vertical Jigging Mid Depth (10-19') technique and St. Croix Eyecon Spinning Rods on Lake Wisconsin. Additional comments from this report: "Walleyes and saugers were loaded along old river channel. Short shank jigs and minnows were putting keeper fish in the boat no problem with one slot fish landed. Orange and chartreuse were best colors"

Kail’s Fishing Reports reported catching Crappie using the Vertical Jigging Mid Depth (10-19') technique and St. Croix Avid Series Panfish Spinning Rods on Lake Minnetonka. Additional comments from this report: "Right after ice out is a great time to knock the rust off your fishing skills and get out and have some fun. Look for staging areas that the fish move into when the water warms up, the break just out from the small bays and channels. Use your electronics to locate a school and spot lock over them and drop your Jigging rap down to them, the bigger one's are normally on the bottom of the school. Use small twitching action and watch there reaction on your electronics, try raising up as your jigging to make them chase it. I like to tie about a arms length of mono or Floro to the braid or use a small swivel between the braid and mono and tie direct to the bait. You can put a minnow head on the jig or fish fish without depends on the day. Good Luck!"

IammN reported catching Crappie using the Vertical Jigging Mid Depth (10-19') technique and St. Croix Victory Spinning Rods on Green Bass Lake. Additional comments from this report: "The fish sit in about 7-8 ft water in a total depth of 10-12 ft. Toss a 1/8 to 1/16 power bait natural shad. If you desire bluegills, add a worm."

Trent Ellis reported catching Crappie using the Vertical Jigging Mid Depth (10-19') technique and St. Croix Victory Spinning Rods on Stockton Lake. Additional comments from this report: "LOT'S of crappie on rocky points in 15-20 feet of water. Scan over the points and you will find 50+ of them or none. Once you find the fish just drop your favorite vertical fishing crappie bait on them. Got my bigger keepers in the 18-20 feet range."