Today we're fishing the Niagara River jigging for those early season walleye. We're using a more finesse approach to jigging ...

Unfortunately most walleye are small. The Causeway Bridge area has produced a few walleye from shore while using the jig and leech or worm combo. — FWP, Helena.

Walleye fishing doesn't have to be complicated or technical. These tips and tactics will help you get into the game.

The usual pattern I used for the articulating jigs, and my own favorite pattern for bucktail jigs, in general, I called Walleye ‘76 because that is when I first tied it.

We didn't boat any keepers, but I had one solid thump on a jig-and-minnow combo where a walleye bit the minnow off behind the head.

Ross Robertson Walleye lures can often catch fish just as well as live bait, but you just can’t beat live bait early in the season when you need to fish slow.

Yet the jig's allure and effectiveness persist, particularly when presenting a leech, night crawler or minnow at or near a lake or river bottom, the walleye's most common redoubt.

Here’s a selection of Slim Jim bucktail jigs from my tying desk. The heads are poured on an aluminum jig mold I made back in the early 1970s.