Blade Baits and Jigging Raps for Open Water While jigs were (and still are) the most common way to vertically jig for walleyes, blade baits and swimming lures like the jigging Rapala are proving ...

It could be a blade bait, a jigging Rapala, a hair jig, or just a jig with a plastic on it. “The key is to make sure it’s on the bottom, every single time,” Gutchess says.

Discover the best walleye rigs for ice fishing, including the Rapala Jigging Rap, VMC Rattle Spoon, and live bait setups. Master these techniques to catch more.

Swedish Pimple jigs, jigging spoons and a new lure, the jigging Rapala, will be on the end of jigging rods. Color of the baits depends on the water clarity.

Unlike a jigging Rapala, there are no plastic blades to vary its swimming pattern. The lure is at its best when pounded into the lake's bottom and allowed to stir up sediment.

Walleyes are the headline act for fish-hungry trollers, drifters and casters.

At Maple Springs, Davenport had his way with the walleye last weekend in 37 feet of water, using a No. 5 (small) jigging Rapala.

HOUGHTON LAKE — I’d been fishing a small Jigging Rapala tipped with a minnow head near bottom in 15 feet of water for 90 minutes or so when I noticed ...

5. Vertical Baits: Jigging for Aggressive Strikes The jigging Rapala is normally thought of as an ice fishing lure, but more open-water walleye anglers are using it to jig over schools of fish.