question on lindy rigging

[rapala76]

should the weight that your using be on bottom or just of bottom?

[Winch101]

Soft bottom should be a little up...rocks etc...drag it across.

The one thing about alberta is that those small walleyes take the hook down the gullet instantly , hell on C&R.....I think unless you are going to catch some big hog eyes ...best to jig... I may have been the first canadian to use a lindy rig ( early 70's ) we had our own manitoba version ...
like a wolf river rig ( used for steelhead ) used a barrel sinker ... I have fished summer , big water , , big walleyes with a 12'snell , interesting setting the hook . Definitely deadly but I dont like leaving those size 12 hooks in those dinkers....

I would like to go north and fish one of those shield lakes , that has big eyes .
Can be C&R any suggestions W101

[gonefishin]

I fish it so the weight is on the bottom, and I use either a floating jig head or a bait on a hook that will float just off bottom (minnow or inflate a worm).

[gramps73]

Bottom

[EZM]

Try using one of those wire bottom bouncer weights and swivel snap the rig onto that. Keeps it running true and just near the bottom as the weeds begin to grow in.

[rapala76]

thanks for all the tips

[Cal]

I fish it right on the bottom, if controlling the canoe keeps me too buisy to properly man a jig I toss out a lindy rig or a bottom bouncer while drifting.

[Daceminnow]

should the weight that your using be on bottom or just of bottom?

right on the bottom. when the bite is light or fishing hard rocky structure, open your bail and hold your line with your index finger to help distinguish bites from the bottom. more info discussed and shared on the link below.

http://www.outdoorsmenforum.ca/showthread.php?t=91678&highlight=lindy

Dace