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Originally Posted by Brandonkop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQudPwDa7k8
Underwater Walleye Behavior while ice fishing using a Jaw Jacker. To get this video I just sent a GoPro down to watch what would go on while I had a Jaw Jacker set up. This was a super slow day. So much so we didn't think there were many fish around. That was until I reviewed the footage later and saw many fish swim by without even giving notice to the bait. Then there were those that would just come in for a look and others that would just nudge the bait. Finally did get one to inhale the bait on the Jaw Jacker cam. Learned a very important lesson that on these slow neutral days a minnow on the bottom was more likely to attract a bite. So the next trip my uncle headed out with a jig and minnow, then a few inches of line and a single hook below. Attach a minnow to both and send down. Let the bottom minnow lay on the bottom. The next time he went out the fish were in a similar mood, but the jaw jacker caught 90% of the fish and all of them were on that bottom minnow laying on the bottom. So this really is a highly effective method of Jaw Jacker fishing for walleye especially on those tough days. Give it a try!
This was Pigeon Lake.
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Great vid, as always.
It's my understanding that walleye have taste sensors on the out side of there lips and that may account for all the "bumping" you're seeing.
From
http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/mcvmaga.../fishsense.pdf
"Some, like the walleye, also have taste buds on their lips and face. A walleye can taste your lure without ever opening its mouth. Sometimes walleye anglers say they felt “a bump.” That might have been a finicky fish tasting the lure with its face rather than its tongue.
Thanks for posting