Do you ever run mono for your main line? I just spooled up my reel with 10lb maxima ultragreen then run to micro swivel to 8lb flouro , Hope it works lol
I just bought the st. Croix walleye series snap jig rod 6'8 medium power Xtra fast action I'm going to break Michigan's State record this year for biggest walleye hopefully
Love the videos Tom, just recently starting watching an subscribed! Don’t have the side imaging advantage but got into my first inland lake eyes snap jigging after taking info from your show an slayed’em!
Tom, When you did the fish on side imaging. Then you anchor up wind of them. The question I have is ...how far up wind and how do you know where exactly they are at? Do you have like a range in feet from waypoint on your bird or trolling motor? Thank you much
Hey Brent last year he did a video on that with using the distance ruler on the H-bird map. I think when zoomed in it goes to like 50'. If you waypoint the pod of fish and then position upwind by that distance or a little more it keeps the fish at a full to 3/4 cast length away.
Tom, Is it possible for you to add the time of day on your videos and water temp? I am curious to know what time and weather conditions they actually bite more or seem more active. I fish Southwest Wisconsin around the Mississippi River area (La Crosse).
How do you get your boat to hold so steady using spot lock in that wind? I have a Minn Kota Terrova w/spot lock and it’ll stay put for a few minutes then the motor kicks in and swings the front and sometimes turns the boat completely around. Thanks Tom. Great info and another great video.
Tom Boley thanks Tom! I really appreciate you getting back to me. I also appreciate the time and effort you put into making these videos and for sharing such valuable information. I wish the walleye fishing over to the west of you in Florence county was even a fraction as good as it is by you! Hard to even find a legal sized fish over here. That could be a good challenge for you.... come break down and fish the Brule River Flowage.... Lol
Hi Tom, I would really appreciate your opinion on the difference between imaging quality of the humminbird gen2 vs gen3?? I have 3 helix 9's on my boat all networked gen2 units. 2 in the back, one on the bow. It is my understanding that gen2 and gen3 units can be networked together, just wondering if I really should go to a gen 3 or not, just based on image quality. Thank you for what you do, greatly appreciated.
Tom, I probably just haven’t seen your video on it yet but what is your advice for evening walleye fishing? I know they make a “predictable move” in that twilight time. But do you still target them on “normal pods/structure” ? What are your thoughts? Thanks, Taylor
Hey Tom, I know you recommend to keep your rod tip high but with high winds I’ve been having trouble with too much bowing in my line. I’ve been using 8 lb braid with 1/4 oz jigs, would switching to heavier braid help with this?
hey tom what temps would you say snap/pop jigging plastics really starts to get them chomping? usually once in the 50s ill switch to leeches and they really eat that up, but I would much rather use something more aggressive and fast.
with Covid everyone bought all the toilet paper..and Tom bought all the rod holders lol.. nice vid man..gonna have to try this technique when I get out..
Tom, when deciding to fish a new lake you've never fished before, what research do you do BEFORE you get on the water, to tell you that a particular lake has potential? Can you explain what maps, or DNR info you might look for to help you determine that the lake warrants some further exploration? It would be helpful to learn what goes into your decision to fish a lake or not fish it.
Yeah buddy, can't wait to see it! I love our wonderful lakes being highlighted on UA-cam! Safe travels! Bring your own jerk minnows so I have a few more on the shelf when I restock!
Can you do a more detailed video on boat control with other examples. i.e. you had a short video description of SI the fish, marking them, playing the wind, backing up the boat so you were parallel with the fish to be in a great position for you and mitchell to cast and jig pop.
I've out fished live bait twice now with either the jerk minnow or the tickle tail. I used to think b-fishing authentix were the best plastics, but I'm sold on kailin's now! Tomorrow's dinner is thanks to you, Tom!
It blows me away how amazing you are at walleye fishing. I just got off a lake I often fish because it’s close and it’s one of the few lakes in Ontario Canada that I have the details of the lake bottom. I just couldn’t find any walleye. Lol
Tom - Some rainy day it might be kinda cool if you did a video on your boat / equipment. What you like, what you would do different. Would be nice to hear the opinion of someone who is out there every day. I plan on trading my boat in for a different setup in a few years and I know it definitely won't have a console. Nice for cruising around... absolutely pain for fishing. So much lost space.
I agree Tom- I'd be interested in how much tackle/storage you're running. I see often you have a pile of rods out of storage in the corner of the boat- I assume that's because the rod storage is full of tackle/plastics like the bass guys? I run a 20' Lund glass tiller which has decent storage but still have the simms dry creek bag full of plastics sitting in the boat because all other storage space used. A video on equipment maintenance in the rain would be cool.
I really don't carry alot with me. Jigs. Plastics. Some cranks. 12 rods. Each day I put in what I think I will use and that's it. The rods in the corner are the rods I use that day. The rest stay in the rod locker.
@@TomBoley cool I might just have to try the Hayward area it sounds like you have a lot better lakes around you than me, now I know you're job depends on you knowing where the fish are at all times through the year, how did you learn that ? Hundreds of hours spent on the water , or scuba diving cause I think that would be awesome to scuba two to three times a week an follow eyes around.
Hey Tom! You're an absolute JEDI with that rod man! One thing that I don't see you using is a lipless crankbait. They seam to be all the craze lately. Care to give it a try? Have a good weekend man! Cheers
What was that comment about having to go to live bait at the end because of the certain weather change? Can you elaborate on that? Great vids as always!
Tom: I’m a new subscriber to the channel!!! I’m fishing a lake that has walleye and caught my first 20 inch fish the other day,while bass fishing for smallmouth the fish ate a crawfish plastic bait. Do recommend being anchored and snap jigging or can you drift to cover more water?
I used to have the same problem (and probably still do at time). Practice is really the key. Make a few thousand casts and eventually you'll find the right rhythm. You'll also learn your reel at the same time. For instance, on mine, it is 1 to 1.5 cranks per pop to keep the slack out of the line.
Hey Tom do the walleyes ever pile up in big school like the smallies? I’ve seen schools of 20-30 on my graph out on the bay of Green Bay. So if I saw 20-30 picture how many where there I didn’t see. Thanks for the awesome content as always
Your video was too awesome.
What do you think about a medium extra fast? The 6’8 st croix snap jig rod in particular
jig to the side
Fish on. . . you’re the man!!!
That braid sounds like a guitar string through them guides , had a eye hammer my jerk shad sunday , new confidence bait , for show
Do u always fish with the wind at your back so u have less of a bow in your line
Do you ever run mono for your main line? I just spooled up my reel with 10lb maxima ultragreen then run to micro swivel to 8lb flouro , Hope it works lol
Tom, You should come try the Detroit River. Current speed 1.2 to 1.8 mph, with loads of bottom structure to test your skills and patience.
Great video Tom. I love fishing plastics. You are one of the best jig fisherman I have seen. Keep it up man!
Keep up the great Videos....i learn so much! Thank you!
Awesome Tom, watched a lot of your videos, really helpful, appreciated. Caught a lot of walleye recently.
I just bought the st. Croix walleye series snap jig rod 6'8 medium power Xtra fast action I'm going to break Michigan's State record this year for biggest walleye hopefully
Morning Tom. Watching for the second time. Just a great instructor you are. Would like to meet you sometime. Thanks again.
How much tackle do you carry? How do you organize your boat? How do you detrimine what you carry.
Tom what did u look for when I keep your rod high like that.the line to pop or feeling for the hit
Why use the leader?
It's more invisible and abrasion resistant.
Amazing information keep them coming !
Tom, any advice or maybe a future video about jigging with heavy wind or a side wind? Thanks!
Love the videos Tom, just recently starting watching an subscribed! Don’t have the side imaging advantage but got into my first inland lake eyes snap jigging after taking info from your show an slayed’em!
Thanks for the video. What kind of boat do you have? A buddy is looking for a tiller.
How long is that boat? I want to able to fish Sturgeon Bay. Is 16.5 foot big enough or do I need a 17.5?
I just started watching you I really enjoy your fishing man, you’re showing me a lot. Keep doing what you’re doing! Thanks!
Tom,
When you did the fish on side imaging. Then you anchor up wind of them. The question I have is ...how far up wind and how do you know where exactly they are at? Do you have like a range in feet from waypoint on your bird or trolling motor? Thank you much
Hey Brent last year he did a video on that with using the distance ruler on the H-bird map. I think when zoomed in it goes to like 50'. If you waypoint the pod of fish and then position upwind by that distance or a little more it keeps the fish at a full to 3/4 cast length away.
Awsome thanks you. I’ve seen all the videos since the first one and knew I seen it before but couldn’t recall. Thanks bud👍
Hi tom just wondering why you switched from the 75 etec or maybe it was a different boat can't remember the video I saw it.
Different boat.
Thanks for all your videos! They are always very informative and have put more walleyes in my boat. U the man!
Great video. Would you ever consider coming to michigan and filming some new lake content?
Tom,
Is it possible for you to add the time of day on your videos and water temp? I am curious to know what time and weather conditions they actually bite more or seem more active. I fish Southwest Wisconsin around the Mississippi River area (La Crosse).
How do you get your boat to hold so steady using spot lock in that wind? I have a Minn Kota Terrova w/spot lock and it’ll stay put for a few minutes then the motor kicks in and swings the front and sometimes turns the boat completely around. Thanks Tom. Great info and another great video.
Make sure you are perfectly still when you spot lock
Tom Boley thanks Tom! I really appreciate you getting back to me. I also appreciate the time and effort you put into making these videos and for sharing such valuable information. I wish the walleye fishing over to the west of you in Florence county was even a fraction as good as it is by you! Hard to even find a legal sized fish over here. That could be a good challenge for you.... come break down and fish the Brule River Flowage.... Lol
that second catch is what i mean about the aggressive jiggin
Hi Tom, I would really appreciate your opinion on the difference between imaging quality of the humminbird gen2 vs gen3?? I have 3 helix 9's on my boat all networked gen2 units. 2 in the back, one on the bow. It is my understanding that gen2 and gen3 units can be networked together, just wondering if I really should go to a gen 3 or not, just based on image quality. Thank you for what you do, greatly appreciated.
Gen 2 to gen3+ is huge
Always learn something from all your videos great explanation for what and how you are doing things , keep it going great job helps a lot
Tom,
I probably just haven’t seen your video on it yet but what is your advice for evening walleye fishing? I know they make a “predictable move” in that twilight time. But do you still target them on “normal pods/structure” ? What are your thoughts?
Thanks,
Taylor
What would you recommend for a budget friendly sonar/GPS unit
Hey Tom, I know you recommend to keep your rod tip high but with high winds I’ve been having trouble with too much bowing in my line. I’ve been using 8 lb braid with 1/4 oz jigs, would switching to heavier braid help with this?
Instead of high stay at 10 instead of 12 I nose into the wind spot lock and cast out back
i also never hold my pole up words but what do i know
Ever think about buying the mega 360
Would it still work as well if I had a 4” steel leader with jig and plastic pop jogging? or would the fish see the leader and not bite??
Tom, do you use casting rings feature on Humminbird to get correct distance from pod? Thanks for another great video.
Do you ever want to use the carbon x 3K for walleye or is the 2k more than enough. Thanks!
What’s the water clarity you are fishing and if you’re fishing muddy water can you still be successful
hey tom what temps would you say snap/pop jigging plastics really starts to get them chomping? usually once in the 50s ill switch to leeches and they really eat that up, but I would much rather use something more aggressive and fast.
Do you notice a difference between fishing clear water lakes versus the pine needle stained lakes as far as presentations, colors, cadence, etc?
The amount of usable info per video on your channel is second to none
The reason on why the bite picked up,an slowed down, was good information. Was also good to know that you have to switch up tactics an when to do it.
with Covid everyone bought all the toilet paper..and Tom bought all the rod holders lol..
nice vid man..gonna have to try this technique when I get out..
Tom, when deciding to fish a new lake you've never fished before, what research do you do BEFORE you get on the water, to tell you that a particular lake has potential? Can you explain what maps, or DNR info you might look for to help you determine that the lake warrants some further exploration? It would be helpful to learn what goes into your decision to fish a lake or not fish it.
Always on!!!
I hope that new water coming up is in northern Minnesota!
Yes
Yeah buddy, can't wait to see it! I love our wonderful lakes being highlighted on UA-cam! Safe travels! Bring your own jerk minnows so I have a few more on the shelf when I restock!
I see flourocarbon line and flourocarbon that says leader material which type do you tie to your braid?
Drew if he doesn’t reply..I love seagar invisx. It’s a high quality floro. You can’t go wrong with it
but i do agree with using plastic over bait during spring
Can you do a more detailed video on boat control with other examples. i.e. you had a short video description of SI the fish, marking them, playing the wind, backing up the boat so you were parallel with the fish to be in a great position for you and mitchell to cast and jig pop.
I've out fished live bait twice now with either the jerk minnow or the tickle tail. I used to think b-fishing authentix were the best plastics, but I'm sold on kailin's now! Tomorrow's dinner is thanks to you, Tom!
Hey Tom! Do you EVER get skunked? LOL
It blows me away how amazing you are at walleye fishing. I just got off a lake I often fish because it’s close and it’s one of the few lakes in Ontario Canada that I have the details of the lake bottom. I just couldn’t find any walleye. Lol
Hey Tom, do you ever use berkley snap jigs with plastics? Or at that point is it easier to just use something along the line of a hyper rattle?
damnit Tom, you make me so jealous! More walleyes in a day than are in all the lakes near me.
Tom - Some rainy day it might be kinda cool if you did a video on your boat / equipment. What you like, what you would do different. Would be nice to hear the opinion of someone who is out there every day. I plan on trading my boat in for a different setup in a few years and I know it definitely won't have a console. Nice for cruising around... absolutely pain for fishing. So much lost space.
I agree Tom- I'd be interested in how much tackle/storage you're running. I see often you have a pile of rods out of storage in the corner of the boat- I assume that's because the rod storage is full of tackle/plastics like the bass guys? I run a 20' Lund glass tiller which has decent storage but still have the simms dry creek bag full of plastics sitting in the boat because all other storage space used. A video on equipment maintenance in the rain would be cool.
I really don't carry alot with me. Jigs. Plastics. Some cranks. 12 rods. Each day I put in what I think I will use and that's it. The rods in the corner are the rods I use that day. The rest stay in the rod locker.
How many day's dose it take to make a 15 minute video normally ?
A few hours of filming and editing
@@TomBoley cool I might just have to try the Hayward area it sounds like you have a lot better lakes around you than me, now I know you're job depends on you knowing where the fish are at all times through the year, how did you learn that ? Hundreds of hours spent on the water , or scuba diving cause I think that would be awesome to scuba two to three times a week an follow eyes around.
Hey Tom! You're an absolute JEDI with that rod man! One thing that I don't see you using is a lipless crankbait. They seam to be all the craze lately. Care to give it a try? Have a good weekend man! Cheers
Go find some of my videos from march and april. I use them a ton.
@@TomBoley Will do!
What was that comment about having to go to live bait at the end because of the certain weather change? Can you elaborate on that? Great vids as always!
Sunny and flat water= tuff fishing
Tom: I’m a new subscriber to the channel!!! I’m fishing a lake that has walleye and caught my first 20 inch fish the other day,while bass fishing for smallmouth the fish ate a crawfish plastic bait. Do recommend being anchored and snap jigging or can you drift to cover more water?
Depends on how the spot is laid out.
Tom “sometimes I double pop it” Boley love the vids keep them coming. Why aren’t you keeping?
Because he is wise and releases the fish that keep our lakes healthy and productive. Why just kill a bunch of fish? Nobody is starving....
i realize it's quite off topic but do anybody know a good site to watch new movies online?
@Yael Rayden lately I have been using FlixZone. Just google for it =)
@Boone Leon Yup, have been watching on FlixZone for since april myself =)
@Boone Leon Thanks, signed up and it seems like a nice service =) I appreciate it !!
Do you ever use ripping raps or jigging raps in this snap jigging situation?
Tom Do you eat Walleye?
10 rod holders! Dang son
I didn't think walleye were "aggressive" in the spring! Lol
I wish you didn't catch fish so fast so I could watch your technique a little longer lol
Always Jerk Minnow Jr. or do you ever fish the larger size?
Hooked up!! As usual. Doesn’t get old.
It’s hard to understand when I’m on bottom when I jig
I had the same issue with bass jigs, I switched to braid and downsized the action of my rod. Worked for me and didn't affect my hookup ratio
Or you can watch your line on the fall, and when it does something weird either you're on the bottom or fish on🤙🏽
I used to have the same problem (and probably still do at time). Practice is really the key. Make a few thousand casts and eventually you'll find the right rhythm. You'll also learn your reel at the same time. For instance, on mine, it is 1 to 1.5 cranks per pop to keep the slack out of the line.
More detail like; air temp, water temp, time of day, depth, weeds , rock or sand etc.
He covered time, depth, sand flats... Not paying attention?
Love snap jigging! Can't wait for the new water coming up.
Hey Tom do the walleyes ever pile up in big school like the smallies? I’ve seen schools of 20-30 on my graph out on the bay of Green Bay. So if I saw 20-30 picture how many where there I didn’t see. Thanks for the awesome content as always
Great video Tom! Ready fish pmytuming?
Congrats on your state reopening, good video!
will 7'1 mf rod work
Do you use snap locks
Braid to flouro, double uni knot. He said it in the video.
Evidently your not understanding what a snap lock is
No snap lock. Direct tie leader to bait
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