Vertical jigging is a highly effective method for catching walleye in the Detroit River, renowned as one of the most famous bodies of water for this species. Below are some tips and techniques for successful vertical jigging. Feel free to add your own suggestions in the comments below.
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POSITIONING THE BOAT
Vertical jigging isn’t about positioning the jig below the boat, it’s about positioning the boat to keep pace with the jig as it drifts downstream in the current. To stay vertical the boat, jig and current must all be moving at the same speed.
Using the electric motor with short bursts of power, the boat can easily be moved over top of the jig by simply watching the angle at which the line enters the water. Vertical jigging requires constant attention to detail. Over and over again the angler moves the boat to keep pace with the drifting jig, compensating in the process for the boat experiencing wind drift.
On a calm day keeping the boat positioned over top of the jig is fairly simple. When the wind picks up and boat drift intensifies the chore of staying vertical becomes much more complex. Again, practice is the best way to get good at vertical jigging.
ELECTRIC MOTORS
Anglers approach the presentation of vertical jigging in different ways, but to my way of thinking the only methodology worth investing in involves using a bow mounted electric trolling motor to control the boat. While some might argue that vertical jigging can be accomplished using a gasoline kicker motor or even a transom mounted electric motor, I find the boat easier to control up front near the “pointy” end.
Basic physics is why I recommend that anglers learn to vertical jig from the bow of the boat. It’s simply easier to move the pointed bow of the boat against current or wind drift than it is to accomplish the same thing with the blunt transom of a fishing boat.
In respect to our many friends who live and die in their tiller controlled fishing boats, the bow is the better place to be when fishing jigs vertical in just about any river fishing situation. Not only is it easier to control the boat from the bow, but using a foot controlled electric motor frees up both hands so an angler can jig with two rods where legal.
A traditional foot controlled cable steer style electric motor is how I learned to vertical jig. Thankfully, this timeless piece of fishing gear is still as useful today as they were 40 years ago. Cable steering electric motors allow the operator to rotate the power head on the electric motor quickly and intuitively using just one foot. It takes a little practice to get good at this, but once it becomes “habit” keeping the jig directly below the boat is second nature.
Wireless electric motors are also useful for vertical jigging. Many of these wireless models feature a key fob for controlling the motor and also a foot pedal control. When using a wireless motor like the MotorGuide Xi5, I use the foot control because I generally jig using two rods. When fishing in Minnesota, Ontario or other places that only one rod can be used per angler, the key fob is a handy way to control the boat.
