Tips for Fishing Spinner Rigs

• Spinner rigs work exceptionally well on walleyes that are spread out over deep structure. With a spinner rig you can cover some ground with live bait, good options when the fish aren’t concentrated in one spot and prefer some real meat.

• Pick the sinker based on how deep you’re fishing and how fast you need to travel to keep the spinner spinning. I like a bottom bouncer style of sinker when I’m going deep with a spinner rig. The goal is to keep the rig on or near the bottom almost directly under the boat with enough speed to keep the blade turning.

• Sometimes a short distance between the sinker and spinner works, sometimes you need more distance. You just have to experiment to see what the walleyes prefer.

• Spinner size is dictated by how aggressive the walleyes are. If the fish are finicky use a small spinner. Use a bigger blade if the fish are more aggressive.

• If the spinner is getting snagged in rocks but the sinker is not, either speed up to keep the spinner off the bottom or shorten the distance between the sinker and the spinner.