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Sometimes you can't teach old dogs new tricks because the old dogs don't 
need them. Take Nick Adams for instance. Thirty-five years ago, Adams teamed with two fellows named Ron and Al Lindner to form what is now Lindy-Little Joe fishing tackle. They started the company around one product, the Lindy Rig, which 
consists of a lead walking sinker, swivel clip, and a snelled hook. Today, Adams uses that same rig to take one trophy walleye after another during autumn from natural lakes and reservoirs near his home in Brainerd, Minn.
"On a normal day's fishing, you should catch at least two fish between 26 and 30 inches, and you should do it in less than three hours," said Adams, now president emeritus of the company he helped build. His biggest fall walleye last year measured 33 inches and weighed more  than 13 pounds. "That's not an exaggeration. You can really catch some hogs," he said. "The fall bite is tremendous for trophy fish."

Orignal Lindy rig

Adams loves hunting for white-tails and waterfowl as much as the next guy. But from mid-September to ice-up, he makes sure he takes time to pursue huge walleyes like those. "They're fattening up for winter, and they are voracious," Adams said.And, they can be caught around the clock, he said. All that's needed is a Lindy rig and an understanding of walleye movements during day and night. Walleyes in spring relate to gradual drop-offs. But, after turnover in fall, walleyes migrate up and down the sharpest breaks they can find on structure nearest the deepest water. How sharp? It's often a steep grade of one foot down for every foot out, Adams said. A hard gravel bottom is best.

Lindy Little Joe No Snagg Rig

If hang-ups occur, change to a NO-SNAGG sinker. The snell is the standard Lindy length of 30 inches when fishing at that depth. The hooks are 2/0 or 1/0 to hold big live bait, namely 4 to 6 inch redtail chubs. Here's the key -- pierce the chub behind the dorsal fin near the spine, not though the lips. Hooking in the back lets the bait struggle hard to escape. Its lively antics sound the dinner bell for hungry walleyes.  Adams said the chub's movements become so violent when a big fish is  near, that the chub telegraphs the presence of a trophy even before the  strike. "The rod tip just vibrates," he said. Use an electric trolling motor. Creep along from deep water to shallow  and back to deep again. Go slow enough to remain vertical to avoid dragging the chub and lessening its action.

"You want the redtail to be able to swim," Adams explained. A vertical  presentation also improves hook sets on deep fish. Even though the bait is big, there's no need for long counts after the  bite at this time of year. These are not bashful walleyes. Simply just  drop the rod tip back and set the hook. "It's the killer instinct. They engulf it," Adams said. Walleyes move shallower during low-light conditions early and late in  the day. By darkness, they may be in as little as 4 to 6 feet of water  while attacking any target of opportunity, he said. At those times, Adams changes to an eighth-ounce sinker or even a split  shot and lengthens the snell to 4 to 6 feet. Continue to move slowly to let the chub do its work.

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