Fishing for spring walleyes can be like gambling — one day, the action is red-hot, and the next, your hand is cold. That’s when wise spring anglers rely on a jig and live bait minnow combo to guarantee success. It’s like stacking the deck, almost guaranteeing fishing success and coming up aces when you ply bottom with the “tried-and-tested” jig and a live minnow. From early April until May throughout North America, walleyes are shallower than most anglers think, making spawning migrations in rivers, streams and lakes in search of gravel bars with ideal pebbles for laying eggs. When spawning peaks, the activity finds walleyes more crowded than gamblers surrounding the craps table as females, sides bulging with roe, ...