If there's one walleye ice fishing lure which can be found in just about every walleye chaser's tackle box in the Iowa Great Lakes region it would be the Jiggin' Rapala in black and silver color. And for good reason. The lure produces fish here. Most walleye fishermen begin their search at about the 15-foot level in East and Big Spirit and perhaps a little deeper in the clearer waters of West Lake. On the smaller Jiggin' Raps, the treble hook at the bottom of the lure is often too small for effective hooking of larger walleye.
Many anglers simply replace the small treble with a larger treble.
Round bend, fine wire trebles are preferred for this alteration. Jiggin' Raps are easy to fish. Drop them to the bottom and reel in a little line so they are suspended about six inches off the bottom. Twitch the rod tip up sharply a foot or so and drop it back to where you started. This movement will cause the Jiggin' Rap to respond in a circular, pendulum motion in ever decreasing circles until the lure comes to rest.