sauger fishing?

[santacruz]

I'm gonna start and new to sauger fishing.I live In southern Indiana so I'll be fishing for them in the mighty Ohio.Was wanting to know what lures and how to fish for them?

[Grey Wolf]

Round head jigs with curly tail grubs.

[Triton21]

1/4oz silver buddy

Kelley

[FIAB]

Went sauger fishing last weekend and the way we were fishing (slack water 15-22 ft ) made me think why not try a drop shot rig with a sauger jig for the weight instead of a drop shot weight and hook a zoom fluke or LFT Magic Shad or live minnow on the hook.  Any one ever heard of this or think of a reason why this would not work.........I don't think I'd try it in a lot of current but in slack water I think it may be worth a shot.

[Hooligan]

One of the best ways we catch eyes and sauger in tailwaters around here is just a jig and minnow, or Gulp Alive minnow Grub.  1/4-3/8 oz ball head with or without keeper, depending on water depth and current.  Every so often, we'll go up to 5/8 oz on jigheads in order to get down in the current.

[RyneB]

I fish the Illinois River between Spring Valley and Starved Rock which is considered "sauger capitol of the world," so its pretyy easy to catch saugers. I have tried fishing for them with jigs an minnows, grubs,leeches, etc. I usually just fish the river for smallies and largemouth. My #1 bait is a Bomber fat free fingerling in there sexy shad color. Some days ill catch 10 sauger to every 1 bass i catch. So i catch a lot more by not even trying. Just hard to keep the gar off my bait.