A lot depends on if there using a jig or a blade bait like cicada,vibe. or some thing like them these baits have to be snapped of the bottom to get them to vibrate I have used them in the past but foul hooked a lot of fish so I seldom use them any more, many fish are being caught with purple hair jigs tipped with a minnow and a stinger hook attached to the main hook for thoes short strikes, fish it with a slow lift about 4 to 10 inches of the bottom remember to use a jig heavy enough to feel the bottom and try to vertical jig up and down with no more than a 45 degree angle also you can skip it along the bottom walleye often hit on the fall so any unusual feel or weight may be a fish, it takes a while to get the feel for this so dont give up , and when you start catching fish you will be hooked and so will the fish