There was a Pro at the fishing Expo. Went to his seminar on LE walleye fishing (also last year). He almost always jig fishes, year round. Fishes the Detroit River as much as LE. He said he catches walleye in LE jigging year around, rarely fishies any other way. And not just on the shallow reefs. Mind you this guy is an expert at it. You can start jig fishing now, and you don't have to restrict yourself to the reefs. What the heck, give it a try, with various jigging baits. Get the jig at the water depth the fish are at, and see if you can figure out what they want.

Another seminar I saw a video of the presenter catching a LE walleye with a jig, offshore out in open water, on his sonar. You could watch the walleye come up and take the jig. And... the fish was not on the bottom, it was suspended.

So there you go.