Plastics through the ice?

[Crappie 1]

Hey guys, thanks for the information, I just need to make myself use them more than I do. It's hard for me not to take minnows when I go out. Do you tip with a minnow?

[gwk]

when I fish plastics I use no bait whatso ever. when I do bring minnows, I use tipdowns with them.

[Crappie 1]

when I fish plastics I use no bait whatso ever. when I do bring minnows, I use tipdowns with them.

What's a tip Down?

[gwk]

a tipdown is neutral balanced fishing pole that is positioned on a wooden base/stand over a ice hole.the pole is on a pivot on the wood stand. put a minnow on it and when a fish takes or bits the bait the pole will fall down to the ice{ tipdown} . they work excellent for crappie fishing though the ice. google sure-strike tip downs.for a pic. it takes next to nothing to make the pole drop to the ice . google the subject people have posted plans to make your own tipdowns. mine are made out of oak wood stands. they are identical to the sure-strikes.

[Crappie 1]

Looked it up and also watched a video of a guy catching Crappie with them. Pretty neat. One guy was having trouble getting his to balance. Looks like their about $20 Thanks for the information....

[Crappie 1]

Tried some plastic tails on my jigs yesterday, didn't do very good. The fish would just kinda bump it. But they weren't hitting much of anything else either.

[ready2fish]

Larry,

As you know this is the only way i fish, I just love the fact i don't have to buy live bait any more

Sounds like your jig was to big for the smaller fish, i also get this and found out its normally small bluegill, next time this happens down size to some very small plastics and i bet you get fish .

Did you get any fish today ? I didn't i was working banghead

[Crappie 1]

We got 6 Pike, 4 on tip up and Sandy got 2 on her ice pole. We got a bunch of little Bluegills. Nothing big enough to keep. One Pike was 20" When you say small plastics, do you mean skirted ones? How small? I have small ball head jigs, not sure about the plastics?. Thanks..

[P-row]

Crappie 1.....I've caught almost all my crappies this winter on plastics. I like the ones I get here: Welcome to Your Bobbers, Down Inc.. I use the micro nuggies the most. I thread these onto a 1\64 oz. horizontal ice jig (glow). Sometimes I'll even tear the little bulb off first. This past weekend I used just the tail and attached it to a vertical ice jig at a 90 degree angle and did well with that. The tail on these things come to life when in the water. I will try to upload some photos of these presentations soon for you to see. Hope this helps!

[Crappie 1]

Thanks P-row. I went to the site and looked at the plastics, I may have some that small. If I do, I will try them tomorrow. Thanks Again...