Ive been using those for years, they will catch anything that swims,Quote:
Originally Posted by tholmes
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Ive been using those for years, they will catch anything that swims,Quote:
Originally Posted by tholmes
Bitsy pond minnow catches eveything that swims!!!!! love em!!!
almost any small crank bait will catch gills and red ear. I like to dial it in a little bit and use a swimbait on a 1/16 oz jig head and you can feel the deference between the good size gills or the dinks (bait steelers) that just hit the tail and pull the bait away from em and wait for the bigger fish to take it. when u feel that tap tap tap dont wait a sec then set the hook. instead reel it fast for a second and get it away from em then start your presentation again. ive found it puts better fish in the cooler. I also like road runners for nice gills little ones just cant seem to get hooked up on a road runner cause they hit the blade only so they are effective for good gills.
Rapala Jigging Rap, one of the best kept secrets for southern panfish...shhhh....They're actually difficult to find since the ice fishing season is so variable to non-existent. I've ordered them online and like them under a float tipped with a waxworm or Gulp maggot. Catches gills when others wont.Quote:
Originally Posted by kgalla02
I just got the tungsten bug last fall. I love the stuff....but it costs me a fortune. I only use it in deep water though. A 5mm bead on a #10 hook....with a Trout Magnet body works great for me. Just got a new knee or would be out there now fishing with them.Quote:
Originally Posted by kgalla02
Regards
I like to take the treble off and replace it with a single hook at times. You get into a big school of perch through the ice, it becomes downright incovenient getting 'em off that treble, :). I was thinking about trying them around some docks in the spring and I saw a Youtube of someone fishing them in open water.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dutch552
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Yeah, I was pretty resistent to the idea at first, but was won over after using them a few times. I like the weight & the way they fall. The cost does kind of raise eyebrows, but I was just buying a few at a time so I had a good supply when winter-ice rolled around.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alphahawk
K where ya order those at?
Did someone say ICE FISHING:ThumbsUp
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The tungstens? I got a local bait & tackle here that focuses and specializes on panfishing, which is rare because so much emphasis is on the smallmouth/musky/perch/walleye fishing. It's OK with me, I like to panfish, :biggrin.Quote:
Originally Posted by sharphook
They do have an online ordering process/store, they're filling orders all the time. Shoot me a PM, I'm by there most every day & I'll get the web address for you.
kg
Yeah buddy! Wyoming, now there's some REAL ice out there. You can still get away with a hand auger in MI, but I'd definitely invest in a power auger out there, :). Me & a bud are planning a trip to Devil's Lake next ice-fishing season, what's some WY recommendations since we're in the vinicity?
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Originally Posted by perch
I like to use the slider 1.5 inch swim bait with chartreuse body and black tail. I also use bass pro tournament series bumble bee in chartreuse. The creme 1 inch crank works good in blue back. Use betts popper too.
Nothing better than a fly rod IMO. My favorite is a small bead head black woolly bugger in size 10, but they can be caught quite well on a lot of nymphs that would normally be used for trout. Damselfly nymphs work quite well also.
Used to I was a die hard cricket fan. My wife WOULD NOT touch a cricket. She would assume be skinned alive than to touch one. She would literally cry!!
Really.... CRY!
So I bought her some Danamax Jigs.
Our local bait stir sells them. They are little hair jigs.
I bought her these jigs so I wouldn't have to bait her up.
She started out catching me!
When you figure in, re baiting due to missed strikes and caught fish... The jig will catch fish 2 to 1!
Whatsit Jigs and Little Nippers by Lindy are very good for bream and other panfish.
Jigs can work well when the fish are bedding, or anytime they're very active and biting anything. And, when fishing a water body where there are lots of small bluegill, jigs often will do almost as well as live bait. But for that 90% of the time when the fish are not jumping into the boat, nothing comes close to live bait, especially for big bluegill.
I have ponds that I manage that have lots of 8-9" 'gills, and I can wear them out on jigs all day. But when I go to my best ponds, where the bluegill average close to 10" each (over 10" in my best pond), I have to decide whether I want to be casting, or catching, because throwing any sort of lure in those ponds for bluegill you're going to be mainly casting, as in, you won't catch many.
It's also worth noting that a lot of guys who catch nice bluegill on jigs, "tip" them, meaning they're putting some sort of live bait on the jig - so they're using live bait.
FWIW, there was a similar discussion on **************** a month or two ago.
Agree completely.Quote:
Originally Posted by tnpondmanager
Tnpondmanager, what's your bait for "big panfish"? Thanks in advance
I've often wondered why guys use an artificial bait, then slap a live bait item right on top of it.....I mean, if you're going to go to all the trouble to catch, buy, and keep alive the live bait, why not just strap it on alone? I'm sure there are personal preference reasons, I'm curious.....
1. A jig, by itself, is an attractive bait. The color, action, etc. can attract fish. Bait is just the sweetener.Quote:
Originally Posted by wademaster
2. Most people use some type of weight with live bait. A jig works as well as a slip sinker.
3. You get MUCH less deeply hooked fish with a jig than you do with a bare hook. I read an article in a recent Fur/Fish/Game mag, and the author was making the same point about fishing for catfish.
I'm with you, Wade - I never understood the whole tipping thing. A live bait will act much more naturally without being encumbered by a lure. As far as the baits I use, my two primary baits are red wigglers and crickets. Crickets can be deadly during the summertime, sometimes outfishing anything else; but they tend not to stay alive long underwater, whereas a red wiggler will stay alive thirty minutes or more underwater no problem.
Sometimes a whole nightcrawler works well on really big bluegill.
Disco, you do bring up a good point about a lower percentage of fish swallowing the hook with a jig, and that's a very good reason to use one.
I agree with the deep hooking idea....Big redears are the worst for swallowing a hook and worm in my opinion....I use nightcrawlers mostly if i'm going to buy the bait....crickets and grasshoppers work wonders though....i just catch these and let them meet their maker
I like the black with black head & green pumpkin with white head. On a 1/64 or 1/32 oz ball head without the collar.Quote:
Originally Posted by eagle 1
I also throw 1 1/2" sliders and 2" hot grub curly tail. And on occasion I throw small cranks.
Nate
Use a loop of mono instead. Insert the loop through the eye of the needle. Poke the needle through the body and draw it through until a small loop of mono remains on the other side of the bait. Stick your rubber legs through the loop, then pull the loop through the bait and voila!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dutch552
I use 1/80 oz hair jigs out of grey and fox squirel tails under casting boober.