New personal best ice LMB

[fishslap]

Got my personal best ice LMB today a little under 17". Caught a few more smaller ones. Lost a couple of drag rippers on small jigs & flies after they came unbuttoned. Caught 5 bass and 5-6 bluegill.

[KsIcer]

Very nice!!

[shutupandicefish]

Nice hawg! You ever try a nuclear ant? They're pretty small, but for some reason even the big bass like them. Gills also love them...

[fishslap]

Nice hawg! You ever try a nuclear ant? They're pretty small, but for some reason even the big bass like them. Gills also love them...

Yea, I used to have a few but not sure if they still have their skirts.  Might need to pick up a few more.  I think I caught this big one on a small gill pill with a duppie tail.  I had a nice one on and caught a few more on a micro lindy slick jig with whip tail.  I was targeting panfish.  When you mention the nuclear ants for bass it made me think about how I've caught some big bass on white foam spiders while fly fishing for bluegill.  Must mean something.

[waltman]

nice fish good job nice pic good post

[shutupandicefish]

Yea, I used to have a few but not sure if they still have their skirts.  Might need to pick up a few more.  I think I caught this big one on a small gill pill with a duppie tail.  I had a nice one on and caught a few more on a micro lindy slick jig with whip tail.  I was targeting panfish.  When you mention the nuclear ants for bass it made me think about how I've caught some big bass on white foam spiders while fly fishing for bluegill.  Must mean something.

The Biggest bass I've caught through the ice have all come on real small jigs. Not sure what it is, but they seem to like the small stuff. Chubby darters can also work well!

[MN Bassfisher]

Well done Shaun!!! We'll have to get back out on the ice sometime soon!

[jumbo chaser]

Nice fish

[Bigassbassman]

Very nice fish, Shaun!!

X2 on the nuclear ants -- big bass love em through the ice.  Got one of my biggest LMB of the season last year on a glow white ant.

I find early morning after sunup, LMB target fish-like flashy lures like the darters and flyers.  Then as the sun is overhead around 11am and into the PM bite around 2pm, they start to target more suspended micro baits like ants and small shrimpos, which mimic the plankton forage that is available in the afternoon.  Just my experience. 

[Ledman]

Nice fish!!

[Gutzy]

Great job man!