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Trying something new this year for lakers .

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Homewrecker:
Normally I use a 2 oz tube jig tipped with a minnow for ice fishing.
In summer , I use an anchovy and tooth pick rig for down rigging.

So why not take that same anchovy tooth pick  rig set up and attach it to a 2oz weight
Drop it down the hole and just let the anchovy float around.

What do you guys think ?  Anyone try this  ?

appleye:
I think it would work I'd use a quick strike rig with the lightest weight I could get away with. A lot of time I use a lighter tube jig with meat just not moving on the bottom, catches lots for fish.

Gunflint:
What the heck is an anchovy toothpick rig?

Homewrecker:
Its a plastic hood that fits over the anchovy head, then you place a tooth pick threw the plastic hood threw the head and out the other side.
Your fishing line is attached to the hood and then a stinker hook at the end of the fish . With this set up you can troll with it ,as the plastic hood protects  the fish from falling apart .  Hoods come in many colours.
 
Many times if you place a hook threw bait the hook will fall out when dropping it down 100 ft or more.
But these tooth picks hold on even after the bait has been hit a few times.

Just something I want to try .

Gunflint:
Thanks for the explanation. I mostly use tube jigs.

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