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Ice Fishing Tips -Check your local regulations! => Ice Fishing Live Baits and Plastics => Topic started by: Icefisherjoe22 on Mar 01, 2017, 10:40 AM
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Looking for any icefishing rig ideas used for bluegills, crappies or ring perch in anywhere from 5-20' of water?
Side note: Any speific rings used for these same fish during thier spring spawns?
Thanks...
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Depending on your state rules(you might wan to add you location) you could add a wet fly above you jig. I usually use the same jigs during hard & soft water outings.
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The Michigan Rig is a deadly combo for panfish. I tie a tungsten bead fly about 10" about my bottom jig(heavy metal tungsten). I like to tie my fly on with a dropper loop knot and leave the loop about 1/2"-3/4" off the main line.
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I rig up pretty much the same way as Duck-Hunter described, but I will use a Hali jig with the drop chain for my bottom lure.
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I like to take the hook off a silver castmaster and tie my line to that. then a 16in leader to my jig/bait. I have seen fish on the flasher come in attracted to the castmaster first, then they drop down and take the jig. The castmaster also helps to drop light jigs down quickly.
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Drop shot rig if legal were you are? Basically a hook or fly with a weight on the line below. The hook or fly I use a loop know which is a dropper loop knot .. the weights I use range from small tungsten to heavy 3 ounce on longer rods in spring that are cast from shore.. I tie the dropper about a foot above the weight and tick bottom several times jigging in winter on rock bars shale bars gravel bars etc.. the bigger gills get into rock bars on my lake in spring time.. gives them a place to spawn and protection from pike.. I use tmc 2457 size 18 in winter with a spike or three on it.. spring time I use a tmc 2457 size 14 with wax worms on it .. as for flies basically what ever hatch is on your lake use your nymphs..
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I like to take the hook off a silver castmaster and tie my line to that. then a 16in leader to my jig/bait. I have seen fish on the flasher come in attracted to the castmaster first, then they drop down and take the jig. The castmaster also helps to drop light jigs down quickly.
Especially perch in deeper haunts..... ;)2 :thumbsup: