A little Thundermist Stingnose Minnow caught a ton of perch for me this year.
I haven't used mine through the ice yet, but I've had really good luck with those little 1/16oz stingnose on really early open water panfish, vertical jigging dropoffs.
They were definitely worth every penny of the international shipping, imho. I bought them a few years ago, but still haven't tied on one for ice fishing yet.
The lion's share of my ice catch this year were on 2 and 3mm Acme pro tungsten jigs tipped with Gulp waxies.