Author Topic: favorite ice fishing jig (Read 3680 times)

Snow Dog · « **on:** Jan 05, 2016, 02:08 PM »

What is everyone's favorite ice fishing jig for walleyes, perch, crappies and bluegills?

deer george · « **Reply #1 on:** Jan 05, 2016, 02:20 PM »

For pan fish I like to start out with a 1/24 or 1/12 oz. kastmaster or small swedish pimple then move onto others from there...

EricB86 · « **Reply #2 on:** Jan 05, 2016, 06:20 PM »

Brantner jigs "wonderbread" tungsten teardrop!!!

DR.SPECKLER · « **Reply #3 on:** Jan 05, 2016, 06:22 PM »

black/glow dots 3mm wolfram fiska jig. gill,speck and perch killer.

addicted to ice fishing · « **Reply #4 on:** Jan 05, 2016, 06:26 PM »

Start out with a slender spoon, then go to tungsten, or a different kind of spoon.

artfish · « **Reply #5 on:** Jan 05, 2016, 07:59 PM »

Berkeley Dogbone 1/64 oz I believe in pink. My go to for gills and crappie. Caught nearly all my fish on this last season!🐟🐟🐟

Kevin23 · « **Reply #6 on:** Jan 05, 2016, 08:18 PM »

Demon jigging spoon.

crappieslayer56 · « **Reply #7 on:** Jan 05, 2016, 10:44 PM »

For bluegills and crappies, Lindy toads and Fat Boys have worked well for me. However, I picked up some CJ&S chekai tungsten jigs that I am excited to try this season!

lebruce · « **Reply #8 on:** Jan 06, 2016, 03:37 AM »

Tetr-totr jig and jigging rap's

bert29 · « **Reply #9 on:** Jan 06, 2016, 12:13 PM »

my favorites for most fish:
Custom Jigs & spins--diamond jig Clown or Fire Tiger color pattern tipped with red wedgie plastic (also from CJ &S)

I also really like Northland's Bro Bugs (red bloodworm color)

I always have rigged both a silver/blue Kastmaster and CJ & Spins slender spoon..gold with chartreuse
I often tip those with plastics as well, or in combo with maggots
I use a lot of Ratsos too...black, chartreuse, or glow

Ihawkangler · « **Reply #10 on:** Jan 20, 2016, 10:42 PM »

Wow, I am surprised to see kastmaster and slender spoons. Tried both a lot last year and don't think I caught a single fish. Are you tipping with waxies? Are the fish super active? I lost all confidence in both, but clearly they work for some.

Ice_Fly_Guy · « **Reply #11 on:** Jan 21, 2016, 08:20 AM »

Firetiger Frostee Spoon has caught me more nice fish than any other ice lure.

dcmod25 · « **Reply #12 on:** Jan 21, 2016, 08:28 AM »

BALCK AND SILVER OR GOLD PILKY IS GO TO FOR MOST PAN FISH. RIPPEN RAPPS FOR WALLEYE

Dave R · « **Reply #13 on:** Jan 21, 2016, 07:45 PM »

Don't get into Walleye much, but for Bluegills, CJ&S Diamond in chartreuse. For Crappie I'm not sure I have a favorite. But I normally use a horizontal jig with a chartreuse head, small white plastic tail and tipped with a waxie.

I've tried different spoons, but have never caught a fish on one.

crappieslayer56 · « **Reply #14 on:** Jan 21, 2016, 09:04 PM »

So far this season, CJ&S 4.5 mm Chekai jig in pink tiger glow and clown have turned wax worms into bluegills and crappies for me! 😉

sparkee · « **Reply #15 on:** Jan 22, 2016, 07:04 AM »

Just as well jump in here also---1/16oz. gold buck shot tipped with minnow head. I have never had much luck with jigging rap type baits. When gill fishing pretty much anything tungsten.

bert29 · « **Reply #16 on:** Jan 22, 2016, 07:42 AM »

I-Hawk:
Yes, I tip them, either with waxies or maggots, or just add like maki plastics, CJ & spins, ratsos or wedgies...oftentimes, I'll put small contrast color plastic and then tip spoon with live bait. Then instead of constantly rebaiting, I'll squish a maggot or two on the plastic and spoon to get some of the scent on it.
I catch everything on the spoons (both Kastmasters and slender spoons) gills, crappies, perch, bass, walleyes, catfish, wipers, sunfish. I tie directly, but have used the quick snaps too.

I personally like the silver/blue kastmaster and for the slender spoon, gold with chartreuse flake.

Ihawkangler · « **Reply #17 on:** Jan 24, 2016, 07:45 AM »

Thanks. I will dig them out and give them another shot.

Crippler · « **Reply #18 on:** Jan 26, 2016, 01:55 PM »

I use both vertical and horizontal jigs. I stick to neon and glow colors mostly. My go to is a glow green horizontal an 1/32 oz. I also fish a copper pimple a lot. Bigger stuff is the small chubby darter.

chris71383 · « **Reply #19 on:** Jan 30, 2016, 12:15 AM »

Favorite for everything is a Vingla spoon

Ihawkangler · « **Reply #20 on:** Jan 31, 2016, 01:48 PM »

Thanks to the folks who listed the slender spoon and encouraged me to give it another try. I had good luck with it on crappies and a few decent gills Friday night. Learned quickly I tied it on the wrong rod, as I kept running out of room and smacking the roof of my shack lifting it to keep the fish rising. Really cool to attract a fish, jig it up in the water column and see / feel the bite. I missed quite a few as they were hitting it on the fall when my line was slack.

chris71383 · « **Reply #21 on:** Jan 31, 2016, 06:04 PM »

Ihawkangler - what lb test line and rod action were you using?

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