Author Topic: Mousies (Read 2729 times)

gillgetter22 · « **on:** Nov 27, 2011, 07:28 PM »

can what to use them with? and what they have caught on them

gillgetter22 · « **Reply #1 on:** Nov 27, 2011, 07:30 PM »

what i meant to say was can anyone tell what to use them with, and what they have caught on them?

Ryderr · « **Reply #2 on:** Nov 27, 2011, 07:35 PM »

Bluegill, crappie, pumpkinseed, rockbass, bass etc...I tip them on horizonal jigs or 45Degree jigs. Really anything will work.

RynoIceMan · « **Reply #3 on:** Nov 27, 2011, 07:35 PM »

use them on any of your jigs....i have caught many bluegill crappie perch and bass using them....they are my #1 ice bait.

Soozookie · « **Reply #4 on:** Nov 27, 2011, 07:37 PM »

they were my #1 bait live anyways... look into maki plastics they make a great mousie,

gillgetter22 · « **Reply #5 on:** Nov 27, 2011, 07:37 PM »

I didn't get a chance to use them last season but i will definetly buy some this season

Gills-only · « **Reply #6 on:** Nov 27, 2011, 07:38 PM »

Good bait, hard to find ,I bite the tails off as have watched thru shanty they pull on the tails.

h2.0shaver · « **Reply #7 on:** Nov 27, 2011, 07:41 PM »

Quote from: Gills-only on Nov 27, 2011, 07:38 PM

Good bait, hard to find ,I bite the tails off as have watched thru shanty they pull on the tails.

YUMMIE

gillgetter22 · « **Reply #8 on:** Nov 27, 2011, 07:42 PM »

Quote from: Soozookie on Nov 27, 2011, 07:37 PM

they were my #1 bait live anyways... look into maki plastics they make a great mousie,

what is it called

Soozookie · « **Reply #9 on:** Nov 27, 2011, 07:47 PM »

what is it called

MOUSIE

Ranger_bound · « **Reply #10 on:** Nov 27, 2011, 08:03 PM »

Can't wait to use them with almost all of my jigs. They have caught perch, panfish, bass, smelt, and pike. I used to be extremely fond of them until the shortage the past few years. Now I have grown fond of spikes...cheaper, you get more, and the do the exact same thong as mousies.

wax_worm · « **Reply #11 on:** Nov 27, 2011, 08:15 PM »

Quote from: Gills-only on Nov 27, 2011, 07:38 PM

Good bait, hard to find ,I bite the tails off as have watched thru shanty they pull on the tails.

You realize alot of mousies are collected from Cow Manure pits? I don't think I would be putting them in my mouth or biting on them!

Gills-only · « **Reply #12 on:** Nov 27, 2011, 08:19 PM »

I dont eat them, just spit the tail out, Pull up your skirt

gillin1026 · « **Reply #13 on:** Nov 27, 2011, 08:24 PM »

i have tried mousies a few times and it seems that spikes do better for me anyway.

Ranger_bound · « **Reply #14 on:** Nov 27, 2011, 08:27 PM »

Quote from: Gills-only on Nov 27, 2011, 08:19 PM

I dont eat them, just spit the tail out, Pull up your skirt

bubbagill · « **Reply #15 on:** Nov 27, 2011, 08:29 PM »

Mousies cost too much if at all available, spikes for me it is.

wax_worm · « **Reply #16 on:** Nov 27, 2011, 08:31 PM »

Quote from: Gills-only on Nov 27, 2011, 08:19 PM

I dont eat them, just spit the tail out, Pull up your skirt

Lmao....to each their own.....if you want to bite down on cow crap go ahead...just thought I would put it out there where alot of mousies are collected from. Never had a problem with gills or perch just pecking the tails even when sight fishing with mousies. If you hook them right and don't kill them, the movement of the tail is often what triggers a bite.

h2.0shaver · « **Reply #17 on:** Nov 27, 2011, 08:43 PM »

Quote from: wax_worm on Nov 27, 2011, 08:31 PM

Lmao....to each their own.....if you want to bite down on cow crap go ahead...just thought I would put it out there where alot of mousies are collected from. Never had a problem with gills or perch just pecking the tails even when sight fishing with mousies. If you hook them right and don't kill them, the movement of the tail is often what triggers a bite.

If you dont mind, how are you hooking them? I usually just center stab em, but always looking for ideas

wax_worm · « **Reply #18 on:** Nov 27, 2011, 09:04 PM »

Quote from: h2.0shaver on Nov 27, 2011, 08:43 PM

If you dont mind, how are you hooking them? I usually just center stab em, but always looking for ideas

Hard to describe.....but basically just skin hook them. If you look at a mousie you can see thru the skin and you will see the white and grey 'stuff' on the inside. I try to avoid running the hook thru any of that 'stuff'. If you do puncture that stuff it tends to 'pop' like a balloon and all the good stuff on the inside comes out on the first drop. A smaller, thin wire hook helps with skin hooking them, but even then I rupture some when hooking them. Same thing with spikes..find the end with 2 dots on it and skin hook them there and they will stay alive a long time on the hook and wiggle all over the place down there.

Ice_Fly · « **Reply #19 on:** Nov 28, 2011, 09:17 AM »

I have tried mousies in the past and seem to have just as good or better luck using spikes.

Fishslayer81 · « **Reply #20 on:** Nov 28, 2011, 11:28 AM »

red and white spikes work better 99% of the time.

Ice Sergeant · « **Reply #21 on:** Nov 28, 2011, 01:46 PM »

After last year, I don't think I will buy anything but white spikes and plastics this year. Don't think I caught a single fish with either red spikes or mousies.

jdm · « **Reply #22 on:** Nov 28, 2011, 03:08 PM »

I prefer mousies, but spikes are a lot tougher bait. In a biting frenzy, I can get several gills on a spike without rebaiting. Mousies can almost be a 1 for 1 exchange with gills.

gillgetter22 · « **Reply #23 on:** Nov 28, 2011, 03:24 PM »

i caught fish on spikes too. i want to try a variety of baits.

OldSailor · « **Reply #24 on:** Nov 28, 2011, 04:47 PM »

Pardon my ignorance, but just what IS a spike? If I go into a bait shop and ask for them, will they know what I'm asking for

Is it regional and there is another name for them? I've seen plastic ones and I think GULP makes something like that, but I'm not sure. Same with mousies. Are they grubs? Please educate this old guy, because I'm and old diehard minnow soaker and wan't to expand my horizons. Dang, that's why I joined this site in the first place!! This site probably has about a million years ice fishing experience combined!! I'm an empty cup, please fill with knowledge

Thanks in advance

Fishslayer81 · « **Reply #25 on:** Nov 28, 2011, 04:56 PM »

Quote from: OldSailor on Nov 28, 2011, 04:47 PM

Pardon my ignorance, but just what IS a spike? If I go into a bait shop and ask for them, will they know what I'm asking for Is it regional and there is another name for them? I've seen plastic ones and I think GULP makes something like that, but I'm not sure. Same with mousies. Are they grubs? Please educate this old guy, because I'm and old diehard minnow soaker and wan't to expand my horizons. Dang, that's why I joined this site in the first place!! This site probably has about a million years ice fishing experience combined!! I'm an empty cup, please fill with knowledge Thanks in advance

its a smaller version of a beemoth...fly larva.

OldSailor · « **Reply #26 on:** Nov 28, 2011, 05:05 PM »

You mean they are maggots, right

A mousie is a maggot with a tail, and a spike is a "regular" maggot, correct?

hoosier-iceman · « **Reply #27 on:** Nov 28, 2011, 06:23 PM »

Love the mousies. Put them on anything. I've caught perch, crappie, gills and bass with them

Flattop · « **Reply #28 on:** Nov 28, 2011, 06:35 PM »

Quote from: OldSailor on Nov 28, 2011, 05:05 PM

You mean they are maggots, right A mousie is a maggot with a tail, and a spike is a "regular" maggot, correct?

A mousie is a maggot of sorts. It is the larvae of the drone fly. The "tail" is actually a tube they breathe through when they are buried in manure.

chillinNgillin · « **Reply #29 on:** Nov 28, 2011, 06:52 PM »

They are good for any pan fish when I use them I give them a gentle squeeze till the white stuff just starts to come out

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