Whats your 1st choice (lure) with panfish?

[detroitroofer149]

Whats the most successful color?
Shape?
Or stlyle...
 I prefer asmall red tear drop lined with 2 waxies, has been the best for myself...

[spartaman12]

chartruese hali jig

[spartaman12]

chartruese hali jig

tipped with a butter worm

[detroitroofer149]

Butterworm?

[spartaman12]

yeah u can only find them at like 2 baitshops that i know of, bc it costs so much for the store to get them. they are a brazilian worm that they call a wax worm on steroids. its a little bigger than  awax worm and it has an orangish color to em

[Buck1985]

 orange/yellow moon glitter tipped with waxie(s) or Fairy/Moxy jigs tipped with waxie(s)

[RLWagner]

Detroit,

May be easy for some, and maybe I complicate things a bit, but I would say there is no over-all favorite. Depends upon the Lake, sun, no sun, water clarity, depth fished, time of day etc...

My favorite would represent something color wise as the current food source of the AM, and in low light it could be bigger than later in the day. As the sun rises and micro-organisms migrate, my favorite would change to a neutral color, and be down-sized significantly, and as the day wore on, the bite wanned, my favorite would have a wedgee, Maki or other plastic added as scent/attraction etc...

Sorry I cannot just say Red, or maybe green etc.. 460 lakes in the County, and each has a specific need dependent upon many factors listed above.

Cloudy waters would get a glow or HOT colored jig as a base.

Silver or gold metal are best on some lakes dependent upon sun, or lack of.

Could go on forever.

Now, if I were allowed one jig to use the rest of my life.....it would be one from the Fiska Line-up prolly.

 

[browning13]

I like using super small jigs. I miss/lose a lot more fish than if I was fishing a bigger jig but I also get a ton more hits. A #14 or #16 Maramooska or Diamiond jig is my favorite. I usually have quite a few out with me on the ice so I can switch them out and find the right color. Sometimes I use waxworms but a spike is the perfect size for a #16 hook. When I fish this small I use 1 or 2lb test.

[pikeferret]

yeah. i like the fiskas size 4mm myself. aand also my dads homemade jigs. they are pretty sweet.

  browning 13 try taking a pair of pliers and bend the hook out slightly. trust me it helps alot!

[browning13]

I'll have to give that a try, thanks

[RLWagner]

yeah. i like the fiskas size 4mm myself. aand also my dads homemade jigs. they are pretty sweet.

  browning 13 try taking a pair of pliers and bend the hook out slightly. trust me it helps alot!

I like the 3mm normally, but never have bent the hook. I will try it as well. I can see the bennies to it already!!! Thanks.

[skulldugary]

Don't have one favorite but change until I find what they want.Then thats the favorite for the moment...

[fishinainteasy]

BLACK & ORANGE MARMOSKA WITH A RED SPIKE

[Ice Diva]

I agree with Spartaman... Chartreuse Hali jig. second choice.... moon glow jig.. does any know where to buy some powerbait wigglers?? I heard they were good and were looking to give them a try.

[djkruszewski]

i would have to go with my go to bait, bacon!  seems to check everything that swims.

[sightfisher]

I like using super small jigs. I miss/lose a lot more fish than if I was fishing a bigger jig but I also get a ton more hits. A #14 or #16 Maramooska or Diamiond jig is my favorite. I usually have quite a few out with me on the ice so I can switch them out and find the right color. Sometimes I use waxworms but a spike is the perfect size for a #16 hook. When I fish this small I use 1 or 2lb test.

Mooska's and Diamond jig's #1 go to, all the time. Crappie and bluegill can't resist. Ive caught fish on them w/o any bait and seen it done plenty! Nuf said.

[lil-skipper]

 First I would have to decide if I were fishing for bluegills, perch, or crappies, For bluegills and Crappies I perfer to use ice flies, the ones with the tungsten colored bead, they seem to sink a little faster and with a fly,I think I catch bigger fish. My bead colors vary from flour. green to gold to silver to black & even yellow. My flies vary in color from olive green to purple, to black& brown, for crappies any colors ok as long as it,s red. I must tell you that all of these flies that I use is jigged very softly with a gotcha spring bobber, if the fish breathe on you,re fly, you will know it with a gotcha bobber. For perch I perfer to use any small hali,s tipped with a spike, mousie, or wax worm, and sometimes a minnow. Please remember you asked an open question, I,m sure other fisherman have their favorite types of lures to use but it,s all a matter of preference, and I would doubt that there are very many that will go to the type of in depth detail that I just have given you, but I like to see people have fun and catch fish, it truly does make for a better world when people are happy and having fun.  I hope this helps and maybe you can give someone else some good information sometime .

[Quack_Attack]

For Bluegill in clear water (the normal water I fish) I have 5 rods rigged for a start.
1. Orange/ Chartreause Demon jig #10
2. Chartreuse/Red Hali Jig #12
3. Chartreuse/Red/Green Hali jig #12
4. Black/Red Fleck Moon Glitter #12
5. Chartreuse/Orange Moon Glitter #10
If these don't work I'll throw the box at 'em

For Perch clear water.
I'll usually use an attractor 4 - 8" above my jig (Slipdropper or a med size Pimple or Castmaster w/hooks removed) the jig is usually a white #10 rocker or a red #10 Fairy/Moxy jig.

[nickabod]

bacon?

can they even eat a whole piece? j/k

I'm assuming that you just cut little pieces of meat off, or do you use the fat? I'm intrigued, sounds like a good tip.

[mich-fish]

various colored marmooshka jigs and rat finky's

[Mondo]

Blue Horizontal Fiskas and Green/orange Moonglows

[FullTmeDad]

A tiny swedish pimple with a dropper tipped with a wiggler.
FTD

[zamboni]

Perch seem to really love a silver Swedish Pimple with the dark green hologram sticker on it.

[captain54]

I agree with RL,It would be easy if you had 1 lure that worked all the time but conditions change,sun,clouds, water clarity,noon phase,wind direction,fronts,theres alot take goes into it.I do like Ratso's but today,no takers tried alot of stuff but todays choice was a glow demon w pink head,I've caught fish on this jig before but not my favorite jig by far,I not bragging but I have hundereds of ice jigs,some will work better than others BUT all jigs will have there day,If you have the weapons you will win the battles,when you find one that works all the time let me know,till then I'll keep buying more jigs than I'll ever need.

[slabkilla]

the swedish nipple with either a waxie or a wiggler

[aslongasitpullback]

the swedish nipple with either a waxie or a wiggler

Swedish nipple minus the waxie , now your talking.

[Quack_Attack]

the swedish nipple ....

I'll take two with all the trimmings.        

[pine]

i like K & E tear drops. for pan fish i like red with whiteback size #10 best
with wax worm

[Fordboy]

I've had really good luck with small green genz bugs