Pachuckles
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Panfish Lures ??
With the colder weather of the last weeks. I've been thinking about ice fishing.
What is your go-to lure and bait for first ice?
If you only had one lure/bait what would it be for what fish?
Hali(small perch/color) with 2or3 maggots- Bluegill
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RE: Panfish Lures ??
2011/10/30 13:03:41
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Swedish pimple tipped with Wax worms.
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RE: Panfish Lures ??
2011/10/30 15:30:42
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gill pill #12-#14 tipped with wax worm for bluegill
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RE: Panfish Lures ??
2011/10/30 18:56:32
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RE: Panfish Lures ??
2011/10/30 19:50:56
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1/12 oz silver green kastmaster tiped w/ maggot catches all pan fish, trout, walleye/sauger,catfish,bass, no musky's pike carp or suckers yet
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RE: Panfish Lures ??
2011/11/02 19:44:02
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Original DOT rocker,getting hard to find.Tipped with 2 or 3 maggots. Last few years been doing better with Genz fatboy.
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RE: Panfish Lures ??
2011/11/03 19:56:15
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I usually don't fish the first ice much. I wait for the perch bite on the bay to pick up a bit.
At which point I use a northland mimic minnow with a shiner on it. If you keep it moving it just kills the perch. I've also catch steel with it regularly. Works well on bass and northerns as well.
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RE: Panfish Lures ??
2011/11/04 08:20:54
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Does anybody ever use Caty jigs?
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RE: Panfish Lures ??
2011/11/04 08:32:19
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Some of my fav's mentioned already, but if I had to go with 1 jig under the ice it would be a Fiskas Wolfram.
Probably a GB82 in 4mm.
Tipped with a fathead or a couple mags depending on the targeted species.
The tungsten's expensive, but worth it in my experience unless you're fishing brush (snags).
Also like the pro-scandinavia pimples & trebles over halis....perch KILL them.
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RE: Panfish Lures ??
2011/11/04 15:09:06
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1/16 oz northland tackle forage minnow spoon with maggots or a waxie is my go to lure. Some days a minnow head. Catch alot of crappies on these spoons and perch too. I like the gill pills also.
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RE: Panfish Lures ??
2011/11/04 15:33:58
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1/64th or smaller oz hand tied jig w/grubs
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RE: Panfish Lures ??
2011/11/04 18:33:03
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1/10th oz pimples or #12 optic jigs.
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RE: Panfish Lures ??
2011/11/06 09:35:10
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Gill Pill 12 -14 tipped with two mags or a smaller wax worm or a clean Ratso's
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RE: Panfish Lures ??
2011/11/06 19:07:47
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Gill Pill, Ratso, Rat fink, Diamond jigs, Genz Bug and now I just got some Marmooska jigs to try
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RE: Panfish Lures ??
2011/11/07 10:15:23
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I tend to use whatever jig is on my line from the last ice of last year.... Usually works out pretty well.
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RE: Panfish Lures ??
2011/11/10 07:58:21
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This is interesting. Of all the lures and baits mentioned above no one said plastics for their go to bait. Does that tell you something?
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RE: Panfish Lures ??
2011/11/10 10:01:11
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Yea it tells you that the guys on tv are fishing for fish that must be real hungry 
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RE: Panfish Lures ??
2011/11/10 11:26:20
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I tip my gill pills and tungston jigs with little atom plastics and do pretty good with them. Made a couple short videos with my hatcam last season while using them.
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RE: Panfish Lures ??
2011/11/10 17:39:56
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Chauncy: Could you place a link to those videos if you have them somewhere on the web?
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RE: Panfish Lures ??
2011/11/10 22:10:08
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I like Little Atom plastics as well. I just got an order of giant bi-colored wedgies and nuggies.
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RE: Panfish Lures ??
2011/11/11 05:08:23
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If a clean Ratso is not Plastic let me know !
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RE: Panfish Lures ??
2011/11/11 09:01:45
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Sorry, Big Tuna....I missed "clean" Ratso.
Do you tip a Ratso with grubs sometimes? I know... I have.
Just treading water waiting for first ice....LOL.
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RE: Panfish Lures ??
2011/11/11 11:39:54
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RE: Panfish Lures ??
2011/11/11 11:59:51
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RE: Panfish Lures ??
2011/11/11 14:58:58
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Man chaunc, between those vid's & the snow outside, now I'm really ready to go!  Chuckles - I started using plastics a couple years ago. But you asked for 'go to' so that's why I didn't mention them in my reply. If I have to pick one jig it'd be a tungten/live bait. Luckily we aren't limited to just one. I like the ones Bogey mention, along with the ratsos... also found what are called 'whips' last year...like them for quick color changes. The action of the newer plastics, even when cold, is the key. They're 'jiggly'.
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RE: Panfish Lures ??
2011/11/12 06:12:39
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Pork...A few questions about plastics.
Have you tried/used the sented plastics and do they work better?
I fish for Gills so would I want to go with the smaller size?
Whips that I've seen are 1 3/4" long. Don't you get a lot of short hits? (just grabbing the plastic?)
Thanks...
Still treading water waiting for first ice.
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RE: Panfish Lures ??
2011/11/12 11:25:00
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RE: Panfish Lures ??
2011/11/12 13:22:24
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If your plastics are to long,just trim them down,I like them 3/4 - 1 inch long,Those squishy ball toys that have all the spikes on them make some great lures.
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RE: Panfish Lures ??
2011/11/12 14:24:34
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Thank you Chauncy. I really enjoyed watching your videos. Looks like you were having some good days on the ice.
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RE: Panfish Lures ??
2011/11/12 21:44:31
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Bogey's got me sold on the #12 optic jigs.
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