Ice Fishing at Willard 11-10-22 (Video Added)

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What a nice basket of good eating! That wiper on an ice rod had to be a fun one hope you caught that one with camera rolling,  looking forward to the video!

Got some good video.  Will have it up sometime this afternoon.  In the meantime, here are a couple more pics.

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Looks like an excellent day!  May need to invest in some of your goodies.

I use ice rods year round from my canoe, as the vertical jigging seems to produce anytime.  Hoping Willard is ice fishable this year.

I am in the process of putting together one of my writeups on "dropper jigs".  I became a fan of the Hali jigs a long time ago, and started making my own from hammered lead spinner bodies...with or without glow.  And since I was not a big fan of the flimsy chain connectors to the hooks, I used light stainless wire.  And I made longer droppers...up to about 6" long.  Absolutely killed the perch, trout, crappies and other ice species.  Also caught them vertical jigging during open water time.  Here are some pics of my older model "Holy Jigs"...and some of my newer takeoffs on the Johnson's Snare Spoons.  If you wanna try some, let me know your fave colors.  As you know from visiting my playroom, I have just about every color paint and glitter available.  Got that super glow stuff too.

[b]Afterthought:  Even better is if I show you how to make your own.  You seem to be coming along pretty well in crafting your own stuff.  And the big trick with these lures is working with wire.  The good news is that you don't have to spend a lot of money on a fancy wire bending tool.  Simple round nose pliers and some good nippers and you are ready to rumble.  In the writeup I'm doing I am including a section on "Working With Wire".  Here's a pic I put together a long time ago.[/b]

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