12-27-2005, 09:54 AM
I do quite well pulling bass up from under the ice targeting gills, perch, and crappie, tho' I dont have the pleasure of targeting the bass vary often, seldom do we get ice in december in south east michigan any more. our season ends on the last day of december.
when targeting bass though the ice I will use larger minnows and a size #6 or #4 arberdeen wire hook. enough weight to hold the line down and about a 6 inch to a foot leed so the minnow can swim around with out pulling the sinker around as well. this is important.
I wont use line larger than 4 pound test for bass. and quite often use 4 pound for crappie and jumbo perch. just smaller terminal tackle. size #8 and #6 for crappie and nothing bigger than a size #8 for jumbo perch. some times I will use jigs for crappie and perch. these too will produce bass even tho' they are not being targeted.
I often pull in bass on two pound test line though the ice while jigging for gills with number #8 size hook jigs.
the jigs in the attachment below is what I use on the gills, sorry you cant see the colors, the flash kind of drowned them out.
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when targeting bass though the ice I will use larger minnows and a size #6 or #4 arberdeen wire hook. enough weight to hold the line down and about a 6 inch to a foot leed so the minnow can swim around with out pulling the sinker around as well. this is important.
I wont use line larger than 4 pound test for bass. and quite often use 4 pound for crappie and jumbo perch. just smaller terminal tackle. size #8 and #6 for crappie and nothing bigger than a size #8 for jumbo perch. some times I will use jigs for crappie and perch. these too will produce bass even tho' they are not being targeted.
I often pull in bass on two pound test line though the ice while jigging for gills with number #8 size hook jigs.
the jigs in the attachment below is what I use on the gills, sorry you cant see the colors, the flash kind of drowned them out.
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