11-26-2009, 02:04 AM
this was in another post maybe it will help.
Re: [catfish77] Ice fishing bait/lures -[#8c3030] NEW[/#8c3030] [url "#p544535"][#212126]In reply to[/#212126][/url]
Fuzz and I trap our minnow/shiners but Sportsman's has both chub minnow and red side shiners to buy most of the time.
If I'm not using a tube, simply the jig,, a great part of the time I use half a shiner for smaller trout like Bows and Cuts. If there a chance of a good fish, 5-6lbs+, I'll use a whole minnow and rig it by hooking it up through the head and loop the fishing line around its tail so it hangs head down while dead sticking. Other times I avoid the tail loop if I intend to jig the minnow..
If I'm using a tube I try and fit most of the shiner inside the tubes and a jig hook,, head first..
[size 4][black]GitR Dun!
[size 2][black]Don,, the old [blue]Ice[black]Skrat.
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Re: [catfish77] Ice fishing bait/lures -[#8c3030] NEW[/#8c3030] [url "#p544535"][#212126]In reply to[/#212126][/url]
Fuzz and I trap our minnow/shiners but Sportsman's has both chub minnow and red side shiners to buy most of the time.
If I'm not using a tube, simply the jig,, a great part of the time I use half a shiner for smaller trout like Bows and Cuts. If there a chance of a good fish, 5-6lbs+, I'll use a whole minnow and rig it by hooking it up through the head and loop the fishing line around its tail so it hangs head down while dead sticking. Other times I avoid the tail loop if I intend to jig the minnow..
If I'm using a tube I try and fit most of the shiner inside the tubes and a jig hook,, head first..
[size 4][black]GitR Dun!
[size 2][black]Don,, the old [blue]Ice[black]Skrat.
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