01-15-2016, 07:55 PM
Ever since we have been able to fish with 2 rods simultaneously I have been experimenting with this topic. The baits I experimented with are wax worms (my long time go to), meal worms, nigh crawlers, and powerbait maggot thingys. I did not try the other baits that many people use just because they are not typical baits that I use. What I have found so far is that ice fishing is much easier to "match the hatch" than fly fishing [
]. I have found that if the fish are feeding and your are in the right location at the right depth, it really doesn't make that much difference which type of bait you have your jig tipped with. I do think the color/type of jig is much more influential on enticing the fish to bite than the bait, and I think location and depth are even more important that the lure. But as far as the bait goes, I was surprised and quite pleased to find that the powerbait maggots things did just as well as any of the live baits that I used. I just wish I would have figured this out prior to buying those cool insulated cups to keep my worms from freezing. But at least no more buying waxies and watching them turn black in my refrigerator at home.
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]. I have found that if the fish are feeding and your are in the right location at the right depth, it really doesn't make that much difference which type of bait you have your jig tipped with. I do think the color/type of jig is much more influential on enticing the fish to bite than the bait, and I think location and depth are even more important that the lure. But as far as the bait goes, I was surprised and quite pleased to find that the powerbait maggots things did just as well as any of the live baits that I used. I just wish I would have figured this out prior to buying those cool insulated cups to keep my worms from freezing. But at least no more buying waxies and watching them turn black in my refrigerator at home.[signature]