Feb 26thIce Fishing Tips For The Common Angler

These Ice Fishing Tips Can Be Used By All

Anglers Not Just The Pros

Everyone’s capable of grabbing a couple of more fish with this ice fishing tip. Normally people settle in

to a routine when they head out onto the ice. They land several fish then the activity dies down or quits

totally. Possibly they change depths, shades, or move holes, however, that has nothing to do with it.

Once they stop putting fish on the ice, they give up and blame it on the fish – “they just quit biting.”.

Ice Fishing Tip For Vertical And Horizontal Jigging

The type of ice jig is as important as its color. Many anglers make use of a teardrop

shaped jig, such as Jammin’ Jigs Beetle or Teardrop jig. When fish stop attacking

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vertical jigs, my ice fishing tip is use a jig that hangs horizontally such as a

Jammin’ Jig Bobber Fry. I have actually discovered that fish normally bite

much better on a horizontal jig. Look here for  an outstanding collection

of both types of jigs … look into www.jamminjigs.com.

Ice Fishing Tip With A Spin

The majority of anglers just move their jig in an up and down jigging motion.

Fish will actually  quit reacting to it, so here’s another ice fishing tip.

Change up the action a little by holding the line in between your fingers

and roll or twist the line . This will make the jig rotate in the water while

remaining at the same depth. Also try moving the jig around the border of

the hole without any sort of up and down movement.

“A Fake” Ice Fishing Tip.

Taking a break from bait and go solely to finesse plastic lures is an ice fishing tip that

will totally fake them out. As unexpected as it might seem,  panfish and other fish

will at some point tire of live bait. A tiny 1/8oz. round head jig with a sliver of plastic

on it can be addicting to finicky fish. The finesse plastic tails of these little jigs

quiver and shake with the tiniest motion of the rod. These finesse jigs are

excellent search jigs and do great in clear water.

Like A Bad Check, This Ice Fishing Tip Will Bounce  

This ice fishing tip will add a couple of big perch to the container

by bouncing the bait or jig off the bottom. Perch feed generally

within a couple of inches of the bottom. By permitting the jig to bounce off the

bottom, the little cloud of bottom debris and sound is produced and will

attract fish. This works well for bluegills too. At specific

times, allowing the jig to rest on the bottom will work wonders. Use a spring

bobber with this method. The jig should barely touch bottom, with the springtime

bobber half way down from the weight of the jig. When a fish takes the lure, it

will cause the spring bobber to go up.

The “Peeping Tom” Ice Fishing Tip

For a stiff neck and some more fish, try gazing down the hole and watch the

fish take the lure. This approach is superb for learning exactly how fish react to

your presentation. This ice fishing tip is great method to take larger bluegill, perch and crappie.

Huge bluegills have a way of sitting and watching the  bait for many seconds before

inhaling it then swiftly spitting it out. This happens so quick the line barely moves, and

other indicators don’t show any movement either. One’s only hope of catching these fish

is to be looking down the hole and setting the hook once the fish inhales the jig. It’s a

great method for suspended crappies. In either situation, visible at greater depths

or discolored water calls for brighter colors.

This Ice Fishing Tip Can Be A Genuine Chum

In areas where it is lawful, this ice fishing tip give you an added advantage over

other ice anglers by chumming. Take a few extra wax worms, spikes, or minnows,

crush them and drop them down the hole. One old secret I have actually made use

of many times is to use smashed eggshell. This can bring more fish in

and create a feeding frenzy.

Like A Bad Diet Plan This Ice Fishing Tip Will 

Have You Changing Sizes

When the feed slows try changing sizes of jigs and use the same color.

This tip works both ways – switching from small jig to a larger jig

and from a larger to a smaller sized jig. One of my all time favorites is a

red and chartreuse size 10 Teardrop by Jammin’ Jigs. After

they stop hitting this size, I will switch over from the size 10 Teardrop

back to a size 6 Teardrop that is smaller but the same shade. This

usually results in more fish. Finally, changing to a super small size 12

Teardrop jig will capture a few additional fish that would not take

the other two sizes.

Spare The Rod For This Ice Fishing Tip

When angling with a spring bobber pole like Frabill’s new Panfish

Popper rod, an easy method to grab a couple extra fish is to set

the pole down and allow the lure to rest entirely motionless. Even if

you think that you could hold the rod totally motionless in your hand,

follow this ice fishing tip and place the rod down on the ice or in a pole

stand to catch a couple of additional fish.

CYA– This Ice Fishing Tip Covers

A Different Hole

In shallow water, this ice fishing tip will keep you covered.  Block out light

penetration into the water by covering the hole with ice shavings. This

applies in both clear and tarnished water lakes. In tarnished water,

using a glow jig will knock em dead.

This Ice Angling Tip Is Power-packed

For deep-water fish, ultra light monofilament line has excessive stretch

making it tough to recognize light bites or get hook sets  in depths

above 20 feet deep. This ice fishing tip is the key to more hook ups in

deep water by using a super line. The best I’ve used is PowerPro line.

PowerPro makes a line with the dimension of one-pound

test monofilament yet with the durability of eight-pound line.

PowerPro line has nearly no stretch and is remarkably abrasion resistant.

This allows for better feel and more solid hook sets.

The next time you are on the ice and are a few fish shy of your limit, don’t mutter

the words  (“The fish merely stopped hitting”), give these tips and strategies a shot.

Ice Fishing Tips