Favorite ice fishing jig / go to lure

[mr_jman]

Buckshot spoons, Forage Minnows, Rattlin Flyers, Swedish Pimples, Hali ice spoons.

[Ed Carlson]

Hands down glow blue dace chubby #4 for jigging. Deadstick with glow hook with a tiny silver hammered spinner blade above two beads. The minnow on the deadstick kicks and makes this small spinner attract fish.

Heads up...if you find ANY of the Salmo Chubby Darters in the Luminescent Blue Dace (LBD's) in any size.. at any Gander store...grab them. They are not in production at this time and was a specific limited edition design pattern I did for Salmo USA for Gander Mountain as an exclusive...and they are getting very...very hard to find.

I'm trying to get the LBD added to the Salmo Chubby Darter line as a continuing pattern...go ahead and nag Salmo if you wish..it will help let them know it is a desired pattern.

[Pat Burch]

To answer the original question your go to bait really depends on the species and the lakes you are fishing. I spend my time chasing walleyes and crappies mostly in the winter. For walleyes my go to bait on Lake of the woods is the Lindy rattlin fyler in red and gold tipped with a minnow head. My second favorite method is to get them snapping on the lindy darter. Either chartruse or perch colored work best for me up there last year. I also spend allot of ice time on Mille Lacs fishing for walleye. Their my go to bait is the techni glow frostee jig in perch colored with the gold back, followed closely by the firetiger colored lindy rattling fyler. Mille lacs is a little clearer water and the natural looking perch baits seemed to work the best. Last year the new Slick jig also produced allot of fish for me on Mille Lacs. When I am fishing for crappie I like to start out with a smaller frostee jigging spoon and a minnow head or 2-3 waxes hanging of the hooks. However, some of the metro lakes that are really pressured require me to down size for crappies then I go to a small genz bug in glow chart or red with a euro or mousie attched. I hope you have some ideas of what to get. I gaurantee you will catch more fish by getting out of the permanent house using these baits along with a sonar and moving around the lake more. Good luck

[thatoneguy]

If someone who loves the Chubby Darter happens to be in the Cass Lake/Leech Lake area fishing this winter, please give me a call and I'll head out with you. I've tried them on and off the past two years, and haven't had so much as a nibble. Enough people swear by them that they must work - I just need someone to show me how I guess. Also, it gives me another excuse to go fishing

[superseal]

I had very good success last season on Cicada's. Best luck on 3/4" and 1" in chrome or gold. Back up rods had #5 Rapala Jiggin Rap in foil perch, chrome/blk, chrome/blu or glo/chart. Also Buckshot rattlin spoons or Flyer spoons. All are tipped with minnow head. If the bite is tough, I go to a smaller but heavy jig (genz worm, frosty jig etc) tipped with minnow or minnow head. Going to try the Slender Spoon this year. Good Luck!