i have a dead stick ice fishing pole and i am trying to figure out what jig to put on it?

[robert aldrich]

i have a dead stick ice fishing pole and i am trying to figure out what jig to put on it? in my jig box (yup i have a jig box and spoon box) i have a gold jig.

[BrandonJ]

If it was me a 1/8 oz buckshot spoon. Use a whole minnow, tail hooked to one of the treble hooks. If you really mean business put a sure-set treble on that buckshot, but thats just me. A jig box and a spoon box who would have thunk it?

[Deitz Dittrich]

I'm a big fan of the gem n eye..

[robert aldrich]

i have a buckshot spoon alreay on it.

[TravP]

Pick a color, any color, vertical, horizontal, plain hook, doesn't matter. What works for one guy doesn't always work for the next...

[Rippinlip]

Pick a color, any color, vertical, horizontal, plain hook, doesn't matter. What works for one guy doesn't always work for the next...

+1

Could always put on a Demon.

[fishing tech]

Each lake is differant. I used sweedish pimple with minnow head, demans with minnow head, full minnow, or waxies.

Try differant things.

Last year I lost a couple of big fish(never saw them) with a forge minnow and a minnow head. I am going back to that spot again this year with stronger line.

Good luck!

[Agronomist_at_IA]

i have a dead stick ice fishing pole and i am trying to figure out what jig to put on it? in my jig box (yup i have a jig box and spoon box) i have a gold jig.

Fatboy with a minnow

[robert aldrich]

now i see that there is a wide range of ideas.

[Acemac]

red hook and a shinner...

[Pleasant]

Little Cleo Ham Neon Blue Fishing Lure with a mud minnow on it

[robert aldrich]

for walleyes a buckshot spoon and other spoons, for pan fish and perch a small jig or spoon.

[RiverFish]

Glow in the dark hook with a minnow hooked in the dorsal. Split shot 6 inches up from the hook.

[Poutmaster]

Doesn't putting a spoon on a deadstick defeat the whole purpose of the dead stick?

I'm confused?!

[Chris Barlage]

Pick a color, any color, vertical, horizontal, plain hook, doesn't matter. What works for one guy doesn't always work for the next...

+2

It is all what works for you on what ever body of water you are on. A good start would be a lure that you have used before and you have confidence in.

[skippie]

I just use a round ball head jig, my fav. is the shinner jig from northland but they don't make it anymore. I like the longer shaft on it.

[Jarrod32]

Lindy Slick Jig...

[robert aldrich]

I all ready riged up my two walleye poles and my two perch/panfish poles. The walleye poles are two medium power poles and they have a buckshot rattle spoon and lindy slick jig. The perch/panfish poles are the dead stick and a light power pole and they have a copper spoon and a perch color rapala jigging rap.

[chris63]

You say dead stick?Am I to assume this pole will be static most of the time?If so,a small lure with a live minnow would be the ticket.Even a plain hook(colors optional)will work.The smaller size swedish pimple with the long shank Aberdeen single hook(enclosed with all pimples)is my personal favorite.Another thing to consider is the aggressiveness of the fish.If they are actively feeding a regular(behind the dorsal)hook set in the minnow is in order.If the fish are more neutral hook the minnow upside down and /or clip the tail off so they can't swim as fast.c63

[robert aldrich]

http://www.frabill.com/6717.html this is one of the poles i have.

[robert aldrich]

i have a ENTICER 28" DEADSTICK COMBO

ROD FEATURES:

•Extra durable fiberglass blanks

•Fast tapered Micro-Flex ctions for finesse jigging and easy strike detection

•Sensitive blank through handle construction

•Comfortable cork handle (6708 and 6709 have EVA grips with fixed reel seats)

•Lightweight graphite slip ring reel seats

REEL FEATURES:

•2 ball-bearing reel

•Multi-disc, front load drag

•Chrome plates ABS spool

•Sub-ZeroTM lube fr smooth operation in coldest temperatures

•Tapered drag knob for reducing lie catch

•Ambidextrous handle

this is the pole

[Cliff Wagenbach]

Robert,

If you are fishing with two rods close together, I like using a plain hook/split shot on the dead stick and bait it with a lively minnow hooked under the dorsal fin. Minnow size and hook size will depend upon what you are fishing for.

I like to jig with the second rod using what ever spoon or other lure that I have been catching the most fish with at that particular lake.

Generally the jig will bring in the fish and if they do not hit the jig they may bite the dead stick rig.

Good Fishing!

Cliff

[Bobb-o]

Here is a neat little video that shows the effectiveness of a deadstick rod:

[JIvers]

Let the fish tell you what rig to use.

My only advice is to use small enough tackle so as to allow the minnow to do the work. That is, a spoon, jig, or hook that is too large will wear the minnow out too quickly, so it no longer moves and attracts fish. The size of the hook or lure of course then depends on the size of the minnow you are using.

[robert aldrich]

true very true