Favorite all time crappie/sunfish jig?

[Jim Hudson]

For nighttime crappies.. #10 Techni-Glo Genz Bug for sure... The slow fall these things have teamed with a micro plastic drives crappies wild... During the daytime, I use the same along with Little Atom Optics or Wolfram Epoxy jigs.. But at times, on a minnow bite, I upsize to larger plastics (ie powerbait or gulp minnows) or size 3 or 4 chubby darters..

Sight fishing rods.. Jason Mitchell Elite Series... 17 inchers..

[cRaPpiEMaN8265]

thanks for all the replies fellas... i think i will have to get a few flutter jigs, ops jigs and go devils.

Thanks for all your suggestions!

Ryan

[marine_man]

For Sunfish my go to lure is almost always a Moon Glow in a orange / white glow or red / white glow with the size dependent on their attitude tipped with a couple wax worms.

Crappies are kind of hit and miss for me.. but I'll definately have to try some of the jigs suggested here...

marine_man

[mr_jman]

I really am enjoying this topic since these are my two target species. Anyways my best producers this year are:

Panfish: A glowing green bodied Ratfinkee with white head, size 8. Tip it with a waxxie. This one outfished my other lures about 8:1 over Christmas vacation.

Crappie: Northland tackle forage minnow in blue and silver on one side, but glows green - size 8. I use a whole minnow or sometimes just a minnow head. About the most consistent lure for me with crappies so far.

[Wookiee]

I use a flutter jig and a size 10 optic stealth 99% of the time tipped with a nuggie. Orange/ chart. or the pink/glow for color. Color of nuggie either chartreuse, white or any of the glow colors. I hardly ever use live stuff anymore.

[CALVINIST]

Flutter Bug tipped with either meaat or Gulp waxie,

Glow Devil tipped with waxie.

Any small micro jig tipped with a red LA noodle.

[bwally]

Try some of the Outdoor Pro Series Ice Fishing Jigs.

They make some great stuff.

[Hardyboy]

for me hands down is a puddle jumper

[Mr. Sheephead]

I have gotten in to tiny jigging spoons with a light wire treble. buck shot and go devils spoons. I tip it with a spike on each treble and just wiggle it a little. Caught some nice gills and great for deeper water applications for crappies. I fell it targets the bigger fish.

[joebagodoughnuts]

I have a REALLY REALLY stupid question. When you say plastics what are you talking about. Like little twister tails or something. I know nothing about ice fishing and am trying to learn.

[JEK]

OK.here goes I have caught more fish on a size 10 orange rocker with black dot,tiped with either waxworm,spike,or small minnow,I use a lot of other jigs to but this always comes down to this jig. But this year I am going to try plastis to and see how this works. Jerry

[Rick]

Plastics and hair jigs are defintiely top producers. We will try to get some videos out for you this ice fishing season. If you have one to share be sure to upload it at http://hsoshow.com

[Northlander]

Small silver swedish pimple or the smallest rainbow colored Lindy flyer for big crappies. Ratfinky in pink/glow white when going light or shallow. 2# test and a good spring bobber rod or my favorite panfish rod the Jason Mitchel Meatstick.

[deadeye]

Its really tough for me to narrow it down to just one. I always have 4 poles rigged, one with a hali, one with a glow green/red demon, one with a bro bug and one with a forage fry. I am not shy about switching it up either but those setups are always rigged and ready to go.

[fishersofmen]

Bro Bloodworm tipped with a euro.

[Rippinlip]

Sunfish: Gill Pill, with euro, waxies or plastics.

Crappies: Frostee Jig with minnow head - Jigging

Small vertical jig under a bobber, color all depends on what they want.

[Chris Barlage]

I have a question. When you say plastics what are you talking about. Like little twister tails or something. I know nothing about ice fishing and am trying to learn.

Not exactly. They are micro plasics like the nuggie, or wedgie by little atom plastics. Ice fishing plastics are all about size in relation to the jig you are using. If you are using a #10 hook you dont want to use a 2 inch twister tail. but a micro tail in relation to your jig.

[Chris Barlage]

My fav all time would be hair jigs in the 1/100th size, next would be a fiskas

[TylerS]

Chartreuse and orange Marmooska tipped with maggots. Have yet to see a sunny or crappie pass that presentation.

[Feathers Rainin]

My buddy told me to pick up some shimpo's a few years ago before we went on a hunt for some Perch. I switch it up a lot though. Glow white is my fav orange is second. Even fished with guys on Red with them last year when the eyes were slow. (Flashers are my second choice.)

[muc33]

Where I fish pannies in NW Iowa, nothing beats my Fiskas. Tipped with a fine hair plastic like a tail of a ratso, or micro nuggie. Heaven on 2lb line and proven!

[bottom-bouncer]

T-N-T!!

[FisH_SLaYer24]

I love the Northland Hexi Fly's that came out a year or two ago. Very easy to detect on your flasher and it also fishes heavy in deeper water. I also like the CJ&S Shrimpo for finicky crappies and bluegills.

[mille lacs muskie bum]

I took a look at the OPS Ice Fishing Jigs at the OutdoorProStore.

If the quality is what they say it is there are a LOT of ice fishing jigs I would use and the price looks good too.

[PerchJerker]

My go-tos are usually Diamond Jigs or Ratsos. And some times the flutter bug styles.