Your ice fishing go to lure ? ? ?

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Your ice fishing go to lure ? ? ?

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Hi guys, Just wondering what some of you guys use while ice fishing for the following species. I received some gift certificates for Christmas and need some ideas on lures to buy.

Walleye
Crappie
Brookies
Lakers

Cheers all
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HotelTango wrote:Hi guys, Just wondering what some of you guys use while ice fishing for the following species. I received some gift certificates for Christmas and need some ideas on lures to buy.

Walleye
Crappie
Brookies
Lakers

Cheers all
Walleye - live minnows
Crappie - 1/8th jig tipped with wax worm or maggott
Brookies - live minnow or Swedish pimple tipped with a secret bait.
Lakers - white tube on an airplane jig in glow green or live bait. Also always set up one stationary tip up for lakers and one jigging rod. Move around a bit until you find their patern and follow it.
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buckshot with minnow, white tube jig, small minnow, worm on hook depending on lake sepecies etc
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Laker = Lil Foxie.....White in colour
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Walleye = Buckshot rattle spoon (also fav for white fish)
Crappie = Northland Fire Eye Grub tipped with minnow tail
Brook trout = jig a whopper Hawger spoon with a 6 inch dropper and worm.
Lakers = berkley power bait white tube tipped with a minnow.

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well the only fish on that list iv caught was walleye and my go to lure for them is either a macho minnow or after the past couple outings a lindy darter
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walleye: Swedish Pimple, although they seem to like the Darters this year
crappie: still looking for a real solid artificial pattern, small live minnow is always a winner
lakers: size 40 williams wobler
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My go to lure for walleye is buckshot rattle spoons, crappie jamming jigs,.
Thats only the 2 fish I fish for in that list.
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Walleye=Swedish pimple for numbers and size, buckshot is great for larger walleyes, and the classic pickerel rig for numbers.
Tipped with one or two minnows.
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For eyes always good success with Williams ice-jig,buck-shot,Hopkins half oz...tipped with a good minnow
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eyes = 2/5 oz little cleo, blue and silver pattern (smooth not dimpled) stick a red treble on it and a stinger hook. 2 minnows on the treble with the stinger tagged into one of the minnows. Send to bottom and hold on. St.Lawrence magic
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Walleye-- buckshor with a 3"-8" florocarbon leader then a hook tiped with a minnow.
Crappie-- the panfish teaser toobs
Brookies-- walleye set-up with a little cleo
Lakers --large little cleo or silver spoon tiped with a minnow.
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Thx for all the input, seems like lots of you guys like the buck-shots for the walleyes. I will definitely buy a few and try them out.

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HotelTango wrote:Hi guys, Just wondering what some of you guys use while ice fishing for the following species. I received some gift certificates for Christmas and need some ideas on lures to buy.

Walleye
Crappie
Brookies
Lakers

Cheers all
none.
cant catch a fish for my life when I go out, unless we are with Gord! :lol:
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There are going to be some pros at that Ice Fishing night on Thursday... Chances are, they would have some ideas on that!!!!

You also should make your way up to the QC side to get into some White Fish!!!

I have been following this thread closely... but no one is telling me what I need to catch big bass through the ice!!!

(Legal in QC)

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