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Ice Fishing => General Discussion => Topic started by: slabslayer on February 16, 2013, 07:30:21 PM

Title: only one lure?
Post by: slabslayer on February 16, 2013, 07:30:21 PM
If you could only have one lure and color on the ice with you what would it be?

For me, I'd choose a 1/32 ounce green/ chartreuse tinmouth torpedo.    It works from big gills to walleye.
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Post by: Luvztaphish on February 16, 2013, 09:46:31 PM
 ;D. The small jigging Rapala in glow perch .  ;D
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Post by: Ntoiceman36 on February 16, 2013, 10:19:11 PM
Cant go wrong with a vibe in "big sexy" purple with glow.will catch anything with fins or whiskers. ;D ;D
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Post by: Luvztaphish on February 17, 2013, 05:44:06 AM
 ;D. Another confession !!   ;D
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Post by: davidhoheisel on February 17, 2013, 10:46:09 AM
Jigging Rapalla in the smallest size.
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Post by: Minnowhead on February 17, 2013, 01:29:29 PM
Anything Tungsten!
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Post by: snowcone on February 17, 2013, 07:15:10 PM
cant pick just one  ;D  maybe a shrimpo green glow, or vibe, gold spoon?
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Post by: swedish nipple on February 17, 2013, 09:00:21 PM
I love pan fishing so a moon jig in glow it is ... smallest size any color.
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Post by: futurestrader on February 18, 2013, 12:49:27 AM
black ice ant with pink or yellow spines!
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Post by: swedish nipple on February 19, 2013, 10:29:17 PM
I figured I would post a couple pics of my favorite moon jigs. The paint holds up good against the hemostats. Which is a must cause fish inhale these. These are all size 10 & 12. They catch anything with with fins. Well as long as the fins don't have whiskers. ;D. Some of these are 4-5 years old and the paint is beat up but they still catch fish. I got lucky and my local bait shop just got some new ones in.
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Post by: slabslayer on February 20, 2013, 05:41:04 AM
Those lures look really cool, thanks for the pic. ;D
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Post by: Ntoiceman36 on February 20, 2013, 06:23:55 AM
Did somebody say whiskers,get the net!! ;D
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Post by: floater99 on February 20, 2013, 04:02:40 PM
I like a gold orange jiggin rap for walleye,glow tear drops for panfishin.
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Post by: Banker on February 27, 2013, 08:18:13 PM
Okay so I will admit this question haunted me for a while but I have narrowed it down to two easy choices, it's just choosing which one that is tuff so I am going to mention both:
Bentley Bumble Bee Jigs in the second to smallest size any color
Fiskas N24 Balance jigs for short strikes.

I have to say as much as I love hooking into pesky light biting fish with my N24's picture below. The Bumble bees are just proven to outfish any other panfish jig I have tried to day.

Bentley wins..go Poland!
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Post by: HardWater Junkie on February 28, 2013, 12:16:56 AM
I can see you have an expensive taste.  :) I seen an article that bentley had a box of jigs at a show that was valued at around $37,000.00. It was just 1 plano box full of there jigs. I would hate to fall thru the ice and lose that box. I have a few of the bumblebee jigs and they do work very well like you said. I just hate spending that kind of money on one jig. With the lack of ice the last 2 seasons I have been playing around in my shop mimicking a lot of lures. I fish a lot of shallow water so I dont really need the tungsten to get it down. I poured some marmooskas with lead and used 2 part epoxy to glue some swarovski crystals I got off of ebay and painted the jig multi-colored with the airbrush. They look pretty good but need some more work before I would show them off . lol. I have a box full of the regular fiska jigs but I have never fished any of their balance lures like the N24. What are your opinions on them and how do you like to fish them? live bait or plastics or none at all? Bait 1 hook or both? Front or back hook?
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Post by: Banker on February 28, 2013, 11:57:35 AM
Saw that same post.
You should treat it like a regular jig tipping one end with a maggot, spike, mousie etc. too small of a hook to put a minnow on. soft plastics work well. the image you are trying to portray is a small fish trying to eat larvae so pounding the bottom, which is what minnows do, helps.

I fish it with waxies tipped on both ends just because that's how I roll. I don't like fishing a bare hook alrhough my Michigander friends fish beads all day long for perch and prove me wrong.
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Post by: deerslayern on March 01, 2013, 01:47:12 PM
My all around jig is a chartruce mudbug,smalest size avaliable. great for perch and gills anywhere so far Ive experienced